The Aquarium | A Mixed Media Project

In a place hidden from mediocre minds amidst the unknown, The Aquarium exists. A place where the ordinary dare not venture; lost worlds collide; matter transforms into unknown substances; and life emerges from nothingness. A place where fascinating explorations into the world of obscure science are conducted. A place where mankind is transformed into other worldly beings.

A place where the term "mad scientist" is affixed to and worn with a badge of honor by all who dare accept the challenge and become part of the future.

Helios once dreamed of such a place. His dream came true when he was invited to participate.

Far underground in a constructed secure apparatus where no man could follow, there sat a high-tech storage facility designed for all intent and purposes a bunker to protect humans from annihilation. Long abandoned, scientists approached architects who agreed to transform the facility into a research laboratory.

Work began in the year 2075. A twenty year project, the facility remained secret; only known by a handful of forward-thinking scientists.

Formulas not known to the generally accepted scientific world decorated walls, resembling graffiti from eras past.

At the center of the lab, a fifty-foot island resembling a robotic workshop, held rows of small, clear vats and pods resembling antique cages. Inside each, filled to the brim were substances that bubbled over. Acrid smells penetrated the masks and partially filled the nostrils of the technicians. Cooking to perfection, human-like subjects in their infancy swirled in the liquids.

Pulsating white, green, and blue lights rotated as though circulating to filter air.

One glance at the entirety of the laboratory, and one would conclude that the spaceships overhead were the true conductors in this space where a blend of insanity and futuristic uncertainty partnered in the future downfall of humanity.

Years after molding humanoid and aquatic matter, the perfect creature from the deep arose.

Kollok - The Megamouth Tentacle Behemoth.

For my current mixed media art project, I wanted to create an underwater creature from various stable diffusion elements. Calling upon StarryAI, I was able to draw from several themes and combine them into one monster. For the aquarium, this image was one derived from my description of simply a giant aquarium.

Below are my steps:

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I also retrieved the following images from StarryAI of a series of squid.

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Other images I included in my design. One image was my pure fractal I created in the advanced fractal rendering program, Apophysis 7X.

Surreal fish ~ Betta fish ~ Mermaid tail ~ Fantasy cat fish ~ Pure Fractal titled "Shark Fish"