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It was quite cool to recreate with Midjourney a Krampus night \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

What is a Krampus?<\/h2>\n

It’s a big hairy creature, a blend of beast and human, with horns, a long pointed tongue, fangs, and a very convincing devilish look. The roots of the tradition date to an unspecified pre-christian era, from the European alpine regions.
\nSeveral centuries back the heathen Krampus folklore was engulfed into the Christmas tradition as a dark counterpart to St. Nicholas, to remind (mostly the children, but not only) of the possible effects of being naughty rather than nice.
\nDozens of such ominous half-goat, half-demon creatures roam the streets during the Christmas season (5th-6th December) rattling chains and bells to warn or punish those who haven’t behaved properly (actually all the bystanders, not a bad assumption \ud83d\ude09 ).
\nThe Krampus parade annual event is really a spine-chilling and oddly fascinating show: it takes more than a while to realize that inside those sinister figures there are playful men that every now and then stop and take off their demonic horned heads to drink a beer or play with absolutely delighted children.<\/p>\n

The dark and the wild<\/h2>\n

Have a look at my AI & I collection<\/strong><\/a> and enjoy the gothic artistic side of the Krampus depicted by flogging MidJourney long enough.
\n13 beautifully suggestive images – occasionally with a hint of humor,<\/p>\n

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The practical and the funny<\/h2>\n

If you want to have a look at the real side<\/em> of the ‘Krampusses’ – to balance the macabre with the fun – just look at my editorial images of the “backstage” of the annual Krampus Run in Munich<\/a> These are 100% real<\/strong>, live<\/strong>, no AI involved.<\/p>\n

The participants take their Krampus get-ups very seriously and spend a lot of money throughout the year to bring the evilness of their creation to perfection: elaborated barbaric fur outfits, heavy artistically carved wooden masks, monstrous horns, long lolling tongues – and more, much more. It’s a great experience to watch those big friendly guys happy even if exhausted by the fatigue of wearing those incredibly heavy costumes, graciously posing for a selfie and accepting kindly the curiosity of the viewers.<\/p>\n

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As in so many other occurrences, here too the AI complements admirably a professionally used camera, the one siding with fiction, the other with reality. The conflict is so often in the eye of the beholder… <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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