Well it’s pretty much no secret that I am easily distracted by Gab.com’s relatively new AI image generator, known as Gabby. Even being a free(loading) Gab user one can generate up to 500 images a month, at least that was the case the last time I checked. Basically if I get in the mood I can seem to follow the image generation process nearly as long as desired–fun!
I’ve written a number of posts that go into details about Gabby & my endeavors there:
Those posts above & the Q-Tree post linked in the first “galactic” post here on Special Connections contain the bulk of, if not the entirety of, the images I’ve gotten Gabby to generate for me. Frankly, if I were not still banned on Pinterest I likely would have saved those creations there instead of taking up so much blog space with this pastime…
Well I’m wanting to dive into further image generation challenges but am running into my own ignorance of ways to get closer to what I would like the AI to create. So this post will also include links to some of the material that could help in the process of better steering that AI process. Many of these sources of info come from other Gab posts. Gabby’s page has a link saved to help the process. https://gab.com/AI
https://gab.com/AI/posts/109903486265335055
Within the above post is this link: https://news.gab.com/2023/02/how-to-use-gabby-the-ai-image-generator-by-gab-com/ Just scanning down that page it looks like I basically need a glossary to make sense of many of the details shared…sigh. Being that this is something being done online I want it to be Fast, not require more study to “perfect” the process…quite unrealistic of me, LOL!
This Gabby post also has updated prompts too: https://gab.com/AI/posts/110086347355796340
This post pinned in the art group here https://gab.com/groups/72693# has details to help improve the process: https://gab.com/help/posts/110027510123150628 as does this one: https://gab.com/Millwood16/posts/109937555872946023
This may be helpful info to pursue also:
Norm Davis@aegiswiz·Gab AI Art·
@myunfilteredbrain @AI I copy images, past into irfranview (free). It’s really simple to crop and resize… with I do background on Rylism Devotionals. They’re all 1200×900 (Facebook Post in SketchWow) a setting I also created in “Lunacy” (also free at http://icon8.com) Hope this helps (naturally, not all images look very good when resized from their original, but most landscapes & similar do. https://gab.com/aegiswiz/posts/110089853039184596
Other sites to check:
https://www.aipromptguide.com/
https://ckovalev.com/midjourney-ai/illustrators
This post also has a detailed list of artists here:
LIST OF WELL-KNOWN PORTRAIT ARTISTS
A–D
John Samuel Agar
Sofonisba Anguissola
Pietro Annigoni
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Francis Bacon
Elizabeth Bakewell
H. Walter Barnett
J. M. Barrie
Vanessa Bell
Giovanni Bellini
Gustave Caillebotte
Caravaggio
Paul Cézanne
Chuck Close
Jules Cheret
Petrus Christus
Joseph Collyer the Younger
Agnolo di Cosimo
Jeanne Bernard Dabos
William Daniell
Jacques-Louis David
Edgar Degas
Eugène Delacroix
Otto Dix
Emilio P. Fiaschi
Lucian Freud
Roger Fry
G–R
Paul Gauguin
Artemisia Gentileschi
Shadi Ghadirian
Vincent van Gogh
Francisco Goya
Alex Grey
George Henry Harlow
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Frida Kahlo
Walter Keane
Gustav Klimt
Pyotr Konchalovsky
Jan Lievens
August Macke
Édouard Manet
Henri Matisse
Quentin Matsys
Anton Raphael Mengs
Elizabeth Peyton
Pablo Picasso
Raphael
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Rembrandt van Rijn
Norman Rockwell
S–Z
John Singer Sargent
Jenny Saville
Egon Schiele
Amy Sherald
Cindy Sherman
Ralph Steadman
Gilbert Stuart
Diego Velázquez
Johannes Vermeer
Leonardo da Vinci
Andy Warhol
Kehinde Wiley
James McNeill Whistler
Grant Wood
Andrew Wyeth
Craig Wylie
Jonathan Yeo
Using the Yandex search engine I found a number of sites that can be helpful on styles:
https://webneel.com/different-types-of-drawing-styles-techniques-mediums
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/types-of-art-styles-list/ This site also has video explanations in addition to written ones…
https://bookmypainting.com/blog/types-of-painting/ This site has a number of ethnic focused types of painting, like from India, in addition to more traditional info…
https://wikieducator.org/Art_definitions,_artistic_roles,_and_visual_thinking/Artistic_styles very basic info with links into details…
https://www.thoughtco.com/art-styles-explained-realism-to-abstract-2578625 has a brief overview of 7 art movements…
One place I have yet to explore is the Gabby Fails Group here: https://gab.com/groups/73096
So since I need to get some sleep & am running out of gas I’m going to try a prompt with Gabby to see what might develop: Alice in Blunderland with creations here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110100949008123238
Those weren’t as Blundered as I’d hoped. I wonder what Gabby might do with this minimal prompt: Alicia in Thunder-land…see them here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110100977965454041
That looked like Gabby had a specific character in mind but that context isn’t familiar to me. So let’s try a slight twist: Alyssa in Number-land with results captured here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110101004750993785
That might be based on another character with which I am also unfamiliar. Let’s see what Gabby will do with this final twist on that theme: Morticia in Sunder-land, results here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110101030401561357
