DesertIA Dreams
Video, 2026 · Unique
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About the artwork
"DesertIA Dreams" grew out of blending different style of images together into a series of large compositions and seeing how everything moved when transitioning between them. It shares the same world of DesertIA but feels like a deeper layer of it. More human elements start creeping in, familiar but off, like the real world is a dream inside of a dream. The loop came together naturally out of that process and the surreal quality of it isn't something I forced, it just showed up when I let the images talk to each other.
Around this time I also started turning to open source models for the music, building unique tracks by mixing genres and leaning into a cumbia influence. The audio for this one reflects that, it's almost like the song is about to start but never really does. It also inspired a series of other songs.
Diego Torres, also known as Birddog (born 1988, Zacatecas, Mexico), is a California-based graphic/UI designer and AI artist working exclusively with AI-driven digital media. His practice explores identity, mortality, surrealism, and the fractured nature of reality, using glitched aesthetics to rebuild familiar forms into evocative, dreamlike compositions and loops. Constantly refining his visual taste after more than a decade in professional design, Diego pairs traditional design principles with tools like Midjourney, ComfyUI, and Stable Diffusion to challenge ideas of permanence and reality. His work has been exhibited at IHAM Gallery (Paris), Casa NUA (São Paulo), and Artcrush Gallery (Belgium). Most recently, he earned third place in Claire Silver’s AI Art Contest #8. Drawn to the unpredictability of AI and the fragility of existence, he pursues a balance between control and chaos while evolving his eye.