Since so many people are commenting on AI art, I thought I'd share some of my process. I think sometimes people think you hit a few buttons and there you go, but this really was a lot of work. Here are all the images generated, tweaking things, changing prompts and then the final tweaks and polish in Photoshop.
I wanted the same image, professional-looking white guy looking into a mirror in a 1950s style, almost something you'd see in Fallout. I knew I wanted to keep the blue and the same composition. Here are the images I generated trying different things, narrowing down to get what I envisioned.
After I had it mostly there, I brought it into Photoshop to clean it up, add some texture, and then finally, the text.
AI or not, it's better than vanilla and faithful to the original crappy soulless "motivation" posters. Bonus points for consistent art style and not making them "sexy".
While I'm not normally a fan of AI art, this is fantastic! The original posters are so sloppy that they look like placeholders that accidentally made it into the final cut.
I have decided that AI art is kind of like photography was to "realism" artists. Now, I, a perfectly talentless artist when it comes to technique, can through trial and error with prompts and corrections, bring to life my artistic ideas too. Some will be really good at coaxing the images they desire and some will not be good at all--just like photographers. And true artists will find ways to differentiate themselves; however, as with every technological advance, somebody's monopoly in the form of expertise becomes a bit diluted.
That's well said. Reading through some of the comments, I've decided to share what it took to get to one of the final posters. I'm going to pin it to the top.
Thanks. Just as an example, for the "You're Great" poster, I uploaded the vanilla version into Playground AI as a base, and used this prompt:
man in suit looking in the mirror smiling, in the style of george herriman, illustration, cartoon, pen and ink, vintage 1930s.
I had to make dozens and dozens of versions until I had the one I liked, and then I still had to made some edits by hand, and I added the watercolor background effect after the fact in Photoshop.
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I wanted the same image, professional-looking white guy looking into a mirror in a 1950s style, almost something you'd see in Fallout. I knew I wanted to keep the blue and the same composition. Here are the images I generated trying different things, narrowing down to get what I envisioned.
i save it but the picture loads weirdly in game
When opening it with Windows 11, it uses the Win11 explorer to open it. When that happens, there's only one file showing.
If it's opened with the 7Zip application, as it should be, all files are showing.
It undeniably looks better than the original and was made by AI.
man in suit looking in the mirror smiling, in the style of george herriman, illustration, cartoon, pen and ink, vintage 1930s.
I had to make dozens and dozens of versions until I had the one I liked, and then I still had to made some edits by hand, and I added the watercolor background effect after the fact in Photoshop.