I wanted to take a sleep break but those last images got me thinking of another prompt: Morticia meanders through the mortuary monuments, atmospheric, muted colors, mist, apparitions, moonlight, poster quality, extreme details, 8K, #wide #facefix results here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110101064210559242
So let’s see what Gabby does with this one: Morticia meets Gomez, monuments, moonlight, atmospheric, muted colors, mist, moonlight, starry sky, poster quality, extreme details, 8K, #facefix with the results seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110101095675655220
Well that gave me another thought: (first date goth teens Morticia & Gomez), gothic, monuments, moonlight, atmospheric, muted colors, mist, moonlight, starry sky, poster quality, extreme details, 8K, #facefix with these results saved here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110101277172664434
Well let’s see what’s currently hanging out in Gabby’s AI Group for fun…
https://gab.com/HBKSfilms/posts/110099833814893284
more here too: https://gab.com/CxM2023/posts/110099516227858690
Botanical illustration beautiful, perfect, whimsical woodland goddess pixie, sketch on white paper, background white, reflective rain drops, leaves, style by Arthur Rackham, style by Brian Froud, sharp focus, hyper-realism, magic art, whimsical, fantasy, pen and ink, coloring pencils, blended water color, muted colors, high quality, fine line art, #facefix https://gab.com/Heidijb/posts/110103234042935425
Now I’ve gotta see if Gabby will let me play with a similar prompt here: Botanical illustration beautiful, perfect, whimsical woodland floral fairy, sketch on white paper, background white, reflective rain drops, flowers, style by Arthur Rackham, style by Brian Froud, sharp focus, hyper-realism, magic art, whimsical, fantasy, pen and ink, coloring pencils, blended water color, muted colors, high quality, fine line art, #facefix & all results can be seen here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110104893194106975
So that’s not quite what I’d hoped to see so let’s see what this prompt generates: Botanical illustration beautiful, perfect, portrait of woodland firefly fairy, sketch on white paper, background white, reflective rain drops, flowers, style by Arthur Rackham, style by Brian Froud, sharp focus, hyper-realism, magic art, whimsical, fantasy, pen and ink, coloring pencils, blended water color, muted colors, high quality, fine line art, #facefix…all results can be see here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110104939515928245
So let’ try another prompt modification to see what beauty transpires here: Botanical illustration beautiful, perfect, (portrait of floral princess), reflective rain drops, style by Arthur Rackham, style by Brian Froud, sharp focus, hyper-realism, magic art, whimsical, fantasy, pen and ink, coloring pencils, blended water color, muted colors, high quality, fine line art, extreme detail, poster quality #facefix with all results showing here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110104974743436787
Those were much more what I’d hoped for so let’s try something slightly different for fun: Botanical illustration (portrait of beautiful exotic alien floral princess), reflective rain drops, fireflies, (style by Arthur Rackham, style by Brian Froud, style of Alphonse Mucha), sharp focus, hyper-realism, magic art, whimsical, fantasy, pen and ink, coloring pencils, blended water color, vivid colors, high quality, fine line art, extreme detail, poster quality #facefix…all the results here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110105009872786895
So that was a tad light on the alien side so let’s try a modified prompt again here: Botanical illustration (portrait of beautiful alien princess), reflective rain drops, fireflies, leaves, flowers, lights, alien worlds, (style by Arthur Rackham, style by Brian Froud, style of Alphonse Mucha), sharp focus, hyper-realism, magic art, whimsical, fantasy, pen and ink, coloring pencils, blended water color, vivid colors, high quality, fine line art, extreme detail, poster quality #facefix & again all the results can be seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110105041124698504
Back to the AI group, this has interesting prompt & results: https://gab.com/Millwood16/posts/110103223813629626
interesting concept & images here: https://gab.com/GoySmiley/posts/110102932967606745
interesting prompt & outcome here: https://gab.com/novazax/posts/110102700957787134
The basic prompt from above inspired this: rose fairy princess, watercolor on paper with the results seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110105217446968191
Those were fun so let’s try something just a bit different here: beautiful alien rose princess, watercolor on paper #facefix #tall the results can be seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110105246963631876
Here’s another prompt: beautiful multi-colored roses, watercolor on paper with results here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110105272985663408
Well those weren’t extremely interesting so let’s go back to the Art Group…
grizzlies https://gab.com/AJ1480/posts/110101851057850650
Interesting Yoda video https://gab.com/DeplorableRussianBot/posts/110115394977182940
more & different images here: https://gab.com/GoySmiley/posts/110113518373555473
and Jesus is like “Dude, let me get a selfie real quick! Check out the resident over there shaking hands with thin air! He was installed like a toilet, ya know?” 
