What influence does your background have on your approach to creating AI art and design?

What influence does your background have on your approach to creating AI art and design?
I trained as a designer and have worked in advertising and technology. My Artistic work is predominantly in black and white, mainly driven I think by portrait work I’ve done using graphite from an early age. I like to blend both traditional artistic methods with Ai generations. Influences from natural textures, music, film & graphic design are often ingredients to my creations.

I try and avoid having an exact style, I guess the black and white theme is consistant as a unifying theme, but i ike to apply that to different outputs, moving from photo realism one time, to heavily graphic work the next. Above all I like the work to tell a story, often I use multiple page carousels to do this. I also have a passion for music as well so combining music and graphic design styles is also a strong influence on my work. The Ai community in general and friends in the space are hugely inspiring.