What I Want to Achieve with "Old Days Illustrated"

 

I Can Now Freely Create Images with Midjourney

I am going to publish a collection of images called "Old Days Illustrated."

My goal is to visualize and bring back to life the American families, fashion, and culture of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

Fortunately, I can now use Midjourney, a great image-generating AI.

Since I started using Midjourney, I have created many images of women and fashion. I think I have made nearly 30,000 images.

Through this process, I learned the tricks to create prompts that accurately visualize the images I want.

I can now create very beautiful images as I wish.

One of the images I have created recently

American Family Life in the 1960s is the Origin of Japanese Family Life

The 1960s was also the decade when I was a child. I often listened to songs by Simon and Garfunkel and the Carpenters when I was in the upper grades of elementary school and junior high school.

After Japan lost World War II to the United States, American culture started to flood into Japan. Movies, music, and the American family lifestyle came to Japan through American TV dramas. It may be surprising to Americans, but the image of the American family is also the origin of the image of the Japanese family.

Children in 1960s America Overlap with Children in Japan

While creating the images for "A Day in the Life of 1960s Family - Downey, California," I felt a sense of familiarity with the children who appear in the images. Even though I am Japanese, I felt nostalgic when I saw the energetic appearance of American children.

I think nostalgia is a universal feeling.

I hope that the various nostalgic scenes which I will create, and which I have become familiar with through American TV dramas, movies, and novels I read in college will bring joy to many Americans.​