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I don't deal with people online who argue about AI, either for or against. In fact, this forum is the ONLY place I deal with people online because they are such jerks everywhere else.

>>You know what you started by posting these!

Okay, I'll get started just to get ahead of the pack.

I'm using Perchance and its 70s oil painting mode.

First, Perchance seems to have no limit on the number of images you can request, so even though you have to make a lot before something works, you can work steadily through them instead of only 5 or 7 at a time, then wait 24 hours for a reset.

Second, any attempt to go the realism mode will run into the problem of the AI not interpreting the prompt correctly, or messing up key details. The pulp look of Perchance IMO distances the viewer from the "reality" of the scene, so that it becomes easier to swallow the images, with their departures from the actual text, as "artistic license." Yes, Will is too muscular in the images above -- he looks like he does leg work 11 days a week -- but if you adjust your expectations, that can be subsumed under the "house style" of the "illustrator."


"Prologue in a Bookstore"

Right off the bat you have to take this with "artistic license" because Ted Arnholm is flipping through the middle of the Libra. AI simply WOULD NOT draw the book closed while it was in his hands, or in the hands of any other character. Sorry. If the sight of the Libra being open to the middle is a deal-breaker for you, then you might as well stop looking right now. Otherwise, adjust your expectations accordingly.


"The Fake Book"

Again, the book is open to the middle. Meanwhile, Will (or his left hand) appears to have other things on his mind than just an examination of his new book. This was the best of a dozen attempts, so I chose it despite it all.


"Odd Man Out"

I could not get Caleb to look like he is described. He always came out handsome and hunky. Or someone was sitting weird. In fact, Will is sitting weird in this one -- he seems to have been caught in the midst of leaning against the wall and sliding down it to sit -- but this was the best of at least 30 generations. Again, artistic license will have to cover it.


"A Cry for Help"

This one is artistic license on my part. I didn't even try to instruct it to draw Gordon lying prone, as he would have been. This was also the first result it spit out. It was downhill from there for 30+ generations, with really weird results, so I went back to this one.


"Lessons on the Sly"

This one was pure serendipity. I basically only asked for the two to be looking at each other in profile, with Will holding the book. Perchance itself came up with some pretty good expressions and chemistry.

BTW, why does the gym loft look so junky? Because I had to describe the space as an "attic." More artistic license.