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Things I Have Drawn is a site in which the things kids draw are real

207 points by smartmic 4y ago

Kaibeezy 4y ago
Petalica Paint, formerly PaintsChainer, uses AI to colorize line drawings. It had a moment a couple of years back. I still find it amazingly satisfying. https://petalica-paint.pixiv.dev/index_en.html https://petalica-paint.pixiv.dev/index_en.html
MiddleEndian 4y ago
Reminds me of Nala 2.0 https://external-preview.redd.it/hat4x2OuJAzKx1-NAookXNlPigZyWiBxUBlnoCBH8aQ.jpg?width=519&auto=webp&s=31102dfe1ad0f4924a2c76b8c5080912f689ceb4 https://external-preview.redd.it/hat4x2OuJAzKx1-NAookXNlPigZ...
kretaceous 4y ago
OT: Please don't use hover interactions for displaying titles on mobile phones. I thought this was a gallery and then realised I had to tap and check what these are.
nycdatasci 4y ago
Reminds me of: https://ai.facebook.com/blog/using-ai-to-bring-childrens-drawings-to-life/ https://ai.facebook.com/blog/using-ai-to-bring-childrens-dra...
loudmax 4y ago
Also see the absolutely absurd episode of Dexter's Laboratory "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!" It was written and narrated by a six year old fan of the show and hilariously brought to life by Genndy Tartakovsky and crew.
molbioguy 4y ago
Unpopular opinion, but here goes ... The pictures are absolutely charming. This is because they distill the essential qualities of the object (from the child's POV), which is lost when you have perfect representation art. But turning them into real objects results in things that are often terrifying and grotesque, not charming. I don't believe the kids wanted their object to look like that in real life. They may be proud that their creation is realized, but I doubt their drawing is an expression of desire. They just have imperfect skills in representation. In contrast, there is imaginative art that kids excel at (e.g. a puppy with wings and a goatee). That's something that is really cool to see as a real object.
- kurupt213 4y ago
  That whale/seal was very disturbing
TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
How can I take my kid’s drawings and do the same?
gus_massa 4y ago
In the "press" section it has a video about how he makes the images. Direct link to the exact moment of the explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e1DWD_GRQ&t=165s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e1DWD_GRQ&t=165s
- maroonblazer 4y ago
  His explanation is very high level. I was hoping for more of a Photoshop tutorial specifically for these kinds of images.
  - gus_massa 4y ago
    Me too, but that's the most detailed explanation I found.
rossdavidh 4y ago
aka "with sufficiently clever software you can turn innocent and charming children's drawings into nightmare fuel!"
- manholio 4y ago
  Except the photo-manipulation suite, they are not done by software.
  - rossdavidh 4y ago
    Interesting, so software plus sufficiently clever user of it. :)
- oliwary 4y ago
  Isn’t this an important plot point in the spy kids movie?
  - andybak 4y ago
    Reminded me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperhouse_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperhouse_(film)
  - scoot 4y ago
    Duh Bob
StrictDabbler 4y ago
It's a good thing he got his fifteen minutes of fame before an AI was created to do exactly the same thing.
- elcomet 4y ago
  I actually thought this was an AI
flobosg 4y ago
This reminded of a special edition of Magic: The Gathering cards which were illustrated by children, along with a professional artist’s interpretation: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/secret-lair-extra-life-2021-10-20 https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/secret-la...
- junon 4y ago
  This is adorable. Not into MtG but if I were I know I'd probably want these given the backstory.
jamesakirk 4y ago
Mad Magazine did this in 1963... "If kids designed their own Xmas toys": https://imgur.com/gallery/45RGR https://imgur.com/gallery/45RGR
- isametry 4y ago
  IKEA went ahead and actually did it — their SAGOSKATT line of plush toys is designed by children in a drawing contest. 2020 — https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/meet-the-2021-sagoskatt-soft-toy-crew-pub15499b50 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/meet-the-2021-sagoskatt-soft-... 2021 — https://www.ikea.com/us/en/files/pdf/15/b8/15b8f1cd/com20_pr-kit_sagoskatt-final.pdf https://www.ikea.com/us/en/files/pdf/15/b8/15b8f1cd/com20_pr...
- scrame 4y ago
  Thank you! I know Maddox did a similar gag in the early 2000's, but I always think of the Mad version.
- scandox 4y ago
  Also Kevin Woodcock in Private Eye in the 90s had a cartoon working on this concept. https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/private-eye-a-cartoon-history https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/private-eye-a-cartoon-h... https://media.itsnicethat.com/images/527cddc45c3e3c348f000ea7.format-webp.width-1440_VhVG3UGa3ojGFtrF.webp https://media.itsnicethat.com/images/527cddc45c3e3c348f000ea...
mkl95 4y ago
It reminds me of pix2pix https://phillipi.github.io/pix2pix/ https://phillipi.github.io/pix2pix/
redanddead 4y ago
I got a lot more than what I expected
djaychela 4y ago
Reminds me of these odd bikes: https://www.gianlucagimini.it/portfolio-item/velocipedia/ https://www.gianlucagimini.it/portfolio-item/velocipedia/
melony 4y ago
The pictures look the like were generated by ML
- amelius 4y ago
  Yes, equally disturbing.
  - quickthrower2 4y ago
    Some sort of uncanny valley poes law of pictures.
andybak 4y ago
I wish Dall-e was more like this.
nlh 4y ago
This is fun and cool. Also, I kind of expect that DALL-E (or, a variation thereof) will be able to do this with the right prompts. Hope he doesn't get too attached to the manual process and keeps the project going when the AI comes for his jerb ;)
martincmartin 4y ago
Like Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_in_the_Land_of_Chalk_Drawings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_in_the_Land_of_Chalk_Dra...
SahAssar 4y ago
Considering all the Dall-e stuff it's a bit ironic that the sites font shows the artist name "Al" almost the exact same way as it would the acronym "AI".
- herrherrmann 4y ago
  I was very confused by that. I only realized that Al is one of the two children when I saw his picture further down on the about page. Before that, I assumed it was an awkward attempt of claiming to have an AI “in the family”.
pjgalbraith 4y ago
I kinda did a similar thing recently with DALL-E 2, recreating a badly drawn heavy metal album cover https://twitter.com/P_Galbraith/status/1549519849558519808 https://twitter.com/P_Galbraith/status/1549519849558519808
- phs318u 4y ago
  Hahaha - thanks for making my day \m/
gmiller123456 4y ago
Click on the "press" link on the site to see how it's done, example near the end of the video: https://www.thingsihavedrawn.com/press https://www.thingsihavedrawn.com/press
user3939382 4y ago
Budsies does this https://www.budsies.com/ https://www.budsies.com/ but they turn the drawing into a stuffed animal

