Play Testing

Play Testing

Side-projects where I stress-test AI models for art, music & micro-apps, show off new paintings and other general nonsense that's not "professional."

Creativity, Iteration, and the Soul of AI-Driven Art

I say: "Shut up" to naysayers who say AI takes the soul out of art, out of creativity. That's total bullshit. AI helps creativity. AI can produce inspirational art that touches the soul. AI can give you nonsense or it can help you articulate yourself in ways otherwise impossible.

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Creativity, Iteration, and the Soul of AI-Driven Art

I say: "Shut up" to naysayers who say AI takes the soul out of art, out of creativity. That's total bullshit. AI helps creativity. AI can produce inspirational art that touches the soul. AI can give you nonsense or it can help you articulate yourself in ways otherwise impossible.

Read more about the process

Creativity, Iteration, and the Soul of AI-Driven Art

I say: "Shut up" to naysayers who say AI takes the soul out of art, out of creativity. That's total bullshit. AI helps creativity. AI can produce inspirational art that touches the soul. AI can give you nonsense or it can help you articulate yourself in ways otherwise impossible.

Read more about the process

Creativity, Iteration, and the Soul of AI-Driven Art

I say: "Shut up" to naysayers who say AI takes the soul out of art, out of creativity. That's total bullshit. AI helps creativity. AI can produce inspirational art that touches the soul. AI can give you nonsense or it can help you articulate yourself in ways otherwise impossible.

Read more about the process

Creativity, Iteration, and the Soul of AI-Driven Art

I say: "Shut up" to naysayers who say AI takes the soul out of art, out of creativity. That's total bullshit. AI helps creativity. AI can produce inspirational art that touches the soul. AI can give you nonsense or it can help you articulate yourself in ways otherwise impossible.

Read more about the process

Music Style Prompt Play Testing

I’ve been experimenting with how to turn musical influences into AI-ready prompts. Instead of just naming bands or albums, I break down the sound — the instruments, rhythms, textures, and moods — and translate them into short, vivid descriptions. The result is part producer’s note, part poem: clear enough for the AI to follow, but still human and evocative. This is where I share those experiments and test how far the prompts can go.

I’ve been experimenting with how to turn musical influences into AI-ready prompts. Instead of just naming bands or albums, I break down the sound — the instruments, rhythms, textures, and moods — and translate them into short, vivid descriptions. The result is part producer’s note, part poem: clear enough for the AI to follow, but still human and evocative. This is where I share those experiments and test how far the prompts can go.

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New AI-Co-Produced Music and Video Honoring Past Artists

Allen Ginsberg, the incredible Beat poet of the 1950s - 1990s had mentioned that he found the Romantic poet William Blake a muse and inspiration. This new song, "Ginsberg Talked To Blake uses this theme as an analog for my long-time friendship with poet and writer, J.C. Coyle, based in Los Angeles, CA. His poetry and writing has always been a personal inspiration for me, and a great metaphor for my relationship with J.C.

Using Suno.ai, ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Krea.ai, Midjourney.com, Adobe Premiere and Garageband, I created this new music and accompanying video. Enjoy.

Allen Ginsberg, the incredible Beat poet of the 1950s - 1990s had mentioned that he found the Romantic poet William Blake a muse and inspiration. This new song, "Ginsberg Talked To Blake" uses this theme as an analog for my long-time friendship with poet and writer, J.C. Coyle, based in Los Angeles, CA. His poetry and writing has always been a personal inspiration for me, and a great metaphor for my relationship with J.C.

Using Suno.ai, ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Krea.ai, Midjourney.com, Adobe Premiere and Garageband, I created this new music and accompanying video. Enjoy.

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Using AI for music, images, video and creative inspiration

Every song paints pictures in the mind— and to accompany the new song A New Kind of Feeling, I wanted those pictures to move and embody the spirit and sense of the song. Not just a static album cover, not just abstract footage. I wanted the visuals to grow and shift with the music, breathing in sync with the lyrics.

Every song paints pictures in the mind— and to accompany the new song A New Kind of Feeling, I wanted those pictures to move and embody the spirit and sense of the song. Not just a static album cover, not just abstract footage. I wanted the visuals to grow and shift with the music, breathing in sync with the lyrics.

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Enhancing UX Research and Design With AI

The session, “Enhancing UX Research & Design with AI Tools,” was a fast-paced, exploratory conversation that unpacked both practical applications and paradigm-shifting opportunities for using AI in the UX process.

The session, “Enhancing UX Research & Design with AI Tools,” was a fast-paced, exploratory conversation that unpacked both practical applications and paradigm-shifting opportunities for using AI in the UX process.

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Design Fast with a UX (Co)Pilot

When you're juggling complex ideas, weird inspirations, and the practical demands of a modern portfolio, there's something magical about getting a second brain to riff with—and UX Pilot delivers that in spades.

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Design Fast with a UX (Co)Pilot

When you're juggling complex ideas, weird inspirations, and the practical demands of a modern portfolio, there's something magical about getting a second brain to riff with—and UX Pilot delivers that in spades.

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Building Systim.ai: Human-inspired, AI-generated stuff

It started with an experiment: Could AI tools be used to create artwork that feels both beautifully crafted and genuinely unique? The answer, it turns out, is yes — and the Systim Etsy shop was born from that curiosity.

It started with an experiment: Could AI tools be used to create artwork that feels both beautifully crafted and genuinely unique? The answer, it turns out, is yes — and the Systim Etsy shop was born from that curiosity.

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Why I Built Systim, My Custom GPT

I created Systim—a custom GPT trained on my body of work. It’s a conversational assistant designed to help people explore my experience, capabilities, and design philosophy in a more interactive, intelligent way.

I created Systim—a custom GPT trained on my body of work. It’s a conversational assistant designed to help people explore my experience, capabilities, and design philosophy in a more interactive, intelligent way.

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AI Model Exploration

I've been spending a lot of time focusing on AI both professionally and creatively. Below are some of the tools I regularly use and find to give the best results for my purposes when designing both enterprise-level and "microsites." This is just my experience. If you think they should be reordered or other tools should be added/replaced, let me know! I'm very interested in learning new things within the AI field.

Image Generation

Krea.ai
Midjourney
Pika.art
ChatGPT

9.0

8.5

8.0

7.5

Wireframes and UI

UX Pilot
Relume.io
Galilieo
UIzard

9.0

8.5

8.0

7.5

UX Research and Strategy

ChatGPT
Otter.ai
NotebookLM
Claude

9.0

8.5

8.0

7.5

"Fine Art"

I've been painting since I first picked up a brush in high school. I miss it a lot these days. Posting this work is inspirational for me and I hope you find the pieces compelling.


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The "Geolocated Series"
"Victims of the Oncoming Civil War" Series
"I Am A Bug" Multimedia on Panel
"Goosing Statues" and "Mugwump"

I want to work together and create awesome things.

I want to work together and create awesome things.

Are you interested in things? Me, too!

Are you interested in things?
Me, too!

Let's connect and see where our interests, talents and enthusiasm converge.

I'm hungry for interesting projects of all sorts. I'm fun to work with, pretty personable with a sense of humor. I'm a little shy, so please "make the first move," so we can produce awesome, creative professional products and experimental contemporary multimedia fine art. Seriously.

Let's connect and see where our interests, talents and enthusiasm converge.


I'm hungry for interesting projects of all sorts. I'm fun to work with, pretty personable with a sense of humor. I'm a little shy, so please "make the first move," so we can produce awesome, creative professional products and experimental contemporary multimedia fine art. Seriously.

Tim Aidlin Design

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