"Going hollow" is a term from the Dark Souls video game series that refers to characters in the game losing their purpose, their sanity, and eventually their humanity, becoming empty and aggressive shells of their former selves, often referred to as "Hollows". Characters in the game warn each other, and the player, against going hollow.

When players use this term in real-world discussions around mental health, it is typically meant as a metaphor for giving up or losing hope. In the context of depression and other mental health struggles, "don't you dare go hollow" could be seen as a plea or encouragement to keep going, to keep fighting against the challenges one is facing.

This metaphor resonates with many people because of how it ties into the themes of the Dark Souls series, where the player character is constantly faced with insurmountable odds, challenging bosses, and a world that is often confusing and hostile. The game is known for its difficulty, and success often comes only after numerous failures. This process of standing up and trying again, even when faced with repeated failures, is a common experience for people grappling with mental health challenges.

So when someone says "don't you dare go hollow💚" in the context of mental health, they're effectively saying "keep going, don't give up, don't lose yourself in the struggle". It's an acknowledgment of the challenge, but also an encouragement to keep striving, to keep fighting, and to remember that it's okay to fail and try again.
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I found that concept very inspiring when I heard of it, so chat gpt helped me with the text and I made some AI art for it. Took me some tries at first but eventually changing to niji5 ( the "anime" setting of midjourney) gave me some amazing results. I used the prompt and also 2 sources. source 1 is a failed attempt from before, where I kinda liked some things about it and source 2 was my graffiti. 

And at last I did some quick lettering for them. 

Gave me some amazing results that I will explore further on later. 

Have a great day and don't you dare go hollow. 🙂 

 day 766. I placed my graff with an "mayan temple + bird" ai picture. 
also placed a handstyle "today is a good day!" 😁 

 day 765. Wow didnt know where that came frum, but its popping! The graff says "neuner" 😁 

Surprisingly started a new project.  Intentionally I just wanted to save an idea for later, but the results where that captivating, that I couldn't stop and already started with using some of my handmade graffiti and mix it with the prompt. The results of these I use as new sources and so on and so on until they reach their peak. Usually at some point the get worse again. And I want to make them the best they can be.

The idea is a "mad son goku with a katana in a dark alley".

Here is the full prompt. It is just the base and since I am german it is not optimal, so I thought maybe some of you want to add their touch to this basic prompt and we develop this prompt furthertogether?

"menacing badass corrupted son goku wielding a sharp and slick looking katana in a dark rainy night in a very scary alley , dnd artwork in a dystopian ghost town mega city --niji 5 --style expressive --ar 2:3 --s 91 --niji 5"

I bet some of you have some great ideas to improve it and personally I would really like to see them. 🙂

But yeah for now I also have made a showcase for you so you can see the workflow I used to get to these first, really promising results.  

If you want I post the good ones later aswell as share the milanote link to the showcase I prepared, so you can zoom in and all. Let me know if you want to see more of these.

Not exactly what I planned for today, but I let inspiration guide my life and this sunday. 😁 I have a ton of fun with these.

Have a nice day! 🤗💚 

day 764. One of my alphabets on a board. Chances are you have never seen this one. If so, man you are here for a long time. 😅

day 763. I turned the page from yesterday into a board. I was curious and it is decent I would say. Just wanted to get it done today, to do other stuff. 

I just finished the first double page of my "skull portraits" ai artbook.

I will add small handwritten notes on each page about impermanence and life in general. These tipps help you  to live in the moment, be mindful and ultimately having a happier life. Browsing an artbook can be very meditative and calming. And skulls in particular are a great visualisation of impermanence. And if you are aware of the impermance of all things, you are able to appreciate this moment alot more. 🤗💚 Maybe it's even an inspiration or reference for some tattoo or character artists, that would be cool. 

It will probably change quite abit throughout, but yeah thats kind of the idea.  Making a dope book and improve peoples lives and spread joy. 😬 What do you think? Maybe you have some ideas to improve that idea. 

day 762. Quick ai one today. "only hurt people hurt people".

Guys I am super excited. Got an email from the puzzle company today and we are really close to finish the set up. I already set the shop to active so they can make an test order. 

