HBE AI Generated Art

Axiem · Aug 29th 2022, 12:26pm

Hi guys --

One of the areas the project is exploring is the use of AI-generated art. Using tools like Dali and Midjourney, you can get some really cool pieces. I'd like to see what you guys think about the various styles that this approach can produce.

With this in mind, I'm going to be publishing some concept pieces to get the ball rolling. Will be interested in hearing what your thoughts are about the direction the Art should go, in order to best encapsulate the feel, themes, units, and ultimately fantasy that folks have.

Personally, and after playing with the tool for a couple days, I love the "fuzzy" aesthetic since: 1) it's easy to produce; 2) it's abstract enough that you can impress your own vision of the world onto it.

Some sample images, to get a feel for what we're talking about, and then some HBE specific ones.

Thoughts?

Kind regards,

Axiem

Axiem · Aug 29th 2022, 12:27pm

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Axiem · Aug 29th 2022, 12:30pm

Exploration 1: Armour

Exploration 2: Architecture

First test was to see what kind of architecture I could produce. Produced in approximately 30 minutes:

Going to be exploring this more in depth, but wanted to immediately test something a little more robust.

Kind regards,

Axiem

Axiem · Aug 29th 2022, 12:33pm

Exploration 3: Mounted Riders

First real test. I gave myself a couple hours of iterations to see what I could come up with. I generated a couple hundred requests. Some of my favorites:

I can imagine a lot of these would look good in Black and White as well, or portion that fades into the rest of the rules / lore of the entry. I'm really a fan of the first image -- I may make that my new avatar soon.

Suggestions / improvements on what to focus on?

Any suggestions you'd like to see for the next batch?

Kind regards,

Axiem

Little Joe · Aug 29th 2022, 12:42pm

@Casp

BondageGoatZombie · Aug 29th 2022, 12:51pm

What commands did you use to create the architecture stuff?

On the rider i am not so sure. It is too non-realistic IMO. the horse never has a real face, neither the rider. While there may be valid artistic reasons, in these cases it is more a symptom of the AI being bad at generating faces in such complex compositions?

Tyranno · Aug 29th 2022, 12:54pm

Wow...that's stunning.

Perhaps a slightly different subject, like dragons would be good next?

Is this via a website or a download? (Not massively familiar with AI art)

aus_lo · Aug 29th 2022, 1:23pm

The architecture pics looks really cool, especially the last one.

The horse with rider looks to ghostly, except as a manifestation of a spell?

Adam · Aug 29th 2022, 1:30pm

Holy Mother of God, these are astonishing. Could you share step by step of how you created them, I'd love to generate some art like that too.

Little Joe · Aug 29th 2022, 1:41pm

Adam wrote:

Holy Mother of God, these are astonishing. Could you share step by step of how you created them, I'd love to generate some art like that too.

This is Midjourney, you can do a test run yourself and read a bit about it here: midjourney.gitbook.io/docs/
You need a Discord account to use it.

There are a few AI, all with their strengths and weaknesses. This is a very young but super fast developing technology.

@Axiem , does --test still work?
They only run the beta for very short times.

Casp · Aug 29th 2022, 2:19pm

I will soon create a AI art team i guess.
Follow the news. You will be welcome.

AS usual, for the moment, character with mount or too complex, are not good.
But i love you archicture. Adn armour are interesting too.
if you allow me i will save the on my disk.

Gingersmali · Aug 29th 2022, 2:26pm

Do Orcs!

Do Goblins!

subspace · Aug 29th 2022, 2:50pm

Hey, cool stuff! I figured it should work even better for WDG oder DL so I gave it a try... [Edited] I created my own thread over here...

teclis2000 · Aug 29th 2022, 5:49pm

Who owns the rights on AI generated pictures? Are these generated under a certain license?

teclis2000 · Aug 29th 2022, 5:52pm

Next step are AI generated models for your 3d printer, btw.

Axiem · Aug 29th 2022, 7:34pm

BondageGoatZombie wrote:

What commands did you use to create the architecture stuff?

On the rider i am not so sure. It is too non-realistic IMO. the horse never has a real face, neither the rider. While there may be valid artistic reasons, in these cases it is more a symptom of the AI being bad at generating faces in such complex compositions?

It's also a symptom of the commands. See more below

Adam wrote:

Holy Mother of God, these are astonishing. Could you share step by step of how you created them, I'd love to generate some art like that too.

Yes I'll work on how I got here from my inept beginnings. I'm no expert yet, but working on it. Let me play some more and will then share

Casp wrote:

I will soon create a AI art team i guess.
Follow the news. You will be welcome.

AS usual, for the moment, character with mount or too complex, are not good.
But i love you archicture. Adn armour are interesting too.
if you allow me i will save the on my disk.

I don't think this is the case @Casp

It absolutely can do these things, I'm just not there yet. These are all AI Generated as well:

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The faces, the detail -- it's all definitely enough to convey the fantasy and they pass the uncanny-valley. Just need to be hyper focused with your commands, and then iterate for a few generations until you get something that looks real.

teclis2000 wrote:

Who owns the rights on AI generated pictures? Are these generated under a certain license?

If you are a paid contributor, you own all the rights, unencumbered. Midjourney also owns the right to iterate on your design as much as they'd like. You can use it for commercial purposes as well.

I'll work on some more tonight and share!

Kind regards,

Axiem

Tyranno · Aug 29th 2022, 7:53pm

Axiem wrote:

I've seen that person on the left before!

Tyranno · Aug 29th 2022, 8:38pm

subspace wrote:

Chaos Dragon

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That dragon is stunning!

Also I feel like these would be great for artists that just need a shortcut to get more art out for the project. Just a little editing to clean things up (like making sure all hands have the same number of finger for example) and some of these would be perfect.

Casp · Aug 29th 2022, 9:40pm

@Axiem
nice horse !, was it with MJ ? If yes what was your prompt ?
I didnt succed to get such nice character on horse for the moment.

Would you be interested to join a AI art team ?

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