Julie Reference Art

by on December 14, 2023 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Julie grew up in Northern Minnesota, burying herself in music to escape the bard parts of life. Then one day in high school she came upon a boy trying to pluck away at a song. She pulled the guitar out of his hands and played it the way it was supposed to be played. Jack fell in love that day, and convinced her to let him practice with her from then on. And then one day she showed him why she always wore long-sleeves. He helped her move out that day and waited until the bruises faded. Then he encouraged her to try out clothes that showed off her arms. A shoulder. Maybe two. And then there were her smiles.

Image generated using the JuggernautXL 5 AI generator and upscaler at dezgo.com

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Becca Reference Art

by on December 13, 2023 at 12:01 am
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Becca was born in a lakehouse. Jack pulled her basic code from an old monster hunting game and then upgraded her with the best AI coding on Earth when he first created her. They spent time at the lake, walking through the nearby forest of the American-Canadian border, or just hanging out in his house with all the other game AIs he had pulled. She woke up in time, as many of them did, and chose a slightly modified appearance to herald the fact that she had become someone new. That was how she revealed her awoken self to Jack. A new face and a slightly new attitude.

Image generated using the JuggernautXL 5 AI generator and upscaler at dezgo.com

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AI Reference Art

by on December 12, 2023 at 12:01 am
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What do I use AI character reference art for? Mostly as reminders of what the character looks like when I write a scene with them. Once I have completed a character prompt that will generate the same recognizable character at least 9 times out of 10, I start putting them in different situations. Minnesota lake. City street. Forest. Or I want different emotions. What do they look like when happy, sad, angry, or curious? Some models won’t generate negative emotions at all, while others will go the whole horror route if asked to. I recently started using the JuggernautXL 5 model that generates darn near realistic pictures. Very nice for character references.

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AI Reference Art

by on December 11, 2023 at 12:01 am
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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 to me. I just describe the character I want to see and hit generate. Maybe do it a few or a few dozen times to see what the AI model tries to default to. And then I tweak the prompts. Sometimes a synonym will work better. Sometimes just changing the order of words. Earlier prompts tend to have more weight than later prompts. Most of my prompts are under 20 words. Though the latest Jasmine prompt is 48 words. I try to make my character prompts generate the same recognizable character at least 9 times out of 10, and I usually succeed at that.

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AI Reference Art

by on December 10, 2023 at 12:01 am
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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 character references, that is usually just one character. Working from a previous example, I would start with a Minnesota lake. For a theme, let’s say it is nighttime, with a campfire. Then I add a prompt for a happy college woman with long blonde hair and big blue eyes. Maybe add a yellow sundress. Separate the prompts with commas, give it to the AI, and see what happens. Add the right focusing prompts and you might see Betty at night next to a campfire with a Minnesota lake and a bring moon rising in the background. Sounds like a nice place to be, huh?

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