# New Yorker Illustration

> The power of leaves

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-yorker-photosynthesis-style-transfer/
- Year: 2021
- Medium and tools: Editorial, AI, Generative AI, Moving Image, Print
- Pathways: [Commissioned Systems](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/commissioned-systems.md), [Printed Intelligence](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/printed-intelligence.md)
- Media: 3 images, 1 video
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

Commissioned by [the New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/13/creating-a-better-leaf) for an essay on improving photosynthesis to battle food shortages. Art direction by Alexandra Zsigmond.

Techniques: Style transfer, Neural Cellular Automata

## Media

Videos cannot be watched by text agents; each entry gives its alt text, caption, Vimeo title and duration, and a description of the video.

### 1. Video `653988141-hd`
- Description: Collage of subtly animating leaves and flowers inside circles
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-yorker-photosynthesis-style-transfer/?media=653988141-hd

### 2. Triptych `alternate-sketches`
- Caption: Alternate sketches
- Image `newyorker-photosynthesis-alternate1`
  - Alt text: cocentric circles of plants with a sun in the middle
  - Format: Print
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-yorker-photosynthesis-style-transfer/?media=newyorker-photosynthesis-alternate1
- Image `newyorker-photosynthesis-alternate2`
  - Alt text: painting of a flower with subtle texture changes
  - Format: Print
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-yorker-photosynthesis-style-transfer/?media=newyorker-photosynthesis-alternate2
- Image `newyorker-photosynthesis-alternate3`
  - Alt text: abstract and textural illustration of a maple leaf
  - Format: Print
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/new-yorker-photosynthesis-style-transfer/?media=newyorker-photosynthesis-alternate3

## External links

- [the New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/13/creating-a-better-leaf)

## Related

### Pathways

- [Commissioned Systems](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/commissioned-systems.md): Editorial and client work where the technical method is part of the visual language.
- [Printed Intelligence](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/printed-intelligence.md): Machine-made images that become prints, plots, pages, and physical artifacts.

### Tags

Editorial, AI, Generative AI, Moving Image, Print

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