Animating static AI Art using Thin-Plate Spline Motion Model
Warning this is crazy cool!

This had my mind blown last night as I was playing with it. You take an image
of a face [any human face, dogs don't work, I tried], use a driving video, and the model will turn your static image into a video.
So, thinking outside the box, I wondered if I took a random this person doesn't exist
picture and then animate it with the default Jackie Chan. Shockingly it WORKED!
Go to https://thispersondoesnotexist.com and generate a face [right click save it].

Go to the demo:
https://replicate.com/yoyo-nb/thin-plate-spline-motion-model
Use your image, Jackie Chan, and the Vox dataset, then hit the submit button. After a few moments you will get an animated video.
Some more examples:
Generated with MidJourney, then animated.

There are some artifacts left over, but overall, it was pretty good.

Since this image had the forehead and above blocked, there is a weird effect in the video.
Here is another MidJourney generated image:

This one was about the coolest of the bunch.
Final Thoughts
While it may not be picture perfect today, I can't wait to see it get better and better in the future. It has me thinking of a bunch of use cases.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to me on Mastodon.
Jeremy