So, I’ve been hearing a lot about AI generated art. You know, where you type a description into a box and a bot spits out an image that matches it. Supposedly. I decided to try it, one of those late-night ideas that sound good at the time kind of thing, and of course, I put in descriptions of the gang. And I have to admit, I was pretty impressed when Cassie’s image came up. I mean, I didn’t tell it to put her in a black dress, so I guess all those cover images knew something I didn’t. And her hair blowing in the wind is also kind of eerily accurate, since the covers usually did that bit, too. I’m not sure what some of the background stuff is supposed to be, but it doesn’t look entirely unlike Cassie. So far, so good.

 

And things only got better with Pritkin’s image, which was again, not exactly what I had in mind, but not bad. Not bad at all. I’m not sure what exactly he’s doing, but the fact that he might be casting a fireball, his favorite spell, amuses me to no end. I did not tell it to do that. In fact, I didn’t tell it much at all other than blond and mage. And yet, if he had worse hair . . .

 

However, I appeared to have used up all my good luck on the first two pics. Because, when I tried Mircea’s next, things got a little . . .weird. Not at first, though. It kind of built up to it.

This isn’t terrible, it just isn’t Mircea. Like, at all. He never looked that innocent in his life, including at birth. Nice looking guy, but Mircea Basarab? Unh uh.

 

Then I received this . . . interpretation. I mean, the eyes are kind of right, but the rest is a little emo for Mircea. And the hair, or whatever that is, is creeping me out. Like, a lot. Like seriously, what the hell is that on his head?

 

Next was this charmer, which . . . okay. Admittedly, this dude is not Mircea, especially with that tattered cloak. Wouldn’t be caught dead and all that. But there is a bit of the right vibe going on, and I really like the backdrop. So, progress?

 

And the final version, which I admit, I may have helped out a bit in photoshop. It’s still not perfect, and I don’t know where the AI got the idea for tats on a vampire, but . . . it’s closer? Maybe? Anyway, I’m not mad at it.

 

And, finally, Dante’s. Many versions of Dante’s. From the psychedelic . . .

 

. . . to the intensely creepy . . .

 

. . . to whatever the heck this is. I gave the same prompts to several AIs, and this is what they came up with. I guess interpretations vary!

 

So, what did you think? I think AI has a way to go before flesh and blood artists have to worry, but it was better than I expected. It you’d like to play around with it yourself, here’s a bunch of AIs you can try out: 10 Best AI Art Generators (January 2023) (January 2023) – Unite.AI

Have fun! And send me any pics that you’d like to show off, lol!