I am so looking forward to them, you wont believe.🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳

day 761. Yesterday I sketched a bit outside and today I made a "dino the rhino" mashup. Half digital, half sketch-photo. 

The letter practice turned out quite cool and I will do an extra post for that, 

day 760. Quick ai board today. I finished upscaling my "skull portraits" and they are ready to be turned into a book. 😁

To finish off the evening, I upscaled some of my "one piece skull portraits"  and here is one of the better ones.. Good night! 🌙🥱

day 759. I finished the groundwork for my current "poynt too" comission today. Later after we decided on colours and final layout, there will be more polish like highlights and "accessoires". But I already love how it turned out and I am excited for whats next. 

And yeah after I was done with it, I made some boards from what I had. I upped the saturation and made a a very good background from scratch, that I will use again in the future. I miixed some ai abstracts with my letters and applied some heavy colour correction and played with bright and dark values. Learned alot and I can feel my creative spark coming back! 🙃 

 I organized my new "big wolf" channel. Here is one of my favourites. Turned out to be 234 for now and since I used different sources, theres a great range of variety. Excited for the photobook. 😁 

day 758. My mom is here for a one day visit and we made a qr code together that she wants to stick on her car. It leads you to a linktree with some of my websites. 

So I used that to make a qr board for fun today. It looks amazing tho, but no one probably will ever buy it. Why would you 😁

 day 757. I am working on my current comission and I want to make a series of boards from this project. So today I start with the finished sketch. "POYNT TOO" 

day 756. Today I made a board from my older "eins" piece that I morphed and twisted a bit to give it a more liquid look.

day 754. Today I have a special one. This ai skull portrait is meant to be on a aboard if you ask me. It looks amazing. I made a showcase how I generated these using my graffiti and various other pictures from my collection.
The board itself was easy, since I don't feel very creative this week. I just grabbed that picture and added my " immortality is a fools dream" font to it, I made a while a go with a paintroll brush. 


My favourite part about it is probably the vibrant orange in the background. 🍊

day 754. ... I don't know man.. 😅Not every day can be a good day. I still say "howdie partner"

day 753. I made a new sketch today, while enjoying the good, but windy, weather. "BE HAPPY. Be free." And I turned it into 2 quick boards for today. 🙂

 day 752. "not today" 😄 

day 751. Today I took my simple alphabet and combined it with two ai gokubirds. 🙂

 day 750. Here I have an AI cityscape/website-design-graffiti-mix paired with the sketch version of my "eins" piece. I just really liked how the city turned out on that one so I zoomed in on it and it makes for a great board. 😁 

day 749. Quick full AI abstract board. Almost full ai. I applied some shadows to my tag to make it look like its under the metal part. 🙂

I described an instagram model and showed it a picture of my handmade graffiti. On this one the combination turned out very well.

day 748. Popping orange! "today is a good day" Today I just wanted to make a nice looking skateboard... nothing too fancy, just good looking. 

day 747. "Today is a good day". 😁 Ideally I wanted to have something else there, but couldnt came up with something good. It's just a concept anyways. 

This week I take it slow a bit with the art. The work this week is quite exhausting and I don't really feel creative, so I play games and organize and upscale some projects.

day 746. Today I mixed my "DINO" piece with one of my gokupals. Did some stuff here and there, changed colours added shadows.. and luckily I had this gokupal already cutted out and ready to go. 😎 Love how it turned out. 

day 745. 💪 new "NEUNEINS" board. I digitalized the photo I made of the sketch I did. I applied some shadows and tried to find a fitting background. Blurred and brighten up the transparent fill in to make it stand apart, while it is still connected to the background. 

day 744. Even old vegeta has to live with the impermanence of all things. Trying out some different layout concepts.

I made an overview of my fuelnatics project. Some of my favourite ones out of the 400. Also an example of the graffiti I used. 

