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Visual artist and filmmaker Kelly Besch shares her journey of incorporating AI into her creative process, demonstrating how it has become a collaborative tool that bridges the gap between imagination and creation. She addresses common questions about AI art's legitimacy while showcasing her work in images, film, and music, ultimately arguing that AI represents the beginning of a creative renaissance when guided by human intention and emotion.
Kelly's Creative Transformation Through AI
Kelly Besch introduces herself as an artist whose life trajectory has been completely changed by AI technology. Rather than focusing on productivity applications, she has explored AI as a creative tool comparable to traditional artistic instruments. Her journey began with experimental images that others found strange, but she leaned into this uniqueness, developing it into her signature style. This new approach gave her what she describes as a superpower, closing the gap between imagination and creation for the first time in her career.
- Kelly has focused on incorporating AI into art as a new creative tool, like a paintbrush or camera
- Her early AI images were strange and experimental, which became her signature style
- AI closed the distance between what she imagined and what she could create
" For the first time, the distance between what I imagined and what I could create has closed. "
Expanding Into AI Video and Music Production
After mastering AI image generation, Kelly began animating her creations into short films, but felt something was missing from the complete experience. This led her to explore AI-assisted music creation, where she writes lyrics and collaborates with AI on instrumentation. Her inspiration comes from her visuals, lyrics, and life experiences. Remarkably, her music development has resulted in landing a record deal, an unexpected achievement at this stage of her career that demonstrates how AI collaboration can open entirely new creative pathways.
- Kelly started animating AI images to create short films
- She began writing lyrics and using AI for instrumentation to match her visuals
- Her music independently gained traction, leading to a record deal
" I never thought that my music would take on a life of its own, but it has as I just landed a record deal. "
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