50+ AI Generated Images of Jerry Garcia
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50+ AI Generated Images of Jerry Garcia
Published: May 27, 2023I’ve recently discovered the joys of creating AI generated artwork with Midjourney, after using it to make the artwork for Extra Chill Fest. I had so much fun with that, I decided to further explore the capabilities of the software by generating images of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
To do this I’ve mainly paired Jerry’s name with popular Grateful Dead songs and themes from those songs. There were also some random ideas at play. Some of the results are funny, some are awesome, and others are downright weird.
Overall, the quality of this AI tech is incredible. The fact that it will produce any graphic in any format has the power to completely change the digital art and marketing sphere. And this is just one of the many AI-based tools that are hitting the market today, all with their unique purposes.
Perhaps I’ll dig into that in a later post, but for now I’m just sharing some AI Jerry Garcias and the prompts that generated them via Midjourney. The tool creates a grid of 4 images, and I certainly went overboard with it, so I couldn’t include them all. The Jerrys I’ve chosen to include represent my favorites out of hundreds of Jerrys generated. Enjoy!
AI Generated Jerry Garcia Artwork
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- Shakedown Street
- Stella Blue
- China Cat Sunflower
- Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad
- Brokedown Palace
- Scarlet Begonias
- Fire on the Mountain
- Dark Star
- Cold Rain & Snow
- Morning Dew
- Sugaree
- It Must Have Been the Roses
- Wharf Rat
- Friend of the Devil
- Bird Song
- Touch of Grey
- Mission in the Rain
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- And It Stoned Me
- Scuba Diving
- Jerry Garcia Briefcase
- Purple Rain
- Smoking Jerry
- Driving that Train
- Riding a Turtle
- Buddha Jerry
- Cartoon Sailing Jerry
- Jerry on a Trampoline
- Jerry Cards
- UFO Jerry
- Drunk Jerry
- AI Jerry Garcia Photos
Graphics are listed in the format of first the Prompt and then the Image. I’ve also added some headings to group similar prompts. Some of the songs were a rabbit hole in themselves, and I may come back and add more over time.
Also, while the AI did manage to capture Jerry’s facial expressions, hair, and overall aura, it gave him random guitars and did not always take into account his missing finger, among other things.
Shakedown Street
A fan favorite song, “Shakedown Street” seemed like as good a place to start as any.
Prompt: jerry garcia shakedown street
Prompt: jerry garcia dont tell me this town aint got no heart, just gotta poke around
Stella Blue
Also see our post about The Meaning of “Stella Blue”.
Prompt: jerry garcia stella blue cartoon
Prompt: jerry garcia stella blue watercolor
Prompt: jerry garcia brush off those rusty strings just one more time, gonna make em shine
China Cat Sunflower
Prompt: jerry garcia look for awhile at the china cat sunflower
Prompt: jerry garcia look for awhile at the china cat sunflower
Prompt: jerry garcia china cat sunflower cartoon
Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad
This song association gave some of my favorite outputs, as we got an unexpected Jerry with attitude. Also, with the correct missing digit. Another win.
Prompt: jerry garcia going down the road feeling bad watercolor
Brokedown Palace
One of the most well-written Grateful Dead songs is “Brokedown Palace” – a personal favorite of mine. I could spend all day creating images based on this song alone.
Prompt: jerry garcia brokedown palace cartoon
Prompt: jerry garcia listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul cartoon
Prompt: jerry garcia lovers come and go the river roll roll roll cartoon
Prompt: jerry garcia make myself a bed by the waterside
Scarlet Begonias
Prompt: jerry garcia the sky was yellow and the sun was blue pastels
Prompt: jerry garcia scarlet begonias oil painting
Fire on the Mountain
Prompt: jerry garcia fire, fire on the mountain, watercolor
Prompt: jerry garcia fire on the mountain
Dark Star
Prompt: jerry garcia dark star watercolor
Cold Rain & Snow
Prompt: jerry garcia cold rain and snow
Morning Dew
Prompt: jerry garcia morning dew cartoon
Sugaree
Prompt: jerry garcia sugaree graffiti
It Must Have Been the Roses
Prompt: jerry garcia must have been the roses cartoon
Prompt: jerry garcia must have been the roses stealie
Wharf Rat
The AI had some trouble with this one, but also produced some interesting work for one of the Dead’s finest tunes, “Wharf Rat”.