I made an overview of my fuelnatics project. Some of my favourite ones out of the 400. Also an example of the graffiti I used. 

day 743. Green or blue? 🤔 Don't worry... "be happy instead" 😁

day 742. An quick one. It's one of my sportcars with a quick dino throwup. First I had only the car and had already saved it, but it felt wrong, because there went no creativity at all into it. So I went back and added this very quick glowing Dino throwup. 

day 741. KARMA

day 740. I WAS HERE. 32 times already. 😅

 day 739. "Today is a good day!!" I made this awesome handstyle today. Will use that in the future for a lot of things probably. So yeah, today is a good day. My birthday is tomorrow and my mom already sent me a package that I will open at midnight. 😁 

day 738. Felt inspired to do a new and better" Bird life" font. Changed the style a bit and like how it turned out. The bird is one of my gokubirds I currently upscale. Around 40 left! 

new cover for an artbook. Right half is front left half is the backcover. The first one that will only contain 1 project in a great variety due to the different sources used. 

The "gokupals" are a set of images that show son goku with a stick in a lush green jungle. Mixed with my handmade art it makes for some awesome, unique, graffiti-infused Masterpieces. 

I am currently in the middle of upscaling all 400 to 8k. 😅 After that I will design the individual pages. 

day 737. Early today with a quick concept I want to refine later on. I want to go outside and enjoy the good weather. 

Maybe I even get some dope sketches done we will see. Have an awesome day! 🤗💚

day 736. "TrashinCanvas" I found to be the ultimate name for a board brand...😮 Because yeah I put my art on boards so they are like my canvas. And by being used it gets trashed over time. 

But to my shame I have to admit that chat gpt came up with it. Here are a bunch more awesome and very inspiring names he gave me. 

ConcreteJungleRider
UrbanGraffitiGlide
AsphaltRebellion
OllieOverChaos
SprayCruiser
WildStyleBoarder
TagYourRide
Sk8EscapeArtist
DeckExpressionist
FreeWheelinFantasy
ArtfulAdrenaline
ThrashinCanvas
AerosolAdventurer
StreetScribbleSurfer
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GrafittiGrindMaster
PaintedPathfinder
SkateSpectrum
BoardBorneExpression
WheelieWonderland
UrbanCanvasCarver
RebelRiderRevolution
AeroFlowSkate
TaggedTailslide
SidewalkSpraySquad
RideTheInkWave
ConcreteCanvasCruiser
StreetArtSkateVoyage
PhantomFlipFusion
DriftinDoodleDash

So crazy... Some are really cool.

A simple example of how I do my unique, graffiti infused ai images.👀

The "Gokupals" project is one of the newest I am working on and they come along great. I also found a mindblowing way to present to you the projects. Man I love milanote more and more. I realized I can even share my project boards, so you can have a look and zoom all the way in to each picture.

It's the first time I try this, but you should be able to just view it without any restrictions like a login or so. I hope you enjoy.

Please let me know what you think. The presentation will be more polished later, but I wonder if I missed some informations you guys would like to see on there?

https://app.milanote.com/1PV5Nv1yOoUV6K?p=WpPk9D7f6ml

day 735. Yeah I like this one. 😎 My "DINO" piece and an alphabet on pink! I corrected the colours of the graff a bit to match the pink. 

day 734. There are "TWO SIDES" to everything. Keep an open mind. 

I generated this awesome tree with two really weird but pretty dope faces coming out of it. So I made three fonts, two to place in the background on the left and right. 

Felt really inspired today and can you tell I polished the effects of the letters more than I did in the last weeks. 

yeah was fun! 😁

Got some pretty unique results when mixing some project with another. 

On these I basicalley described an instagram model and showed it a picture of some of an drawn anime style image of goku. I still want to explore more sources, but the results are amazing so far. 

Spot the "mad scientist" 😅

day 733. 🙂

day 732. A fail today. I realized I dont like where this is going, but I don't wanted to start all over again, so I made it black and white and put a [pleasing visuals here] font over it and called it a day. Not every day can be fantastic. 😁

 day 731. Here is a full ai board. I changed the colours to green orange tho. 

