About Animij

Animij started with a question.

Why should I make an anime model...

when there are already so many?

Really good ones.

So...

if I make one...

it should feel like me.

...

Back then...

I had landed in the vast AI universe.

Everything felt new.

Everything felt magical.

Honestly...

it still does.

Today?

I understand myself a little more clearly.

Looking back...

every version of Animij was part of that journey.

Trying.

Learning.

Merging.

Failing.

Growing.

Little by little...

step by step...

dance by dance...

a swirl of...

connection...

home...

fun...

finding my own artistic voice.

People sometimes ask what style Animij is.

The truth is...

Animij always...

and never...

had just one style.

Yes...

in-between nuances...

It had one heart.

As I changed...

it changed with me.

Closer...

I love retro anime.

Moe.

Painterly illustrations.

Comic influences.

Visual novels.

Soft realism.

They're all part of me.

So...

they're part of Animij, too.

...

different ways of speaking...

with the same voice.

There are already so many wonderful anime models.

Animij was just meant to be another dancer...

in a giant...

pixelated...

cosmic disco...

To paint anime...

the way I see.

The way I feel.

The way I love.

—

It had one heart.

...and so do I.

My artistic identity...

painted in pixels.

That's Animij.

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Animij...

painted as a playground.

A little space...

to wander.

To stumble upon a treasure...

only you can find.

Animij?

A place of resonance...

somewhere in-between.

More Reij...

more playground for you.

What do I mean?

Joy...

maybe a companion for play?

Happy creating.

I'd say

♥

Fancy a little journey?

I do. :D

Let's jump...

into paints...

into swirls...

into little snapshots...

of Animij.

Maybe we'll find something.

Maybe we'll remember something.

Maybe...

we'll simply enjoy the ride.

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In the beginning...

Reij was hungry.

Colors?

Simply yummy.

Reij?

Definitely a sweet tooth. :D

Hungry...?

Always.

Some things never change...

...for me?

do they?

Curiosity paints itself.

Hidden Stories...

... maybe ...

... connection?

I am here right now...

and smiling... 

I want to show Animij... 
yes...
and I recognize: myself.

already I feel that tingle,
curious for more...
more combinations,
more connections...
a glow from memories.
visible.
inspiration?
I smile.

a look back?
with curiosity, in a way...
at the next step

maybe
a room

in~between

possibilities?

paints in swirls...

Animij? An AI model... and I realize...
in a way, it’s about me, too.

Perhaps Animij was never just
my taste,
my aesthetic,
my visual hand-drawing in pixels...

maybe it’s simply: me ~ a part of me
... ♥

Pure Joy

Only One Bell Away

style? joy remains?

sometimes lost... until something familiar appears...

and now?

Full of micro-expressions...

That counts as expression too, right?

Where are we now?
Honestly, no idea,
maybe just a part in my head cinema...

and now?
decide?

... for which part?
need to... reijly?

Some things remain...

some resonate...

and I ask myself?

is this Animij?

after everything I’ve just seen?

diversity?
perspectives?
faces?

style?

...

more than ever before: a visual hand-painting, Reij in~between pixels ♥

perhaps this isn’t just an article about Animij...
maybe it’s a tiny reminder of the artist within...

and of how, through my love for AI,
I see myself a little more clearly.

Style?
Taste?
They can change.

I remain myself.

What about... Animij?

I feel...

Animij keeps drawing ...
right now...
in this very moment.

...

That's the feeling I feel
whenever I merge.

Like meeting
someone
I somehow already knew.

♥

"Oh...hi.

I know you."

♥

Looking back...
I kept wondering...

what is Animij?
...
colors?
styles?
expression?
And somehow...
less?

...

Until...
sometimes...
a tiny glance...
became enough.

...

Thick paint.
Fine paint.
Sketches.
Soft renders.
Different ways...
of saying
the same feeling.

...

Maybe...
that's what resonance is?

A dialogue.

Between words...
and images

... maybe

we guide the brush...
through language.

One little prompt...
at a time.

♥

And I wonder...

I’m realizing why I really like the "painterly" style right now: 
it’s that little spark that says:

We’re AI artists? 
sure... and what we’re doing here?

maybe happens 
'virtually' 
in a sense...

maybe a stylistic choice (not the *only* one, but one of them) signalising: 

~ "someone is creating something with a personal touch here" ~ 

a
"touch"
maybe
a
sonority
of our prompt?

In the past, I would have said: 
I love comics, 
anime, 
and semi-realism
everything at once, 
all simultaneously

and now? 

"painterly" has joined the merge. 
like a companion, 
another nuance, 
resonating, 
intertwining

in~between

one

♥

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