Bob Ross And Machine Learning

Wikipedia describes Machine Learning as the subfield of computer science that “gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed”

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A Famous Example So as an example we are able to take Van Gogh’s famous “Starry Night” and have a computer paint a photograph we’ve taken in Van Gogh’s style:

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Using the website deepart.io we can use the same technique to apply the characteristic style of a Bob Ross painting to real life photographs.

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Starting The Bob-Rossification

So let’s start with one of the most iconic mountains in Europe: the Matterhorn in Switzerland. We’re using a typical Bob Ross landscape painting as our style template:

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Another Mountain Halfway Across The Globe

Up next is another famous mountain, Mt Fuji, or Fujiyama, in Japan. Once again we select a Bob Ross painting looks kind of like the photograph.

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Another Type Of Painting

There are not only paintings of mountains done in “The Joy of Painting”, there is also at least one painting of a beach in every season. So let’s try El Matador State Beach in Malibu:

Since there is almost no difference between the photo and a Bob Ross painting we get a pretty good replica, besides the new mountain that grew in the sky.

Another Day, Another Mountain

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Bob Ross And Machine Learning

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