A few random words about me

Hi, I’m Jari Anttonen, a self-taught digital artist from Finland working under the name fantastinen.ai, currently based in Helsinki. After 25 years in the creative industry, I finally gave in to the itch I had ignored for years: making art just for the sake of it.

My real dive into art started in early 2023 when I discovered generative AI during a work project. Saying it blew my mind would be a massive understatement. Suddenly I had a way to bring my strangest thoughts to life. One thing led to another, and I gradually started drifting away from client work. A decision that made absolutely no sense financially, but got zero regrets.

Everything you see in this shop has been created using AI, with varying levels of manual editing. I use Midjourney to generate the base images, Magnific AI and Topaz Gigapixel AI for upscaling, and then finish everything in Photoshop and Lightroom, because I like my colours loud and textures gritty.

What I love most about working with AI is that it never quite does excatly what you expect. It’s chaotic. It tries to fight back. Even when you were aiming for something nice, it might spit out some really weird stuff. And that’s exactly the point. I’m not here to play it safe.

I usually begin the work on my phone, just doing a few quick experiments and messy sketches. If any of the ideas seem to have some life in them, I’ll move over to a larger screen and try to rein in the chaos, steering the AI toward where I want to go. Might take a few hours, might take a couple of days. You just don’t know.

People often ask which artists I reference in my prompts. The short answer? I don’t. I’m not interested in recreating someone else’s vision. I want my work to feel like it came out of a place you didn’t know existed. That said, true originality is really hard, so if my style ever reminds you of something else, it’s not by design.

But yeah, please take a look around and see if anything clicks. Also, peace and love to all the haters as well, I know it ain't easy for you. Take care.

Yes, I do commissions as well. No, I won't make you something cute. Unless the price is right.

Jari / fantastinen.ai