Weird Wednesday: Character Art
Character art is popular these days. As good as the author describes the characters, many do enjoy seeing a visual representation.
With AI, this is possible but not always easy to get accurate. I’ll admit I tried a few programs out of curiosity just to see what I would get, and the results were disappointing. Not as disappointing as my artwork, but I couldn’t get anything that matched my vision of the characters I created. And I know it wouldn’t be what the reader did either, so let’s just leave it their imagination.
The controversy with AI generated pictures is that authors will use the free (or cheaper) programs for their illustration needs rather than supporting an artist. There is the counter argument that many people wouldn’t have paid to have artwork done in the first place, so I’ll just leave it at that.
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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