I have mixed feelings about generative AI.

Like most artists, I struggle to reconcile its value with its many disruptions. I used it here, to help realize a concept Iโ€™ve had for years.

A men's suit with a suit jacket, dress shirt, and tie, featuring a design of green foliage and moss covering the jacket.

Conceptual Exercise

Alto Terrestre, or โ€œHigh Earth,โ€ is the first personal project of mine to use generative AI (although there was plenty of photography and pixel polishing involved). I simply never had the bandwidth to build it from scratch, at least not to the extent I imagined.

A pair of intricately designed dress shoes with a tree and root motif, in shades of black and tan, against a dark background.

The Concept

A designer label that ignores the human aspect. Clothes and accessories more interested in materials than models. Fashion unhampered by feasibility, wardrobes only wearable in theory. It is a celebration of nature, made with artificial compromise.