AI Art - Patron Submission
Added 2023-12-30 07:33:29 +0000 UTCRecent patron "Bobbi" created these image of David/Cindy using AI, based on the awakening at the start of Season 2, Chapter 1. I went and retrieved the relevant passage. Here it is:
"Soft, sloping shoulder, their slenderness accentuated by the delicate strap of the babydoll that whispered against my thigh with every movement. Small, slightly upturned nose and the full lips beneath, glistening and soft. The dark, round circle of areolas. The nubs that pushed out rudely from their center. My penis, hanging ashamedly behind its silky blue veil. Blonde-brown hair that fell across my eye and flicked across my cheek. Narrow and weak chin--cute--but not mine. Sleek and lean, smooth hairless calves that nearly gleamed, bereft of hard lines of either muscle or definition. Again those tits, high and firm on the chest, rounded and large--too large--on a narrowed frame."
(Again, censorship limitations probably required certain details to be left out!)
For any of you who write as well, perhaps you've had this experience as well. There's something quite odd abot reading something you've written over a decade ago--it's like hearing a recording of your own voice from years past.
I wonder how the same scene would emerge were I to write it today? I -did- begin to rewrite that chapter, years ago. It was one of my earliest attempts at getting back into writing Constant. I stripped away the scene with K, and had David wake up, alone, in his new life. I'll share those revisions someday, once I've cleaned them up a bit.
Meanwhile, what do you think of the two images? How do they align with your mind's eye view of Cindy?
There's a danger in images, isn't there - of locking a specific interpretation of character, eliminating ambiguity or individual investment? (If like me you're a bit of a dork, can you visualise Lord of the Rings' Gandalf as anyone other than Ian McKellen, or Samwise differently than Sean Astin, complete with west country accent? Though maybe you fixed on Angus Mcbride's fantasy artwork before the films....)
At the same time, I -do- enjoy the visuals, and the opportunity to explore what these characters (and settings!) look like. In a genre so heavily focused on visuals - clothes, fashion, body - and with erotica so reliant on visuals, there's a real appeal in embodying these characters. Stories with Images on FM seem to enjoy far more hits, after all.
Comments
I experimented a little this morning, and burned through about thirty free generations trying to get the AI to behave. It's no disimilar to burning through the word count with AI writing software! You can take an image you like and feed it to the AI to base further images on, which brings some coherence, but it then seemed slavishly locked into that image. But I've only played around for about 30 minutes, and for free - I imagine the stuff behind the paywall is a lot more powerful, especially once you get used to it.
David Sanders
2023-12-30 09:08:07 +0000 UTCThese are really good Bobbi. The one one the right has a lot of the reluctance and shame in the eyes that make for a good Cindy. Both have the body shape that matches the written word. Still an iconic scene in the story with the awakening of David as Cindy 2.0. I've not done any playing with the art AI's but I'm lead to understand it's hard to have a character remain locked in on a certain face and body type over an extended narrative without extensive training. Is that still the case or has it already leap over that constraint?
Julia
2023-12-30 08:51:13 +0000 UTC