207 points by smartmic 4y ago

Petalica Paint, formerly PaintsChainer, uses AI to colorize line drawings. It had a moment a couple of years back. I still find it amazingly satisfying. https://petalica-paint.pixiv.dev/index_en.html https://petalica-paint.pixiv.dev/index_en.html

MiddleEndian 4y ago

Reminds me of Nala 2.0 https://external-preview.redd.it/hat4x2OuJAzKx1-NAookXNlPigZyWiBxUBlnoCBH8aQ.jpg?width=519&auto=webp&s=31102dfe1ad0f4924a2c76b8c5080912f689ceb4 https://external-preview.redd.it/hat4x2OuJAzKx1-NAookXNlPigZ...

kretaceous 4y ago

OT: Please don't use hover interactions for displaying titles on mobile phones. I thought this was a gallery and then realised I had to tap and check what these are.

nycdatasci 4y ago

Reminds me of: https://ai.facebook.com/blog/using-ai-to-bring-childrens-drawings-to-life/ https://ai.facebook.com/blog/using-ai-to-bring-childrens-dra...

loudmax 4y ago

Also see the absolutely absurd episode of Dexter's Laboratory "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!" It was written and narrated by a six year old fan of the show and hilariously brought to life by Genndy Tartakovsky and crew.

molbioguy 4y ago

Unpopular opinion, but here goes ... The pictures are absolutely charming. This is because they distill the essential qualities of the object (from the child's POV), which is lost when you have perfect representation art. But turning them into real objects results in things that are often terrifying and grotesque, not charming. I don't believe the kids wanted their object to look like that in real life. They may be proud that their creation is realized, but I doubt their drawing is an expression of desire. They just have imperfect skills in representation. In contrast, there is imaginative art that kids excel at (e.g. a puppy with wings and a goatee). That's something that is really cool to see as a real object.

kurupt213 4y ago
That whale/seal was very disturbing

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

How can I take my kid’s drawings and do the same?

