Make some PC gaming themed holiday pictures with AI

[Zed Clampet]

Use any image generator you want. CoPilot is a quick and easy solution. Here are a few quick ones I made using Flux in Forge WebUI:

@BeardyHat do any of these steampunk PCs meet your compact and lightweight standards? The last one is an all-in-one and looks portable to me 🙂

Portable or not, I'd design a whole room around these. I love steampunk.

 

[dxchase]

A nice, festive one for our FPS players , used co-pilot for this one.

 

[Frindis]

Art Deco Santa

 

[Zed Clampet]

A nice, festive one for our FPS players , used co-pilot for this one.

I had an almost good one where Santas were all running around with laser rifles, but there was one Santa pointing his gun at the viewer and the barrel was bent in a 90 degree angle, which kind of ruined the whole picture.


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By the way if anyone thinks AI just plagiarizes, you should read the book "Steal Like an Artist" or you can just watch the author's TED Talk.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Art Deco Santa

CoPilot is really good. The reason I use Flux is because I can run it on my PC, and one time I asked CoPilot for a picture of a kid smiling with braces on his teeth, and Microsoft gave me a warning for trying to create child pron. I decided I wasn't asking them for more pictures.

 

[Alm]

https://imgur.com/a/mhnc2ts

View: https://imgur.com/a/mhnc2ts

https://imgur.com/a/tk2wIef

View: https://imgur.com/a/tk2wIef

 

[March's Ghost]

Still has troubles rendering hands (among other things) I see.

Ya know, everyone shows the final results, but no one ever shares the input they actually used which creates the results. I am assuming the exact same input does not create the exact same result? Still, seeing just what input is used vs the quality of the end result certainly can help distinguish the capabilities of the AI, correct?

 

[March's Ghost]

By the way if anyone thinks AI just plagiarizes, you should read the book "Steal Like an Artist" or you can just watch the author's TED Talk.

“Good writers borrow, great writers steal” - T.S. Elliot

It's really hard to show a difference between a kid who reads books in a library and is inspired to write novels with similar content to an AI that dragnets the internet for info and does the same thing.

However, the honesty of the act needs to be considered and I don't necessarily trust the developers of the AI. A lot of the info AI's get comes from illegitimate sources that have been put on the net illegally meaning the AI probably wouldn't have access to it otherwise. Humans are capable of that too, but AI does it almost exclusively.

Another point of contention I have is that an author might be flattered if someone says one of their books inspired them to write a similar work, but would likely be incensed an AI create the same thing.

Inspiration is not equal to plagiarism.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Still has troubles rendering hands (among other things) I see.

Ya know, everyone shows the final results, but no one ever shares the input they actually used which creates the results. I am assuming the exact same input does not create the exact same result? Still, seeing just what input is used vs the quality of the end result certainly can help distinguish the capabilities of the AI, correct?

My understanding is that CoPilot rewrites whatever you tell it to try to make a better picture. If the pictures are in PNG format, I can pull off the metadata and tell you what CoPilot actually submitted for the picture, but everyone converts their pictures to jpg because they take up a lot less storage space, so they lose all the metadata.

The exact same input will always create different results unless you use the same seed in the same program. Then you can make the same picture over and over again. But different seeds in the same program will all create different pictures.

Just for fun, I'll go around later and put the same prompt into different art programs and we can look at them and see what we think. I'm on the wrong PC for that right now.

 

[March's Ghost]

Just for fun, I'll go around later and put the same prompt into different art programs and we can look at them and see what we think. I'm on the wrong PC for that right now.

Well, for starters, how many words did you use to have AI create the first image? Do you write out an essay worth of descriptive text? 500 words? A couple dozen? I guess I am specifically interested the length of the input versus the accuracy of the result. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so, how many words is THAT picture worth?

 

[Zed Clampet]

“Good writers borrow, great writers steal” - T.S. Elliot

It's really hard to show a difference between a kid who reads books in a library and is inspired to write novels with similar content to an AI that dragnets the internet for info and does the same thing.

However, the honesty of the act needs to be considered and I don't necessarily trust the developers of the AI. A lot of the info AI's get comes from illegitimate sources that have been put on the net illegally meaning the AI probably wouldn't have access to it otherwise. Humans are capable of that too, but AI does it almost exclusively.

Another point of contention I have is that an author might be flattered if someone says one of their books inspired them to write a similar work, but would likely be incensed an AI create the same thing.

Inspiration is not equal to plagiarism.

It's very different now from how it used to be. You used to be able to tell the AI to do a picture in Salvadore Dali style, for instance, and it would do it perfectly, but that doesn't happen anymore. It will do a picture in the style of surrealism, but it won't have anything recognizable from Dali in it.