I found a new source-prompt combination. I basicalley told the AI to make a beefy wolf warrior and showed it an image of my "songoku playing with dragom" project. Currently I am exploring various different sources.

something really cool is coming soon...

day 730. "dedi FUCKING cation" . I am so happy and feel a big relief. Remember I deleted my whole AI folder? Well since I still had an old backup at least I didnt had to download all the pictures from discord again and my prompts with sources were also saved too. So it was just a matter of organizing the folder again on my harddrive. 

First time it took me around too weeks with loong breaks and now I managed to finish everything in one day! Spent the last hours on it and now it is better organized than ever. 

ANd the end I am very glad it happend. I have gone crazy and was very upset and feard for a couple seconds. Then I reminded myself that bad emotions wont get me my files back. 

So changing my mindset and I became thanful for getting the opportunity to do it again better.

Life gave me a challenge and I am super proud of myself that I acted calm and chilled and didnt worry too much. 

And it was strange. While reorganizing I had like tunnel vision. It was a ton of fun and I was strangely motivated.
And since the second time around I knew exactly how I wanted to have them organized so it was way way faster. 

SUUUUPER excited now for the future. 

And it's backed up now, so we are ready to go for round 3!

My puzzles should be ready next week too, so great times ahead. 💚

Hello. 🙂I started a new passion project, I thought some would enjoy.

Maybe you remember the Goku pictures I posted a few days ago. Well while trying different sources I could use in combination with the prompt I tried some realistic looking, graffiti infused tiny bird pictures from my collection. 

And the results were amazing. Something (to me) truly unique and never seen before. It kind of mixes the realism from the birds with the anime look of goku. On top it gives the tiny birds some very cartoonish eyes wich makes for crazy variations. 

I instantly knew these deserve their own project. So here are the GOKUBIRDS. 😆 

Here is a small selection. I cant wait to further explore this project... (but first I gotta recover my deleted folder. 😕)

I shared the prompt in the picture. I would love to see what you can come up with. 

A lion picture would probably also work pretty well. 🤔

Anyways I hope you enjoy the preview and hope you have a great day ! I go outside now for some sketching on real paper. 👀😮

I also attached an other new project idea. "GOKUMONK" can you spot all 4?

Take care! 👋 

day 729. oh no no no no... I deleted my AI folder and my backup folder in an blink of an eye. Dont ask me how it happened it just happened. I wasnt even unconcentrated or anything. It was straight up karma or life giving me a challenge. I was just done with everything and move the updated folder to a new drive. ☹️

So while I wait on the program to recover my deleted files I did this "be happy instead" board. I am hugely stressed out, because it's scan to recover the files is at 57% and He only found 4.21 gigabite of data out of the 39.22 I deleted.. Man I hope this turns out well, but stressing myself out now noesnt help at all it only makes me feel bad. 

So I see this as a challenge, to not get too attached to things that 100% will be gone at some point. 

But I still hope he can recover it. 

So yeah if he cant recover the full 39.2 gb of data, 3 months worth of organizing my AI would be for the waste. Luckily I never stressed myself out during my time and still had dun and enjoyed.

But yeah when there is nothing to do, then do nothing, so I sit here and just try to be happy and thankful for anything I can think of lol. 😅

day 728. Here is my very old "dinoneuneins" piece. Soon I will make a new one, but I need to get some stuff off my head first to be truly hyped again. Meanwhile I am improving my letters 

day 727. Experimental today. 🤓 Wanted to see how I can improve the clarity and visibility of outlines on a colourful background. 

It's quite tough to make it good readable. It's my "BE HAPPY" outlines.

day 726. A Rhino tag on an zoomed in AI rhino picture. Love the texture on the left side. 

Once, as the Openminded sat under a tree meditating, Mara approached them in various forms, attempting to distract them from their quest. Yet, the Openminded remained calm and undisturbed. They recognized that these distractions were not external, but rather manifestations of their own mind.

And so, the Openminded said to Mara, "I see you, Mara. I know you are not a real being but just a delusion within my own mind. You cannot harm me, for I will not be moved by your illusions."

Once, as the Openminded sat under a tree meditating, Mara approached them in various forms, attempting to distract them from their quest. Yet, the Openminded remained calm and undisturbed. They recognized that these distractions were not external, but rather manifestations of their own mind.

