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AI Platypus

 There's more than a lot of debate swirling around AI art. To show you what AI can do, I put one of my own abysmal drawings into the Free StarryAI program and ran it through 1 permutation at 150 rounds with an advanced anime filter. Look at the difference. 

AI Book Covers: Creative Platypus

  AI upgrades of original doodles made to look like trendy Fantasy book covers. 

Jirel Wrap Up: Creative Platypus

  Here are the final Jirel of Joiry drawings from my ouvre. I'm moving on to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress Volume I. Drawings are moving on to that Dark Lady series I can never get traction on writing. We'll see if Bradley and company can help jump start my creativity. 

Jirel Book Cover: Creative Platypus

  I used one of my own drawings as a template for an AI bonanza. Starryai has gotten much more sophisticated over the past 6 months. We'll see what happens if I up the use of my template from a mere 50 percent to something higher, however. Then it was actually be an artistic tool.

Jirel of Joiry: Creative Platypus

 A little Mignola influence on these. Jirel is here based on French actress Marine Vetch. Guillaume is Dev Patel. The wizard is cribbed from Frazzeta. 

Jirel of Joiry: Creative Platypus

 

Jirel of Joiry: Creative Platypus

 

Jirel of Joiry: Creative Platypus

  I'm reading a history of Sword and Sorcery, and it's only increased my respect for C.L. Moore and her stunning creation: Jirel of Joiry. 

Mutant Chronicles: Updated Pic

 

Mutant Chronicles: Platypus Nostalgia

  Brotherhood Valkyrie in a light mech. I assume she keeps a robe in the cockpit or with her pit crew, but the wimple has to stay to mark her vocation even in the thick of battle.