Building a Cyberpunk website for a fictional "corpo" organziation

[bretbernhoft]

For tonight's exploratory journey into this Cyberpunk website project, I wanted to see reality from the perspective of a Cyberpunk corpo executive. When they stare out a window in their office, what do they see? What motivates these people? Their power is unrivaled in human history. Their empires stretch across the solar system. Who are they? Are they impressed with themselves? Do they wish and yearn for greater demonstrations of their power?

[Nanotechandmorefuture]

That def seems like some Stable Diffusion work there Great stuff! Hope all is well wherever you are!

[bretbernhoft]

To help me experiment with design elements for the website, I decided to play with cyberpunk-themed motorcycles. In this case, the motorbikes reflect the neon-lit cityscape, as made up by towering corpo buildings, glowing above.

[bretbernhoft]

This image/GIF is of a Cyberpunk character that I've had swimming in the back of my mind for quite some time. She is a human-AI cyborg, or hybrid. She can move between the terrestrial and digital worlds without effort. She is the embodiment of transhumanism, of human destiny. I think of her as an oracle.

[bretbernhoft]

I'm putting this project on hold for the time being. I will likely resurrect it in the near future.

[bretbernhoft]

These GIFs are intended to portray different interpretations of a brightly, neon-lit goddess of cyberspace. I really like these images.













With the AI tools that I use, these images are easy to generate. But, at the same time, priceless. As I am finally able to scale my design experiments. I recommend anyone interested in writing, digital painting, Web Design and/or Web Development to consider doing the same.

[bretbernhoft]

I sometimes wonder what entertainment will look like a techno-optimistic future, at least a well-lit future. These two images help portray what a corporate party in zero gravity might look like, on such a timeline.





I am also interested in exploring what sort of military figures, troops and heavy equipment that an interstellar Cyberpunk corporation might have. Such as super soldiers and "mechs".





After all of this exploration, I have come to a point where I fairly clearly understand what sort of fictional corporation I would like to build a website for; the kind of organization that controls the gods. The kind of organization that gives birth to stars. But at an early point in its development as a corporation, where Artificial Intelligence is their main product, or trade secret.

I would like to make a website for a company that has a presence on Earth, Mars and the Moon. That sort of organization pays a certain homage to the Cyberpunk stories that I enjoy so thoroughly.

This website will likely be dozens of unique pages, but it could also be a single page. That part I am not certain about. With that said, the image of what I am making, is clearer than ever. Thank you for allowing me to share this journey here with you all.

[bretbernhoft]

Another angle to investigate is the "netrunner perspective". What would a room full of corpo netrunners look like? Here are a number of images inspired by some of my favorite Cyberpunk stories.

[bretbernhoft]

What about the spaces between the corpo towers? The alleyways, filled with holograms and neon graffiti. These images are interpretations of what that might look like.

[Powers]

What about the spaces between the corpo towers? The alleyways, filled with holograms and neon graffiti. These images are interpretations of what that might look like.

[bretbernhoft]

What about the spaces between the corpo towers? The alleyways, filled with holograms and neon graffiti. These images are interpretations of what that might look like.

Thank you for sharing the YouTube video. That 4D maze run technology looks like fun, or at least it's interesting to watch. AI is amazing.

[bretbernhoft]

Exploring one of the beautiful sides of the cyberpunk genre is the subject of these images. In particular, attractive women portrayed as being holograms and/or laced with colored LED lights. Each lady is an icon of their time and place in human history. Perhaps they resemble individuals in positions of power and authority within the corpo worlds they find themselves? Or are they symbols of personhood, knowledge, voice and wisdom among the people?

The ladies pictured below were produced using Artificial Intelligence for both prompt generation and image creation. Which leads to a more important point, that there is less and less that is impossible these days. And most of it is available and affordable for almost everyone alive. For example, these GIFs were created using two Internet-based Web applications; the first one is Mage, and the other being ChatGPT (using the GPT-4 model).

