The Search for the Missing Shoe
Video, 2026 · Unique
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About the artwork
"The Search for the Missing Shoe" sits in the same world as "Lost in DesertIA" but leans more into story. The figures are clearly looking for something and that read came naturally out of the large image I created and broke apart into pieces. I had fun with this one just letting the composition tell me what was happening and then crafting the narrative around it. Sometimes the story is already in the image, you just have to find it.
Audio explanation
Listen to Birddog discuss this work.
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.