Title: Hi HN - this is a little side project I threw together. Some implementation details: image processing is all done with headless GIMP (running inside a Docker container) through its built-in Python API. It&#x27;s _very_ slow (about 50 seconds&#x2F;image), and currently it processes exactly one image at a time. The website is built with NextJS; payments are processed by Stripe.<p>I&#x27;ve had the best results with pictures of houses, although certain photos of people or nature can look neat, too. (For example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;brushify.art&#x2F;s&#x2F;ruYmQWk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;brushify.art&#x2F;s&#x2F;ruYmQWk</a>, original photo from <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pillars_of_Creation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pillars_of_Creation</a>.) The effect obscures the edges of the photo, so images with plenty of margin around the subject work best.<p>Something I&#x27;d like to play around with is swapping the GIMP script for an AI-based process (maybe using something like Stable Diffusion?), with the goal of generating images that look more handmade (something like these: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.etsy.com&#x2F;ca&#x2F;search?q=watercolor+house" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.etsy.com&#x2F;ca&#x2F;search?q=watercolor+house</a>). I have exactly zero AI experience though, so there would be a bit of a learning curve.<p>Would love any thoughts or critiques!<p>----<p>edit: remove unrelated details
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