I have less issue with it being trained off of legit work because if this was a real problem then we could never study someone elseās work, at all. Itās different when itās wholesale fully copying the work because a human aināt allowed to do that, either.
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Iāve been working on a new character Iāve added to the story, Amphora, the girl thatās trapped in Church of PoO basement. Iāve tried to create her before but it wasnāt working out.
Yet again, Iāve used up all my Nightcafe credits trying to create Amphora. Fantasy races are so freaking difficult to generate, but I actually like one of the results. Not at all how I imagined her (sheās supposed to have dark skin with purple dragon scales at her temples and black eyes) but I like her overall vibe. The attitude screams Amphora to me. Iāll probably try to create her again later once I gather up more credits. But for now, this girl will do.
I find it easier to write a character once I can visualize their overall vibe. Itās pretty interesting how the portrait doesnāt have to look exactly like her to contain the same vibe and still be helpful.
Does anyone encounter the same?
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I donāt find them horribly difficult, as long as Iām starting with something. I find them harder to make on a very realistic level. The top of every chapter for To Make a Kinder Childrenās Tale has a style I made for that book, and about a 3rd of them are elves of some sort, starting with a model. They are done to be brush strokes and heavy-lined for that reason.
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Itās easier to make the fantasy race as I imagine it with Heroforge.
I tried to create Amphora in there.
Iām still not sure if thereās a better way to represent facial scales, and I wish there were more hairstyle options, but so far itās pretty close.
One day Iāll be rich and Iāll order all my characters that Iāve created with Heroforge. It would be so cool to see them on a shelf. Buahaha, dreaming.
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Mind blown.
I can get a 3D printer for $200 at BestBuy!
This really changes things.
Before I thought itās too expensive to 3D print my characters because there are so many and to print in color is $45+ each. Iād go broke so fast.
But a download of the 3D printer-format file from HeroForge, thatās only 7.99.
If I had my own printer, I could get as many as I want.
Granted, Iād have to paint them myself but that could be a cool project, honestly. I wouldnāt be limited to the standard plasticky paint.
This is really tempting.
I wonder how much supplies for the printer cost and how many figurines they last for.
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You get a scale pattern and put that layer over the top, change the transparency to better warp it in the directions it needs to go, then play with the various filters until something looks about right.
I can get on the computer after a bit and find some of my scale patterns Iāve made from Kalidascooe options some years ago, but Iāve still got this on my phoneā¦
Itās actually the back of a beta fish, if I remember correctly, and this one looks more leaf-like to me.
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Maybe Iād have to manipulate the image later. Itās just a shame because if I change her pose or anything, Iād have to do it again.
I could do it directly in Heroforge if they had multicolored spot options. The arm spots have 3 shades to them so itās something to play with but the facial ones are just one color.
Hmmm. I actually didnāt check if any of the pro features were like that but I doubt it. Itās meant to be put on miniatures after all. Thatās a lot of detail for a 2 inch figurine.
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Got an ad for a appā¦
https://www.facebook.com/reel/638046861064236?s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Need to look into it later.
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Uh. Itās just a link to Facebook
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If you have an account youāre automatically logged into on the app and it says that in here, clocking on it still leads you to the content. Not having fb or not being logged in would prevent it from opening. Possibly having this is try to open in a browser I stead of the all might happen, too.
But I was trying to not forget it until I could look up a site that wasnāt totally an ad for it:
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I gave Dream by Wombo a try again and Iām pleasantly surprised that theyāve improved the quality in addition to adding new presets.
These were made with HDR setting which has become my go-to. I created a bunch of objects for my project so Iām really happy.
For example,
It was so satisfying to create a vial after vial, white one, gold one, black one, green one, and each came out clear and interesting. And now each of my elixirs has an image.
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Did you try the app yet? How does it compare to the others?
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I havenāt been on my phone enough to warrant downloading it, yet. I think I will look at it this weekend. Right now itās catching up on posts and laundry/kitchen work.
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So, I looked into Wonder and itās a clear security risk. I chose the next one down that wasnāt near as bad called starryai, and am trying it out now.
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So, trying out this thing, and all Iām trying to get is a space invasion of an ancient Chinese city to see if it can hack it, and it cannot quite yet. Still, not bad.
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I figure out they do it x4s. It works on a credit system, so Iād have to watch ads to do any more or join their discord server.
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I gave Dalle2 a try. I like it that it has the ability to inpaint and outpaint but I havenāt produced anything impressive from it yet. Not sure if it needs different types of prompts.
Damn, Iām really tempted to pay for some midjourney credits. I had pretty nice results with it before.
But I really shouldnāt.
The addiction is strongā¦
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OMG. I found a secret to making DALLE2 work. Need to combine the powers of all AIs. Buahahaha.
The starting image, generated in DALLE2 from a prompt, I also gave the inpainting a try attempting to fix her face. Didnāt do much. This is the ābestā of the results.
I put that faceless thing through dualstyleGAN and created her
I thought, ok, I like her. She could be Tristine. Letās keep going. So I gave DALLE2 Outpainting a try. I put her in there and added a prompt and through a series of many many many generations, Iāve arrived at this!
It wasnāt quick and easy. It took a lot of tries and a lot of credits. I had to delete areas and regenerate them (and I found that it does a better job generating large areas than small ones - donāt use it for touchups). But the point is that it is possible to do that!
Ok. I have 11 credits left on DALLE2. So little credits, so much to do!!! But I also have to use them by the end of the month so I can try again. But which character should I work on next? hmmm
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Iāve had constant brilliant luck with DALLE since I got access back in June, but itās not something Iād use for faces. Iāve found though that if you get a believable face with something like facemorph.me, it expands the face into a full body reasonably well. DALLEās strength is in other forms of art.
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I canāt anymore. Iām so addicted to this. Iām continuously in awe. I get a rush every time I generate something awesome but the problem is that itās never 100% perfect. Thereās always something Iād like to change about it and so I try again to see if I get lucky. And it just continuesā¦
This time I got caught up with Dream by Wombo. Their new presets can create faces and I found a nice prompt combination. I thought itād be cool to update my book cover and so Iāve been trying to generate something thatās usable on a cover.
So for example, this is a cool image that could work for a cover, Ruby looks right, even the hand looks realistic (I donāt know why this AI keeps trying to create hands, itās really bad at it, itās like it keeps challenging itself).
But this image as nice as it is, it doesnāt wow me. I keep hoping for something better and Iām starting to wonder if Iāll ever be satisfied.
This one is more interesting, but his hands are freaky and Iām wondering if I could either cover it up and maybe thatās where the title would go or if it would be possible to fix it with DALLE2 inpainting.
But then if it was possible for AI to create a realistic hand in the first one then maybe if I keep trying, Iād arrive at an anatomically correct image thatās also interesting. But when do I stop and finally settle on what Iāve got?
UPDATE.
Iāve gone through hundreds of them today. Hundreds!
But Iāve landed on a nice prompt combination and Iām getting really cool results. For example, this baby. Iāll try a bit more but this prompt might be it! Wish me luck.
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