In running the AI Art bot, it's been cool to find old icons to draw inspiration from. This would be the same if i had done my normal amount of reference research before starting an analog artwork.
Doing some runs with the AI to get it's own concepts from is fun enough. But having done my own due-diligence, it was even more gratifying to get to the root of the inspiration of the references and finding ways to use that source material to enhance the prompts.
Here are some runs i did not so long ago of the iconic Marilyn Monroe!
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I probably won't add the prompts under the images for most of these... but to show the difference in results, i may add a few from time to time. I will be more than happy to go over the details of my images furthermore in the comment section.
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Marilyn Monroe with blue streaks in black hair (sheer metallic form fitting sun dress) full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting, intricate and ornate backgound, fantasy pinup art
For example, just changing the color of the hair in the prompt, changed the whole color scheme within the whole composition.
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Marilyn Monroe with red streaked hair (sheer metallic form fitting sun dress) full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting, intricate and ornate background, fantasy pinup art
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This run of images was generated before the new updates and models were added. I still feel like this was an epic era of inbetweens for the technology that really lent itself to where we are now! You can see the flaws in the hands, fingers, teeth, and other details that would seem to be easy to do properly for the AI.
Many of the newer updated options have fixed most of these simple issues. It's kind of cool to have such awesome results from a time not that long ago, that digitally is eons ago, in how far things have progressed.
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Getting the metallic and colored sheen from the dresses was a particular victory in prompting the AI to generate something a bit more creative and visually stunning than usual. I still use this tactic today, but it's fun to see where the successful technique came to fruition.
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Nude images are something else that has also come a very long way. It's something that i would like to explore more in a fine arts capacity, but the temptation to use it inappropriately is insane. I will give it a go on my best behavior soon.
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Marilyn Monroe full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting
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Marilyn Monroe full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting
These were in the early days, as i have said before. I will do a comparison of this run or do a new one with the updated options soon.
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Marilyn Monroe (form fitting sun dress) full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting
One of my favorite parts of doing these kinds of generative runs is finding new icons of old to appreciate. My dad was always fond of Jayne Mansfield so, that is one that i have experimented with a bit.
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Jayne Mansfield (red hair with blue highlights) (sheer metallic blue form fitting sun dress) full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting, intricate and ornate background, fantasy pinup art
Finding other people to fill in was also interesting. Most of these people i looked up to fit the images were people i was unfamiliar with for the most part. One temptation is to choose people you already know to fit some imagery.
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Madelaine Petsch ((hair with blue highlights) (sheer metallic teal form fitting sun dress with golden inlay and trim)) full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting, intricate and ornate background, fantasy pinup art
Some are new, like the image above, and some are old... like the image below!
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Rhonda Fleming with red hair (sheer metallic onyx black form fitting sun dress with golden inlay and trim) full body photographic portrait in the style of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, ornately detailed, vibrantly colored, uhd, 80mm f1.8, backlit with dramatic cinematic lighting, intricate and ornate background, fantasy pinup art [deformed hands]
Not all of my runs were icon pin-up style! I had some fantasy Native American images that were quite stunning!
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detailed realistic mystical native american cherokee warrior, beautiful ritual carnival gold and lapiz lazuli trimmed very expressive mask portrait, by jean delville, ruby red light emanating from within (onyx black eyes) karol bak, iris van herpen and marco mazzoni, art forms of nature by ernst haeckel, art nouveau, symbolist, nature colors, dark background, visionary, gothic, neo - gothic, pre - raphaelite, f
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detailed realistic mystical native americanISM cherokeeISM, beautiful gold and lapiz lazuli trimmed very expressive full figure portrait, by jean delville, ruby red light emanating from within eyes karol bak, brain froud art nouveau, symbolist, contrasting colors dark background, backlit visionary, gothic, neo - gothic, hr gigerISM
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This last round of images are random selections from when rounding up all these others form so very long ago. I almost like these random 'others' than the Marilyn Monroe ones themselves. But, until i fully explore the subjects in all the myriad options... i remain undecided.
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curvy symmetrical woman with a lot of beautiful very curly red hair, clothed in ornate interlocking silk laced shimmering dress, award winning portrait, oil painting, intricate complexity, rule of thirds, face by Artgerm, character concept, dramatic lighting, craig mullins, artbreeder, 8k, highly detailed and intricate, golden ratio, hypermaximalist, ornate, luxury
I will finish by saying that this visual display is mostly sharing images of old. I am way behind in sharing... if anyone is actually interested in seeing them all. It will be fun to explore some of these in more precise detail and a deeper depth than this superficial run of old. Either way, thanks for coming to see the sights.
Come join Ausbit's Discord and illustrate your imagination via text prompts using the bot with a zillion settings for free by clicking this invitation link. I highly recommend coming and giving it a try! You can tag me on discord @ castleberry#6859 and i will help you out the best i can. Or, if i see you there, i might just tweak your prompts with you and save you some credits while helping you refine your concepts.
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Medusa by Wayne Barlowe backlit(head of backlit red hair of red metallic snakes (metallic peacock crimson scales) on her snake lower half body) full figure fantasy art in Josephine Wall (metallic crimson red sheen iridescent) style with an HR GIGER twist, backlit Brian Froud detail, full figure erotic portrait pinup, Greek mythological Medusa (head of hair consisting of snakes (metallic peacock green scales) on her snake lower half body) full figure fantasy art portrait, Brian Froud style detail with Josephine Wall style coloring, backlit, [<neg-sketch-2>] withLora(add_detail) <4nn4k3ndrick>
I look forward to seeing you around those parts and thank you for coming around these! Our imaginations will only synergyize together!
I really do appreciate your time and attention. I will be giving a little extra curation to more meaningful comments. I will also be giving even more curation for those that engage within this comment section with each other.
I would love to know which images are your favorites and why! It would also be super cool to hear any suggestions or ideas you have for me to try out later. I would give even more curation for anyone that shares something of their own from Ausbit's bot in the comments!!!
Until next time, y'all take care, and thanks again for dropping by!
