I have folders full of outtakes, and some of it is pretty good!
Read the book at https://marolitango.substack.com/s/read-the-book
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It’s harder than you imagine
ChatGPT is an amazing image development tool.
And a lot of effort to use, particularly if the concept is original.
In this and other projects, I’ve had to draw, photo-edit, juggle reference images, refine page after page of prompts, try and try again, ad infinitum.
And learn what the reasoning engine can do, what it cannot do, what it will not do, and when to give up.
The robot did the above illustration on the basis of months of training, using a description straight out of a chapter.
This usually works. The robot KNOWS what my characters are supposed to look like.
But look at Francine’s hands.
The featured image didn’t happen until I scrapped a whole day’s worth of neck strain, and came at it from a different angle.
Read the chapter at https://marolitango.substack.com/p/160-day-trip
Don't say I didn't do this. I did.
Preview!
A wave of Italian emigration to Mexico in the late 1800s had left its mark on the village, particularly at the center. The church and courthouse, on opposite sides of the square, were Spanish. Everything else was Italianate except the band shelter — aluminum poles, sandbags, nylon ripstop roof, circa big-box warehouse store.
The sun descended below mountaintops, throwing shadows into valleys. Streetlamps blinked on. Shops lit signs. The town square came alive with hanging lights and illuminated fountains.
A gypsy jazz band from Hungary filed onstage; guitar, upright bass, clarinet, and a gym-bag percussionist equipped with snare drum, high-hat, washboard, block and cowbell.
Continue reading “Preview!”Aieee!
I’ve been fooling around with an AI video generator. That’s the long and short of it. Enjoy!
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