I have been playing around again with ChatGPT. This time I asked it to take the following photographs (which were taken of a wargame I and Tony Hawkins staged at SALUTE2002) ...
... and render them into the style of line drawing that was featured in Victorian magazine like the Illustrated London News. The results looked like this:
I must admit that I am rather impressed and can see myself using this facility to illustrate blog posts ... and even future books that I might write.
I do like that effect!
ReplyDeleteThat is very impressive!
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether the AI could take a black and white ILN illustration of a battle and show what it would look like if recreated by your wargame armies? An experiment for you to try, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteLooking at the portraits it has produced of you in various guises and this latest picture, I can understand why many artists believe AI threatens their careers and livelihoods. Will a 21st century Ned Ludd arise to lead a backlash against this technology, I wonder?
An interesting effect. Could prove to be a good source of illustration without fear of copyright infringement.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought it was funny that ChatGPT left the base under the artillery crew on top of the roof but then it occurred to me that the crew may have built a platform to fire from.
ReplyDeleteThose are scarily good, Bob…..😯
ReplyDeleteThese Illustrated London News type prints look splendid! Donald Featherstone would have liked these for his wargames campaign journals.
ReplyDeleteRegarding AI, portraits and artists, I don't believe that AI is putting an artist out of work in these fun portrait type situations, as we probably wouldn’t get around to (or afford) commissioning art from an artist?
Its not such new tech. Twenty five years ago, There used to be fairground photo booths that would computer ‘draw’ and print your photos in supposedly different artist styles …