” https://gab.com/MetalMelissa/posts/110113369362906404
It would be awesome if more of the artists would share their prompts to help us refine our own AI art endeavors…
So that image made me want to try another prompt: futuristic Detroit skyline, river view, year 2121, extreme detail, poster quality, (stunning sky: clouds, sunrise, sunset, northern light, stars, moon, &/or rain), flying vehicles, 8K, #wide results can be seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110117840594596058
This lead to trying another prompt: retro fantasy Detroit street view, extreme detail, poster quality, (stunning sky: clouds, sunrise, sunset, northern light, stars, moon, snow, &/or rain), vehicles, people, 8K, #tall with the results seen here & below: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110117879418359527
Further Detroit renderings from this prompt: vanishing point Detroit sidewalk view, extreme detail, poster quality, trees, streetlights, store fronts, vehicles, people, 8K, pen & ink, watercolor wash, saturated color; results can be seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110117917649600431
This was another prompt & 8 results: vanishing point beautiful Detroit street view, extreme detail, poster quality, lights at night, reflections, 8K, saturated color; seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110117949831347332
I’ll have to come back to the info above for the computer reloaded & I lost a decent # of things that I’d saved 😦 Hopefully this recreated most of what disappeared…
fun here too: https://gab.com/Akhenatenthealien/posts/110118917220798861
The next 8 images are from this prompt: Michigan’s North Woods, extreme detail, poster quality, abundant flora & fauna, stunning skies, weather, Matisse style & found here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110117980971600207
these next 8 images are from this prompt: Mackinac Island circa 1900, fashionable people, horses, kids playing, beautiful scenes, stunning skies day & night, fireflies, extreme detail, poster quality, 8K, #facefix #wide & the results can be seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110118011699010377
The following 8 images are from this prompt: street &/or beach views, Mackinac Island circa 1880, fashionable people, horses, kids playing, beautiful scenes, style of Georges Seurat, extreme detail, poster quality, 8K, #facefix #wide & results are here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110118051078027174
more Michigan meanderings from this prompt: fashionistas shopping, Mackinac Island circa 1900, flowers, saturated colors, fantasy, (style of Matisse, Monet, & Mucha), extreme detail, poster quality, 8K, #facefix with results seen here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110118087174121264
I really liked how that prompt worked so let’s try it again! (I still had those images in the Gabby chat so I said “reroll” but Gabby had “forgotten” the prior prompt so needed to be refreshed…fyi)–here are the results: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110135114995325801
Let’s try a modified prompt here: fashionable ladies, Mackinac Island, nighttime lights, reflections, stunning skies, horses flowers, saturated colors, fantasy, (style of Renoir, Monet, & Mucha), extreme detail, poster quality, 8K, #facefix; results here too: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110135150579509568
Well, that’s not exactly what I’d hoped to see so let’s try another prompt here: 1900’s beautiful fashionable people, (Mackinac Island settings: horses, flowers, beach, sky, street, store, nature), day or night, beautiful skies, saturated colors, fantasy, (style of Mucha, Norman Rockwell, & Van Goh), extreme detail, poster quality, 8K, #facefix #wide; results: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110135196033635569
Well that didn’t emphasize people at all…let’s see what this prompt gets: 1900’s beautiful women, elaborate clothing hair & accessories, (style of Mucha, Norman Rockwell, & Van Goh), extreme detail, poster quality, 8K, #facefix; results can be seen here: https://gab.com/ValerieCurren/posts/110135223652951892
Well this post has been in development for a while now as I was using image searches & generation as a bit of a break from working on taxes (ugh). Any way I’m going to post this as is since there will likely otherwise be no end to what further images I could tack on. Plus there is always the comment space where I hope you dear readers (assuming Any One but me ever reads this) might consider some of your own creations.
God’s Blessings to All!
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