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J. M. Elliott's avatar

I loved this! It's really creative, and the images definitely brought life to the narrative. I have mixed feeling about AI art, but I think this is the perfect sort of application for technology like that. "Photographs" of imaginary people and places to seamlessly blend with your fiction? Why not! Really cool.

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Winston Malone's avatar

I still work with a couple artists for very specific things. I think the AI art is perfect for blogs or unconventional storytelling. I’m so excited to develop this series and explore what I can generate picture-wise. Sometimes it’s difficult to get exactly what I’m envisioning haha.

Thanks for reading and commenting!!

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J. M. Elliott's avatar

Yeah, I have to admit the art looks amazing :-) I do want to play around with AI at some point just to see what it's about, but I'm afraid I'll like it too much, haha.

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Winston Malone's avatar

It’s addicting!!

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Sandra's avatar

This is amazing. I love the pics and can’t wait to go on this journey with you. I just know this story will be exciting and fun. Thanks so much.

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Winston Malone's avatar

I'm so glad you liked it! I can't wait to share the rest of this exploration with you.

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Victor James's avatar

I like this! The pictures really add to the story. It really makes it feel like you're reading a blog from a journalist on a far off planet? Do you mind me asking where you are producing your images? That's a really cool idea.

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Winston Malone's avatar

Hey Victor, thanks for reading. So glad you liked it. I’m using an AI art generator called Midjourney. It’s a Discord-based program that allows you to input prompts for it to create within a few minutes. You can then make variations of those images until you find the right one. It costs monthly but I think it’s definitely worth it. All images are in the public domain so anyone can use the images being created for almost any purpose other than NFTs. Hope that answers your questions. I definitely recommend checking it out!!

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Victor James's avatar

I actually was going to guess one of the AI programs! I need to look into that . Yes, it does answer my questions. Thanks!

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Dave Malone's avatar

I too like the illustration’s, they seem to add to the visualization of what your reading. Good job!

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Daniel W. Davison's avatar

This is an ingenious frame narrative you’ve created for this exercise. Love it!

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Winston Malone's avatar

Thanks, Daniel! It’s definitely fun to come up with the images. I can’t wait to reveal the rest of this tale! Haha

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