AI art can give you really good random images. Or it can give you the same character again and again in different situations if you devise the prompts right. I’m writer and a coder, so the prompts come fairly easy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for December, 2023
When it comes to AI art, I have come up with a system that generally seems to work to get good results. I start with a scene, add a basic theme, and then the character prompts. Since I mostly do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the issues with AI art is they are kinda like idiot savants right now. Even the best can go down rabbit holes of crazy if you aren’t careful. And some do better at some things and worse at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The new AI art generators are amazing. They can take basic prompts and give you an image. Do I want a blonde-haired girl with blue eyes standing next to a Minnesota lake? I can ask for that. And it will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Art is an interesting thing. I’ve used art for my characters since the very beginning when I was writing my characters. Back then in was reference pictures taken off the internet. Then I paid artists to make pictures for me.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just received a promotional cover for Space Cowboys 404: Cow Not Found. Raconteur Press will be publishing it soon so be on the lookout if you are interested. They are a young publisher that has made a big splash[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I watched Citadel over the weekend. It is a short series on Amazon Prime and the premise is that a nice family man finds out he used to be a spy. It is played straight, serious, and violent, without being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An Arnam can be hard to recognize in summer due to their colorful outfits, especially at night when their skin blends into the darkness. But in wintertime on most human worlds, they are usually much easier to see. Their bodies[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fashion designer is probably the most common and most respected Arnam profession on human-settled worlds. And since Arnam eyes can see wavelengths no natural eye can detect, they love to show off colors all over the light spectrum. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…