How Unusual Generative AI Fish Art Is, Animal Medieval Drawings

Old days facts about fishing, why not?

"Big fish are worth fishing even if you don't catch one." Finnish proverb.

How did people catch fish in the old days?

Ancient Egyptians fished from small reed ships Nile perch, catfish, and eels and used woven nets, weir baskets, harpoons, and hook and line to catch them.

The first metal barbed fish hooks appeared during the 12th dynasty.

Fishing with nets, Tacuinum Sanitatis Canadensis (14th century).

Fishing with nets, Tacuinum Sanitatis Canadensis (14th century).

Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 40,000 years.

Fly fishing from a dinghy.

Catching fish techniques include hand gathering, netting, angling, spearing, and trapping.

Generative art.

It is an art that uses computational processes to create works of art.

The purpose of generative art is to create something new, something unexpected.

It's like remaking, recycling art with the help of technology.

And somehow beautiful, engaging, and thought-provoking.

This is a Medieval Arm fish, Netherlands, 14th century.

Medieval Arm fish, Netherlands, 14th century.

I used computer programs to make derivative art.

Medieval Arm fish, derivative art by Bot + author. 2022.

Medieval Arm fish, derivative art II, by the author. 2022.