Web Creativity Blog Post 1

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This week, I did a creative exercise found in the book:

"CAFFEINE FOR THE CREATIVE MIND" by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield.
The exercise is on page 69.

Instructions:"Gnome, Gnome on the Range:

Everyone knows it's time for a big change. The world is practically begging for change, and we all know where it needs to start.
That's right. With the modern-day lawn gnome.
You know the guys. They're the little plastic pointy-hat-clad characters that have grace the front of fine living establishments all over the world.
It's time that changed. You need to create the equivalent of the modern-day lawn gnome, but with a twist.

What would be the perfect lawn gnome from the 1980s?"

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Having some experience from the 1980s, I went to one of the AI image creators and asked it to create an image with the following prompt:

"Create an image of a garden gnome with the stereotypical pointy hat, with parachute pants, a Van Halen T-shirt, polarized sunglasses (i.e. CHIPS), sporting a Joe Dirt mullet."

Here is my favorite variation:

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