/sectionb: DEAD DROP
Posted on July 6th, 2023 – Be the first to comment… in which the agents of Section B travel to a misunderstood exfiltration from Thailand.
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/sectionb: BLACK OP
Posted on June 4th, 2023 – Be the first to comment… in which an unexpected solution to a few big problems presents itself.
/sectionb: BRUSH PASS [DSD version]
Posted on March 19th, 2023 – Be the first to commentI’m happy with the result but much of the process is manual so I may have to spend some time slapping together some automation for the next installment.
From: https://www.torontocitylife.com/sectionb/2022/03/25/2-brush-pass/
/sectionb: COMPROMISED [DSD version]
Posted on February 13th, 2023 – Be the first to commentI’ve been thinking about producing a more immersive rendition of /sectionb. I’ve also been thinking that producing a “Parapsychological Spy Thriller” via conventional means is not be the correct approach. It needs to be a little more artsy, interpretive, associative. Unfortunately, illustration and animation aren’t really my thing.
Although I can draw some basic proportions and I try to pay attention to composition and colour, I can’t produce the type of visual output that modern artificial intelligence can. But as it happens I also dabble in code so it wasn’t long before I was fucking around with Stable Diffusion and similar software. Unfortunately, if I wanted to use the AI to produce short films the still images it spat out would need to be animated using something like morphing — doable but laborious.
By one propitious circumstance a fairly recent upgrade to Stable Diffusion by Deforum popped up in my search results one day and as soon as I saw a few samples I got giddy. Not only is the animated output of DSD dream-like and trippy, which is very apropos for /sectionb, it also improvises around the periphery of supplied prompts/themes in surprising ways, which is also quite apropos.
Initially I tried adding voice narration but it just didn’t fit so instead I converted the text to subtitles/closed captions, chucked in some original music, and after that the video basically just produced itself.
/sectionb: KOMPROMAT
Posted on February 13th, 2023 – Be the first to comment… in which Brock and Rebekah put on a convincing performance and a deep secret is revealed.
/sectionb: BLOWBACK
Posted on February 12th, 2023 – Be the first to comment… in which inspiration opens locked doors and an escape plan is hatched.
/sectionb: SHINDAN ACADEMY
Posted on February 12th, 2023 – Be the first to comment… in which Section B runs up against some closed doors in their pursuit of a hastily retreating Shindan Academy.
/sectionb: INFILTRATION
Posted on February 12th, 2023 – Be the first to comment… in which the premises of Shindan Academy are unsuccessfully penetrated. An intriguing twist emerges.
/sectionb: UNDERGROUND
Posted on January 1st, 2023 – Be the first to comment… in which Section B receives agency assistance of an unnerving nature.
/sectionb: MISSION CREEP
Posted on October 31st, 2022 – Be the first to comment… in which secrets are revealed and best-laid are scuttled.
... with pictures
... with sounds
... with videos
... with opinions
... that's shorter
... that's longer