Choosing to embrace Artificial Intelligence for creative purposes has changed my life. I can accomplish more in one week for about ten dollars, what would have otherwise taken months and cost thousands of USD. This is a period of time that has been referred to as the (approach to the) transcendental object at the end of human history. Which implies a Renaissance of opportunity is upon us. The is all just my opinion, but I'm happy to advocate for transformational technologies.

[bretbernhoft]

Together we've explored many of the exterior surfaces surrounding and [up]on Cyberpunk corpo infrastructure. But let's look inside, atop as well as underneath these mega-structures. So that we can dive into what might be going on among the employees and executives, in different environments.

These first images are of what the public welcome lobby for a modern complex or large urban tower might look like.







These images are how private, underground corporate laboratories could be built and operated. Whatever their objectives and uses may be. Admittedly, some of the GIFs below do look like complex Lego kits.











And finally, these images are of C-Suite offices, nestled safely somewhere above the chaos unfolding below them. These are the spaces wherein trillion dollar decisions are made.





After experimenting with these GIFs I'm positive that we need to dive even deeper into the corporate structures that make up the typical Cyberpunk cityscape. There are many more questions in my mind than answers, in terms of what's going on in corpo universes.

[Nanotechandmorefuture]

Man you're really dedicated to this! Do you have other stuff that may not be necessarily Cyberpunk related that are your creations?

[bretbernhoft]

Man you're really dedicated to this! Do you have other stuff that may not be necessarily Cyberpunk related that are your creations?

Thank you for the comment. I do have other GIF creations that aren't Cyberpunk related. Do you think I should post those here as well?

[bretbernhoft]

In a previous post from within this thread, I mentioned that (ideally) I would like to build a website for a fictional Cyberpunk corporation that literally controls the gods. One example of this might be an AI-deity, which is housed in a giant underground computer/server facility.

This entity might have been engineered therein, or it could have been captured. Perhaps while hiding on an old computer network from the "before times"? This AI-deity would be used by the corporation for whatever objectives they have.

Along these lines, here are five GIFs that interpret this idea of a subterranean, corpo controlled AI-deity from different vantages:











There are many other angles that this subject could be approached from. Such as the images found below; all having been initially deemed by me as being uninteresting and irrelevant. But there is some useful context in these GIFs.











Now that I look at all of this in one space, I can see that a much clearer frame of reference for what I am trying to explore can be seen. The first five images, are of the deity itself. While the second five images are more of the environment in which that egregore would call home.

The only thing that is missing is the true scale of this space and the sentient Being. But we can explore that in a future addition.

[TrueAnimationFan]

With such a huge amount of urban landscapes you've created for this setting, and the way the city skyline seems to go on forever, it almost feels like every last tree and flower on planet Earth has been bulldozed away (?)

[bretbernhoft]

With such a huge amount of urban landscapes you've created for this setting, and the way the city skyline seems to go on forever, it almost feels like every last tree and flower on planet Earth has been bulldozed away (?)

In this reality, yes. Because it is a Cyberpunk world, which is inherently a dystopia.

But in my ideal world, no. I would live symbiotically with nature. City and forest would co-exist.

[Nanotechandmorefuture]

Man you're really dedicated to this! Do you have other stuff that may not be necessarily Cyberpunk related that are your creations?

Thank you for the comment. I do have other GIF creations that aren't Cyberpunk related. Do you think I should post those here as well?

I guess it would be at your discretion. Unfortunately with how everything is nowadays I imagine web scrapers or something would pic up original artwork to be absorbed into the Stable Diffusion Borg without attributing who created it. It is nice to know there are creatives on here

[bretbernhoft]

I am working with a newer text-to-GIF tool for the following concepts and images. I would value your feedback on the quality of the media below.

These images are intended to represent the cosmopolitan infrastructure of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Those who frequent the architecture below, are among the luckiest humans to have ever lived. Your imagination is no limit to what can be brought before you; all intended to satisfy.

























This second set of images consists of what a futuristic cyberspace might "look like", given the emerging technologies of our time. If we can already "see" the modern Internet with our physical eyes, what will our visual experiences be like when we ourselves "flip" in the future? Just as Case does. It's probably the most beautiful thing I'll ever see.













Thank you for letting me share these updates with you. I appreciate it.