And so, the Openminded said to Mara, "I see you, Mara. I know you are not a real being but just a delusion within my own mind. You cannot harm me, for I will not be moved by your illusions."

day 725. A whack session board. 🤏

 day 724. Made a "Karma" and an "Alex" board from the sketches. I love how the paper texture still comes through. 

Here I have my sketches from Sunday. The "alex", "Karma", and "session" I liked. 
Overall just practice to improve my lettering and no polish really. No point in colouring for hours if I hate my letters next week anyways. 🙃

Caribbean tribe girls 3.0 🙏😑 I try to keep my calmness here to not freak out. 🙏😵 These turned out perfectly to me. The exact right amound of "abstract influence" from my graffiti, but still a beautiful woman and well placed scene. Also updating to v5 made the painting crystal clear I love it. v4 was blurry at times.

Its a set of prompts with two source pictures.

Source 1 is a picture using the same prompset but without any sources, so pure midjourney.

Source 2 is made from my handmade graffiti and an "underwater-pillars of creation abstract" prompt set.

I also updated the longtime "tribegirl" project to v5 and combined with these two amazing source pictures, these became my instant favourites out of the project. So definetely an improvement.

The only problem I have is that I have around 3000 other awesome abstract I would like to try out, but there is no way I will ever be able to try all combinations. ☹️ I fear on missing out on something amazing. Thats a downside of all the creativity and possibilities.. And if some is not careful it can lead to stress and crunch.

How do you pick the best, if you never see all options? 🤔

Maybe in 10 years (or weeks) there will be an AI for that that lets me run any possible combination with X amount of source pictures.

Until then I don't stress myself out and have fun instead. 😁✌️ Living here and now drives away all worrys. And being thankful for the images I do have is way better than attach to the ones I never get to see.

Never stress out over something you can't control. 😊

day 723. Never been that early, but here it is. I want to go out for a sketch session on a sunny day and I felt hyped to motivate myself before doing so with todays "stay focus" board. 😅

I probably see you later. Enjoy your day too!

day 722. My handmade "creative corruption" font and an ai coast. Zoomed in it makes for an awesome board if you ask me. 

Nothing in life is permanent, and everything is subject to change, including ourselves. Therefore, we should not cling to anything or anyone too tightly, as they will eventually pass away or transform. Instead, we should embrace the present moment and work towards our goals with dedication and perseverance, knowing that everything is temporary and constantly evolving. By accepting impermanence, we can find peace and liberation from suffering. 

day 721. I had no idea what to do for today, so here is a random AI board. 😅

day 720. Made a popping green "only hurt people hurt people" WHILE playing a new game I dicovered. Called "pheonix hope" and while I was waiting for wood to be harvested I did todays board. 

This game brought back my love for gaming. Since most games that come out are infested by greed and are bad because of it. Pheomix hope is like demons attack at night and you have to prepare for it throughout the day. Its quite simple at first, but theres alot of depth to it if you want to survive as long as possible. 

And its super relaxed. Its a small indy game and is full of love and passion and has a very interesting concept. 

Short: I am hooked! 

day 719. "I cant do Art and watch OnePiece with subtitles at the same time" ..., so it's gonna be a quick one today. 😅

To me by far the best ones I have generated so far. I am blown away and I enjoy these ALOT.

It's my "cyber-zen-garden-rooftop-farmer" project that I had for a while but never fleshed it out. You can see the influence of my green "rhino" graffiti in the leafs in each image. (Let me know if you want a breakdown and showcase on these?)

Now after not touching AI for a week I really wasn't expecting anything when I started something for fun today.

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Happiness is like a butterfly. It often comes when least expected, but if you want to force it and chase it, trying to catch it, it will most likely fly away. 🙏💚

p.s.:  😏I just cant help it I might make a million. Thats gonna be one fat photobook special edition. 😬 

I had a lot of fun today. The weather was beautiful and I was very inspired. I even drawed abit.  Overall these are just for practice so they are missing polish, but I thought some would still enjoy. 