The big AI companies have removed the ill-gotten images and use only public domain images or images they have gotten permission to use, so I have to disagree that a lot of their info currently comes from illegitimate sources. It did at first, but it doesn't now. Deviant Art, for instance, has taken a lot of flack for letting AI scan its picture database, but artists on the platform can easily designate whether they want their art scanned by AI bots. At other art sites, it's determined by their user agreements. If you give up your rights to your picture when you upload it, then it really isn't an illegitimate use if AI scans it if the site owner allows it. I believe Getty Images signed a big contract with AI art generators for portions of its photos.

It's true that many of these are commercial projects, and that certainly raises questions, but it's easy enough with art to identify when the program is using a particular artists works--at least with non-abstract works. For abstract it really doesn't matter. You don't really own the blue square you just painted no matter how much you like it. It's just too common.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Well, for starters, how many words did you use to have AI create the first image? Do you write out an essay worth of descriptive text? 500 words? A couple dozen? I guess I am specifically interested the length of the input versus the accuracy of the result. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so, how many words is THAT picture worth?

That picture wasn't worth that many words. I'll check it when I get on the computer where I have it saved in png format. But all of my pictures above used the same words, if that helps you any.

Complex pictures almost always end up not the way you wanted them to. The AI ends up ignoring some of what you say. For instance, each picture was supposed to have a model airship flying around the tree with steam coming out of it. One picture has it. One picture attached the ship to the PC case, and the last picture just didn't put it in at all--unless that's it on the PC's monitor.

 

[red_5ive]

Does this count? I keep hoping to find one of these under the tree one of these years. 😀

 

[red_5ive]

Finally got it to work (using gemini since I'm an Android user, and I have no idea what I'm doing LOL). It kept putting a computer in the background with some ridiculous logo of an apple on it. What's up with that business? 😛

After a dozen tries, I went back to the original verbiage that I used that put that thing with an apple on it, and this time it worked.

Spoiler

What's this nonsense? Toy car, fake gaming computer. 😛

 

[March's Ghost]

How long do these images take to generate usually?

 

[red_5ive]

5-10 seconds for mine using Google Gemini. But I'm not an avid user. This is only my 2nd attempt at a.i. photos.

Which reminds me...

Microsoft gave me a warning for trying to create child pron. I decided I wasn't asking them for more pictures.

The first time I tried it, I was trying to do the Star Trek TNG crew in 40's look/hairstyles (Picard excepted lol). It got to Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher), and gave me a similar warning. I had no clue why and immediately stopped at that point. And now that I think about it, I was using whatever generator Microsoft calls it.

Edit: I lied, the above photos marks my 3rd time now. The first time I tried it also involved Mustangs. I was trying to blend/mesh a 2015 with the 1964 being that the 2015 was based on that model. The results were pretty awesome. And yes, I have a Mustang fixation.

 

[BeardyHat]

Use any image generator you want. CoPilot is a quick and easy solution. Here are a few quick ones I made using Flux in Forge WebUI:

@BeardyHat do any of these steampunk PCs meet your compact and lightweight standards? The last one is an all-in-one and looks portable to me 🙂

Portable or not, I'd design a whole room around these. I love steampunk.

I really dig that third one.

I'll have to play around next time sitting at my PC.

 

[Zed Clampet]

How long do these images take to generate usually?

If you are using CoPilot, only a couple of seconds. If you are doing it on your own PC, it's highly dependent on what GPU you have and how much RAM and how you set the picture up to be drawn, like how many passes you want the AI to make. On my laptops, the pictures take about a minute to make. If I were on a desktop with a 4090, it would take a few seconds.

 

[Zed Clampet]

5-10 seconds for mine using Google Gemini. But I'm not an avid user. This is only my 2nd attempt at a.i. photos.

Which reminds me...



And yes, I have a Mustang fixation.

I love Mustangs. I've never owned one, but I used to get to drive a company Mustang. It was a V6 convertible from the early 2000s. I suppose getting a GT would have cost them more insurance money. Even the V6 was far quicker than anything else I've ever had. I've always bought SUVs or crossovers just for the convenience of having a bigger vehicle, although I came dangerously close to buying a Porsche 911 once.

 

[red_5ive]

I love Mustangs. I've never owned one, but I used to get to drive a company Mustang. It was a V6 convertible from the early 2000s. I suppose getting a GT would have cost them more insurance money. Even the V6 was far quicker than anything else I've ever had. I've always bought SUVs or crossovers just for the convenience of having a bigger vehicle, although I came dangerously close to buying a Porsche 911 once.

Very cool! A boss I had back in the early 2000s drove the V6 model, with the good ol' Ford 3.8L. I want to say it was a 2003. It did have some pep. He used to zip around in that thing.

I've only owned a 1997 SN95 GT model. I was planning on dropping a blower in it after the warranty was done, or even make it a track car. But I ended up getting married in '99 before that happened. And like you, I traded it in for a bigger vehicle (full size pick up w/full rear cab) when my wife was pregnant with my first son. I've been driving full size pick ups ever since (two F150s, and currently a Tundra). Definitely served a family better.