gus_massa 4y ago

In the "press" section it has a video about how he makes the images. Direct link to the exact moment of the explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e1DWD_GRQ&t=165s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e1DWD_GRQ&t=165s

maroonblazer 4y ago
His explanation is very high level. I was hoping for more of a Photoshop tutorial specifically for these kinds of images.
- gus_massa 4y ago
  Me too, but that's the most detailed explanation I found.

rossdavidh 4y ago

aka "with sufficiently clever software you can turn innocent and charming children's drawings into nightmare fuel!"

manholio 4y ago
Except the photo-manipulation suite, they are not done by software.
- rossdavidh 4y ago
  Interesting, so software plus sufficiently clever user of it. :)
oliwary 4y ago
Isn’t this an important plot point in the spy kids movie?
- andybak 4y ago
  Reminded me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperhouse_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperhouse_(film)
- scoot 4y ago
  Duh Bob

StrictDabbler 4y ago

It's a good thing he got his fifteen minutes of fame before an AI was created to do exactly the same thing.

elcomet 4y ago
I actually thought this was an AI

flobosg 4y ago

This reminded of a special edition of Magic: The Gathering cards which were illustrated by children, along with a professional artist’s interpretation: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/secret-lair-extra-life-2021-10-20 https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/secret-la...

junon 4y ago
This is adorable. Not into MtG but if I were I know I'd probably want these given the backstory.

jamesakirk 4y ago

Mad Magazine did this in 1963... "If kids designed their own Xmas toys": https://imgur.com/gallery/45RGR https://imgur.com/gallery/45RGR

isametry 4y ago
IKEA went ahead and actually did it — their SAGOSKATT line of plush toys is designed by children in a drawing contest. 2020 — https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/meet-the-2021-sagoskatt-soft-toy-crew-pub15499b50 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/new/meet-the-2021-sagoskatt-soft-... 2021 — https://www.ikea.com/us/en/files/pdf/15/b8/15b8f1cd/com20_pr-kit_sagoskatt-final.pdf https://www.ikea.com/us/en/files/pdf/15/b8/15b8f1cd/com20_pr...
scrame 4y ago
Thank you! I know Maddox did a similar gag in the early 2000's, but I always think of the Mad version.
scandox 4y ago
Also Kevin Woodcock in Private Eye in the 90s had a cartoon working on this concept. https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/private-eye-a-cartoon-history https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/private-eye-a-cartoon-h... https://media.itsnicethat.com/images/527cddc45c3e3c348f000ea7.format-webp.width-1440_VhVG3UGa3ojGFtrF.webp https://media.itsnicethat.com/images/527cddc45c3e3c348f000ea...

mkl95 4y ago

It reminds me of pix2pix https://phillipi.github.io/pix2pix/ https://phillipi.github.io/pix2pix/

redanddead 4y ago

I got a lot more than what I expected

djaychela 4y ago

Reminds me of these odd bikes: https://www.gianlucagimini.it/portfolio-item/velocipedia/ https://www.gianlucagimini.it/portfolio-item/velocipedia/

melony 4y ago

The pictures look the like were generated by ML

amelius 4y ago
Yes, equally disturbing.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  Some sort of uncanny valley poes law of pictures.

andybak 4y ago

I wish Dall-e was more like this.

nlh 4y ago

This is fun and cool. Also, I kind of expect that DALL-E (or, a variation thereof) will be able to do this with the right prompts. Hope he doesn't get too attached to the manual process and keeps the project going when the AI comes for his jerb ;)

martincmartin 4y ago

Like Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_in_the_Land_of_Chalk_Drawings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_in_the_Land_of_Chalk_Dra...

SahAssar 4y ago

Considering all the Dall-e stuff it's a bit ironic that the sites font shows the artist name "Al" almost the exact same way as it would the acronym "AI".

herrherrmann 4y ago
I was very confused by that. I only realized that Al is one of the two children when I saw his picture further down on the about page. Before that, I assumed it was an awkward attempt of claiming to have an AI “in the family”.

pjgalbraith 4y ago

I kinda did a similar thing recently with DALL-E 2, recreating a badly drawn heavy metal album cover https://twitter.com/P_Galbraith/status/1549519849558519808 https://twitter.com/P_Galbraith/status/1549519849558519808

phs318u 4y ago
Hahaha - thanks for making my day \m/

gmiller123456 4y ago

Click on the "press" link on the site to see how it's done, example near the end of the video: https://www.thingsihavedrawn.com/press https://www.thingsihavedrawn.com/press

user3939382 4y ago

Budsies does this https://www.budsies.com/ https://www.budsies.com/ but they turn the drawing into a stuffed animal