Prompt: jerry garcia wharf rat
Prompt: jerry garcia wharf rat
Prompt: jerry garcia ill get back to living someday
Friend of the Devil
Midjourney enjoyed taking “Friend of the Devil” graphics to a dark place.
Prompt: jerry garcia friend of the devil cartoon
Prompt: jerry garcia a friend of the devil is a friend of mine if i get home before daylight i just might get some sleep tonight, horror, cartoon
Bird Song
Also see our full analysis, The Meaning of the Grateful Dead’s “Bird Song”.
Prompt: jerry garcia bird song watercolor
Touch of Grey
The Dead’s only number one hit, “Touch of Grey”, produced a nice , clean black & white cartoon portrait of Garcia.
Prompt: jerry garcia touch of grey cartoon
Mission in the Rain
Prompt: jerry garcia in san francisco in the rain, mission in the rain, the bells are not for me, cartoon, 1967
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
The Bob Dylan classic, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” was often performed live by both the Grateful Dead and the Jerry Garcia Band.
Prompt: jerry garcia knock knock knockin on heaven’s door, cartoon, colorful
And It Stoned Me
Jerry often performed this Van Morrison classic with the Jerry Garcia band. Midjourney brought to mind grimy mid-80s Jerry with this prompt.
Prompt: jerry garcia and it stoned me cartoon
Scuba Diving
Prompt: jerry garcia scuba diving, hawaii
Jerry Garcia Briefcase
The infamous briefcase.
Prompt: jerry garcia briefcase cartoon
Purple Rain
I know this is a Prince song that the Dead never played themselves. However this prompt generated one of the most badass Jerry Garcia artworks of them all. It’s also one of the few that got Jerry’s missing finger correct.
Prompt: jerry garcia purple rain
Smoking Jerry
It was pretty easy to generate images of Jerry Garcia smoking. Probably because there are so many actual photos of him smoking out there, that the machine has many reference points.
However, I wasn’t able to generate one of Jerry taking a bong rip. Often when I tried it looked more like he was chasing the dragon, so I’ve opted not to include those images here.
Prompt: Cartoon jerry garcia smoking a bong, colorful, psychedelic, isolated on a black background
Prompt: jerry garcia smoking, vector art, bright
Prompt: jerry garcia smoking, crayon
Driving that Train
This one looks more like driving a bus than a train, but we’ll take it either way.
Prompt: jerry garcia driving a train cartoon
Riding a Turtle
Prompt: jerry garcia riding a turtle cartoon
Buddha Jerry
Prompt: cartoon buddha jerry garcia on a mountain, meditating, colorful, psychedelic, isolated on a black background
Cartoon Sailing Jerry
Prompt: Cartoon young jerry garcia on a sailboat, colorful, psychedelic, isolated on a black background
Jerry on a Trampoline
Cool psychedelic art, but on a trampoline? Not exactly.
Prompt: cartoon jerry garcia on a trampoline, colorful, psychedelic, isolated on a black background
Jerry Cards
Prompt: jerry garcia playing card, vector art
Prompt: jerry garcia poker card, vector art, realistic
UFO Jerry
Prompt: jerry garcia in a ufo flying to outer space with a full moon, cartoon, colorful, psychedelic, isolated on a black background
Drunk Jerry
Prompt: jerry garcia drunk
AI Jerry Garcia Photos
Midjourney is able to generate photos of Jerry Garcia that look pretty close to how Jerry actually looked. Most of them don’t, but some, like the ones I’ve shared below, truly do. I didn’t make too many of these, as I was more entertained by the artwork style graphics.
Prompt: grainy 90s photo of jerry garcia
Prompt: jerry garcia sailing, charleston, sc, shot with canon eos r5
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