Phillip Winn @pwinn@qoto.org

Another pair inspired by @LeviKornelsen, also using a single added phrase: “in front of stained glass.” The MidJourney v4 prompt text is mine, based on descriptions Mr. Kornelsen gave his processed images.

I hope readers appreciate how much effort I’ve been putting into the descriptions for these images!

#AIart #midjourney #StainedGlass

I find myself intrigued more and more by what just one added phrase can do to AI-generated art. In this case, the phrase is “in front of stained glass,” and this entire series was inspired by @LeviKornelsen

As usual, these were generated with the MidJourney v4 model, and the complete prompt text is in the image description.

#AIart #midjourney

Thanks to the just-released Mothership Companion app, I have a new Mothership character!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mothership-companion/id1606212377

#ttrpg #mothership

When generating art with MidJourney, one of my favorite things to put in a prompt is “magic hour.” Here are some results with and without that phrase; see if you agree!

In both cases, this is MidJourney v4, and the only addition to the prompts was “, magic hour”

#AIart #midjourney

Picking up tacos at Rusty Taco, there are signs about tacos, natch. The t-shirts worn by employees carry a restaurant slogan: “God. Country. Tacos.” I’m not entirely sure how they square those priorities with repurposing Joshua 24:15 into Salsa 24:7, which seems mildly sacrilegious to me, but the tacos are good.

#photography #RustyTacos

My daughter wants beef tacos for lunch, so I asked MidJourney for help.

The “beef tacos” are almost normal, but the “beef soft tacos” have unusual titles add for no obvious reason, and definitely no benefit.

#AIart #midjourney

Today I tried a few new prompts, no refinements, just simple phrases. These are from MidJourney, and my settings are: MJ version 4, Base quality, Style med, Regular upscale.

The v4 model often seems to add titles where none are needed or wanted, but overall I found all eight images pleasing. The waterfront pics don’t look like Hong Kong at all, but they’re all nice-looking waterfronts. The night market pics look more like Hong Kong, except all the Chinese writing is broken.

#AIart #midjourney #HongKong

Sometimes this game takes my breath away.

#GenshinImpact

Another moment in Genshin Impact in which I suddenly realized how beautiful my surroundings were. It probably loses something as a still image, without the windmill turning, but it’s still amazing.

#GenshinImpact

Apparently the things I’ve considered worth photographing and also sharing in the last couple of days have all been food related. I’ve also taken other pics, but they have people in them and are not for sharing with the world at large.

#photography #Auckland #NewZealand #food

One last batch of photos for today, still from Auckland, New Zealand.

I know very little about flowers, but these remind me of flowers from growing up in San Diego. However, I took these pics today in Auckland, New Zealand. #photography #auckland #NewZealand #AlbertPark #flowers

A few architectural details from Albert Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Plus a pigeon. #photography #auckland #NewZealand #AlbertPark

In the airport early for a flight to New Zealand, enjoying the semi-public art. #photography #art

When I talk about “stuff” on women’s faces being produced by MidJourney, this is an example of what I mean. I’m not at all sure what’s happening with the figure on the left.

When I was reviewing images before the -v4 option launched, it was nearly every image featuring a woman’s face. It’s not quite as bad now, but it’s still marring far too many prompt attempts.

But hey, I don’t want to complain, so I’ll add a second image. This one actually had some facial marring when it first popped in one quadrant, but when I upscaled it, the face cleared up.

#AIart #midjourney

I tried the prompt “A girl with very long pigtails, eating a pear” in Idun.AI’s new generator using both the Idun.AI model (red fruit) and the StableDiffusion 1.5 model. The latter seems more photographic, but also uncanny, while the former will never be mistaken for something real, but works as an image. For me, at least.

#AIart #IdunAI #stablediffusion

I’ve had some challenges with MidJourney adding “stuff” to faces, mostly women’s faces, and prompting with “clear skin” doesn’t always help. Still, this result for “indian girl, suit and tie, photograph, 32K” turned out pretty nicely. It’s using the v4 model candidate.

#AIart #midjourney #Indian

#blog I don’t intend to do this more than once, but here are a few daily word games people might enjoy, along with an example of what is shared when you “Share Results” for each.

The one everybody knows, of course, is Wordle, found at https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle

Wordle 513 4/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Another polished game with a bit more complexity is Waffle, found at http://wafflegame.net

#waffle297 4/5

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak: 24
🏆 #waffleelite
wafflegame.net

That game also offers a weekly “Deluxe” version:

#deluxewaffle25 2/5

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

wafflegame.net

It is occurring to me as I write this that I should have picked a day and week in which my results for #waffle were slightly better.

My most recent discovery, thanks to @Spinybadger, is Thirdle. While that game offers a text-only share like the above, and an image+link share, for the sake of mastodon I’m going to post an image.

#thirdle http://thirdle.org

A family favorite restaurant, roughly translates to Old River Lake Grill.

#food #photography

#photography