AI Art

I've heard a lot recently about the 'rise of AI'. I've heard a lot about how it might be harmful to creators in the long run. Well... as someone who can't draw for shit, it's actually kinda useful to me. A while ago I used a (very limited) program called Fuse to create images of my characters as a sort-of mental aide. The problem with these images is that it made all my characters look about as lifelike as background characters from Skyrim. So I investigated this 'AI art generator' people were talking about... And I am impressed with its output so far.

All of the following images were created using either Adobe Firefly or DeviantArt DreamUp and touched up in FaceApp.

First off, I wanted to create an image of one of the most iconic scenes from my stories- Nikki and Sarah's wedding. And apart from swapping my girls' eye colours (and whatever's happening with the end of Nikki's nose), the results are... Pretty good, actually.

Next up: Laura, aged sixteen, in her school uniform. Very happy with the results of this one.

Jessica and Paige were next- this one took a lot of tinkering with, but I'm happy with the final results.

Prom Queen Ashley was next.

Then, I got a very impressive-looking one of Stephanie.

And finally, my leading man, Ian (with a few more tattoos than usual, but they're just temporary).

I get these images might not match people's mental images of the characters- assuming anyone even has them- and that's okay. Your own mental image is the most important one at the end of the day. But I am enjoying making these and plan on continuing when I can. Future ones will be available on my DeviantArt page- https://www.deviantart.com/debsxxxx

Debs xxxx