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AI Image How-To— #11
Artists and photographers to enhance your images — secrets revealed!
I have noticed as I play with adding artists/photographers to my prompts that some don’t make much of an impact, others seem to reduce the quality of the image a bit, while others drastically affect the outcome.
To begin, we’ll look at my favorite, drool-worthy truck. If you want to attempt to win my heart, you can give me one of these. Any color. Including rust! LOL
As I often do when unsure, I did an internet search for vehicle photographers and chose two of them to test from the list of “famous” photographers.
For the above pickup, I chose Marcel Lech Photography. Why? Because I liked the example photo shown. It had similarities to what I wanted in my photo.
For the above and below photos of the 1950 Chevy, I chose it to be candy apple red. Before I had done that, I received all sorts of vintage paint jobs with plenty of rust included. They were very cool. To make the paint job pop, I added winter to the prompt.
Nearly all images had a morning light feel with sunshine highlighting the truck and trees. Several showed a bright, snowy day.
Image prompt for truck above:
1950 Chevy pickup, candy apple red, winter, Christmas, radiant light, cinematic still shot, by Marcel Lech Photography, 32k --v 4
The images for Webb Bland Photography were, overall, darker. This was one of the few brightest images as most didn’t have sunlight (despite radiant light being in the prompt.)
Though they were darker, the images emphasized the red pickup well.
Image prompt for truck above:
1950 Chevy pickup, candy apple red, winter, Christmas, radiant light, cinematic still shot, by Webb Bland Photography, 32k --v 4
As with the trucks, I asked Google for baby photographers. This first image is by Benedetta Vallone Photography.
Because babies are precious. Then they grow up.
Some images generated had the baby lying on their stomach, and some on their back. Some were creepy, some were not.
Many of these images were darker, this was one of the few brighter ones.
Image prompt for baby above:
newborn baby, adorable, laying on stomach, grass, wildflowers, radiant light, cinematic still shot, by Benedetta Vallone Photography, 32k --v 4
The image above is by Ana Brandt.
The images produced for this baby photographer were much brighter overall.
I originally tried to have a dollhouse included in the image. AI crammed the baby (sometimes a baby doll, or a baby’s head) inside the dollhouse. Not cool.
I also tried generating a cradle and flowers. The images did not have a comforting happy feel…more morbid.
You’ll notice these two images aren’t that different other than the lighting produced.
Image prompt for baby above:
newborn baby, adorable, laying on stomach, grass, wildflowers, radiant light, cinematic still shot, by Ana Brandt, 32k --v 4
The fantasy artist I used for the elf princess above is Anato Finnstark.
Most beginning attempts negated the pointed ears — which I added after several humanistic images. I also added symmetrical face to the prompt, creating a more beautiful outcome. After all, beauty is mathematical.
Don’t look at the fingers, they’re a little creepy. Otherwise, the image turned out stunning.
These images were so beautiful, I replaced the previous elf princess in my story The Proposition with a different one generated.
Image prompt for elf princess above:
gorgeous elf princess, long hair, braids, blue eyes, silver filigree tattoo, pointed ears, symmetrical face, ornate throne, by Anato Finnstark --v 4
The fantasy artist for the image above is Diego Gisbert Llorens.
These images also turned out amazing, and very similar.
Image prompt for elf princess above:
gorgeous elf princess, long hair, braids, blue eyes, filigree tattoo on face, pointed ears, symmetrical face, ornate throne, by Diego Gisbert Llorens --v 4
For this elf princess, I searched for a dark fantasy artist — Stefen Koidl.
Though still a fantasy artist, the image very much has a darker feel.
I did not have to generate very many images before getting this (which is uncommon for me to get one I like so quickly.)
Image prompt for elf princess above:
gorgeous elf princess, long hair, braids, blue eyes, filigree tattoo on face, pointed ears, symmetrical face, ornate throne, by Stefen Koidl --v 4
The above and below images are Anime artists. I wanted to show you how different images can be within the same confines with Anime.
(I received more drastic differences with Anime artists than other artists/photographers.)
Image prompt for child and puppy above and below:
child and puppy playing, backyard, by Nashimanga --v 4
Below is the same prompt as above with Anime added to the prompt as a type of art.
Adding Anime to the prompt doesn’t create much difference but pulls it more toward the Anime style than just artists alone.
Image prompt for child and puppy above:
child and puppy playing, backyard, by Nashimanga, Anime --v 4
All images generated were done so using V4 in Midjourney.
I am a visual person. When I search for an artist, I like to see their work.
- Here is the page I used for Vehicle photographers
- Here is the page I used for Baby photographers
- Here is the page I used for Fantasy artists
- Here is the page I used for Anime artists
Kathy K , I’m sorry this is an overdue request of yours!
Let me know what you think and what you’d like to learn!
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