Those 911s are crazy fast! Particularly the turbo model. Especially back in the day when there was less competition with production cars. I remember it took a moment for that turbo to kick in, next thing you know you're pinned in your seat!

 

[Zed Clampet]

Very cool! A boss I had back in the early 2000s drove the V6 model, with the good ol' Ford 3.8L. I want to say it was a 2003. It did have some pep. He used to zip around in that thing.

I've only owned a 1997 SN95 GT model. I was planning on dropping a blower in it after the warranty was done, or even make it a track car. But I ended up getting married in '99 before that happened. And like you, I traded it in for a bigger vehicle (full size pick up w/full rear cab) when my wife was pregnant with my first son. I've been driving full size pick ups ever since (two F150s, and currently a Tundra). Definitely served a family better.

Those 911s are crazy fast! Particularly the turbo model. Especially back in the day when there was less competition with production cars. I remember it took a moment for that turbo to kick in, next thing you know you're pinned in your seat!

This is all making me want to play Car Mechanic Simulator again since I can't get under my cars anymore, although I never did any real complicated work on them anyway. I needed an extra car for tinkering. At one time I wanted to dig out a mechanic's pit in my garage but never did. Someone probably would have just driven a car into it. 😆

 

[red_5ive]

This is all making me want to play Car Mechanic Simulator again since I can't get under my cars anymore, although I never did any real complicated work on them anyway. I needed an extra car for tinkering. At one time I wanted to dig out a mechanic's pit in my garage but never did. Someone probably would have just driven a car into it. 😆

I've yet to play that one. I have it in my wishlist. Or, as I sometimes end up finding, I may have already bought it on a Steam sale and forgot about it lol. Like Breakpoint, which I think you know I'm playing right now, I'd forgotten I re-bought it on Steam for cheap after having originally purchased it from Ubi direct. That was before I realized it still launches the Ubi launcher, which was my only point for getting it again. 🙄 But at least it still makes it easier as I pretty much always have Steam open anyway.

I'm limited now on what I can work on as well. But the most I've done otherwise is suspension work (lifted all my trucks) and engine bolt ons. I helped swap a motor once when I was younger (sure enough, it was a Mustang 289 that my friend's dad was restoring), but that's not something I have the tools for or care to tackle in my own garage. I also did most of the general maintenance on our vehicles, but in the past year I don't even want to do oil changes anymore, and I took my truck in for the last one. A mechanic's pit would be cool! But as it is, with all my trucks being lifted, I had plenty of room to work under them. I otherwise just used Rhino ramps for my wife's SUVs.

 

[red_5ive]

That 2nd one might be a Mac. Again. Sigh.

 

[red_5ive]

One more baby yoda. I was trying to get him actually playing, but then I realized this is EXACTLY what Grogu does.

 

[BeardyHat]

Very cool! A boss I had back in the early 2000s drove the V6 model, with the good ol' Ford 3.8L. I want to say it was a 2003. It did have some pep. He used to zip around in that thing.

I've only owned a 1997 SN95 GT model. I was planning on dropping a blower in it after the warranty was done, or even make it a track car. But I ended up getting married in '99 before that happened. And like you, I traded it in for a bigger vehicle (full size pick up w/full rear cab) when my wife was pregnant with my first son. I've been driving full size pick ups ever since (two F150s, and currently a Tundra). Definitely served a family better

I had wanted a Foxbody Mustang for quite awhile in my late teens and 20s, but eventually swapped my 86 Bronco for a 94 Taurus SHO and then not too long later a 92 Ford Thunderbird Supercoupe. Ugliest car I've ever owned, but after swapping over from a manual to a built AOD it would bark the tires at full throttle on the shift to second. Of course I also had some mild mods on it.

Was a cool car, but I eventually sold it and bought a Honda Civic when I realized I was just communiting and not ever driving fast or going to the strip. Now my favorite car is my 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan cause I can fit so many people and things in it 😋

This is all making me want to play Car Mechanic Simulator again since I can't get under my cars anymore, although I never did any real complicated work on them anyway. I needed an extra car for tinkering. At one time I wanted to dig out a mechanic's pit in my garage but never did. Someone probably would have just driven a car into it. 😆

Boy a pit would make things so much easier, if only peace of mind. I usually get my jackstands situated and then stand up and violently shake the vehicle, cause I sure don't want to be crushed under one of my vehicles...

I haven't played Mechanic Simulator, cause I already have so much I'm neglecting 😦 need to do a caliper on my van and then reassemble my valve covers for my Jeep to protect my new valve train when I put the motor back in it. My rebuild is pretty much done and ready to go back in, but I just haven't reassembled those covers and haven't pushed the Jeep out of the garage to spray down the engine bay yet...I blame the cold...but also...

I didn't make an AI pictures today because I got deep stuck in to Elite Dangerous when I was sitting at my PC. Oops...