The outlined ones I am happy with.  I also attach a rough alphabet I did on sunday. 

day 718. I have made a pretty dope "impermanence" font. Overall today is a great day. I will follow up with an awesome sketch session I had today.

day 717. For todays boards I took AI abstracts I created from my graffiti and I made some boards from them. 😁 These in particular I like a lot. I left some tags and quotes on each board.

day 716. "MINUS" ... why so negative? 😂

Beautiful woman corrupted by creativity. I generated these a while ago and I used my handmade "found happiness yet" design as a source/image prompt to mix it with my "caribbean tribe girls" and create these AI images.

There is so much more to try out. 🤯

day 715. woo... 😮 I like this one. My " be creative" tag in orange white. I also placed 3 of my alphabets in there. 🙂

day 714. A red one today. 😁 My "moonlighter" tag I did a while ago with some AI to give the background some texture.

day 713. I don't know where it came from, but I did a new alphabet. 🙂 I chilled outside and enjoyed the weather and sketched abit. It's just a practice and is not polished at all. Then back home, I turned it into todays boards. 👀🙏✍️

I got it! 🤩 Number 02 is here and I couldnt be happier how it turned out. 😬

Chat gpt helped me to create this awesome text about my new AI artbook. There is no way me old german could've came up with such an polished text. 😅I guided it and gpt found a nice frame of words for me.

"Looking through an artbook can offer more than just visual pleasure. Taking time to appreciate art has been shown to have meditative benefits, providing a moment of calm in our busy lives. By focusing on the artwork, we can experience a sense of mindfulness and inner peace.

Additionally, artbooks can be a great source of inspiration, providing new ideas and perspectives. They can spark our imagination, and encourage us to explore new creative avenues. As we flip through the pages, we are invited into worlds of endless creativity, invited to contemplate the limitless possibilities of AI-generated art, and to reflect on the fascinating interplay between technology and human creativity.

So, whether you're looking to unwind after a busy day or seeking inspiration for your own artistic endeavors, "Honorable Mentions Vol.02" is a wonderful companion to have by your side. Indulge in its meditative benefits and explore the boundless potential of AI-generated art today.

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Step into a world of creativity and innovation with "Honorable Mentions Vol.02" - an AI artbook unlike any other. Featuring never-before-seen artwork generated by artificial intelligence technology from handmade graffiti, this stunning collection of high-quality, truly unique pieces is a must-have for collectors and art enthusiasts alike. It is basicalley some of my favourite images out of my collection compiled into a wild mashup.

Each page of this artbook showcases the incredible power of AI combined with my handmade graffiti in creating visually stunning pieces that are truly one-of-a-kind. Made with love and passion, every piece in "Honorable Mentions Vol.02" is a testament to the endless possibilities of combining human creativity and technology.

Whether you're looking to add to your art collection, or searching for a gift that's truly unique and memorable, "Honorable Mentions Vol.02" is the perfect choice. Experience the beauty and wonder of AI-generated art and add "Honorable Mentions Vol.02" to your collection today."

Pretty crazy huh 🤔

Anyways check it out here for more info. www.etsy.com/listing/1437552822/honorable-mentions-vol02-unique-ai

Have a nice day! 🤗💚

day 712. This " Be happy, be free" project still needs a fill in. 🤔 But for today its perfect as it is. 🤩😁

day 711. This font is whack, but I can always "just do it again" 😁

day 710. Everything "could" nothing will. 

I like that simplicity alot. And the black one is a random "dino" board. 

day 709. My "BRAIN-DED" font with an ai abstract in 3 colours. 😁

 day 708. I tried out upscaling my sketchphotos the same way I upscale my AI. It worked great. You can see the details of the pencil strokes way better compared to before. And it is just taken with a samsung s7.😁 

This sketch I very like and it is "INES". ✌️ 

Papertowns 3.0 😁

Today I want to share this prompt with you. It is unchanged since version 4a and I wondered if you could help me and improve the prompt with a couple words? 🙏

For me it is still perfect how it is, but I am sure you guys could improve it a ton and I am just very curious what you would add to really make it shine? 👀 


Below you see the prompt on it's own and also after I mixed it with my graffiti or abstracts from my collection. 🙂