How to create hidden face portraits on MidJourney
The newest trend on MidJourney is generating portraits hidden in other scenes. AI artists are hiding faces in seemingly innocent backgrounds or objects. It’s a modern twist on the classic phenomenon called pareidolia. Ever noticed a face in a cloud or a monster in the shadows? That’s the same optical illusion. Join me and I’ll show you how to create this effect in AI art:
Pictures where a scene or object can be interpreted as two unrelated images are known as ambiguous images or bistable images. Often they are split between a background, and a close-up subject. For instance, the trees and clouds in the above example resolve into Freddy Krueger’s hat, while the wet driveway with a reflected sunset turns into his iconic bladed-glove. The pinacle of a face hidden in plain view is perhaps Salvador Dali’s iconic 1935 artwork “Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment”. In this ingenious piece, Dali transforms the facial features of the famous actress Mae West into a surreal room. Each element of the room comes together to form a recognizable portrait—the curtains as hair, the fireplace as her nose, and the sofa as lips— when seen from a specific vantage point.
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