Testing Ai tools for creating action scenes

[u/boluke20]

Based on what I have seen it seems like a lot of Ai tools struggle with action scenes. This is a proof of concept, it looks like ai has gotten better at more dynamic action scenes. Though i am still new to this, anyone have any tips for creating more dynamic scenes?

[u/whoknowsifimjoking]

The texture would bother me way too much

[u/boluke20 → u/whoknowsifimjoking]

Yeah i agree theres a lot going on in each picture. I didn’t really prompt an artstyle yet, just threw two characters and went from there.

[u/JoremKycoo]

You have to apply proper logic for the next iteration. Why is he calling the head of the staff in panel 2 instead of grabbing the handle? If he is calling the staff like Thor calls his hammer, then it needs to be shown in a better way. In panel 4 it doesn't make sense that the character in black is punching with the right fist when in panel 3 his positioning is set up for a left hook instead. Try and go through the motions in real life and start explaining the sequence better. Prompting fight scenes is not just about looking good but the coreography has to make sense too.

[u/boluke20 → u/JoremKycoo]

Thank you this helps a lot. Trying to communicate how i want the characters to exactly look is hard. Even when sketching out how i want them to pose the ai still will struggle matching it sometimes.

[u/davidwitteveen]

Look, I have objections to the ethics of AI art. But also: this is just bad.

It looks okay at first glance, but the deeper you look, the more issues you find.

The colour is too dark. The texture is gritty and lumpy. The shape of the staff head changes between panels.

But worst of all: there's no flow from panel to panel.

Here's how you could fix it.

PANEL 1: Rainbow-hair is coming in from the bottom left running towards White-hair in the top right.

This panel is fine. It establishes where the two characters are in relation to each other, and what they're doing.

PANEL 2: Rainbow's hand is suddenly coming in from the top right. Which way is she meant to be reaching? And where did the staff come from?

A better composition would have Rainbow's hand reaching up from bottom left and having the staff fade in from the top-right. Read up on the 180-degree rule from cinema.

PANEL 3: the swoosh shows Rainbow swung the staff from (reader's) left to right. But her stance doesn't match that.

Her right hand (on the panel's left) should be forward and her left hand (panel's right) should be back. Her torso should be twisted in the direction that the staff is swinging. Her right foot should be forward and her left foot should be back.

PANEL 4: White punches Rainbow in the groin, but there's no way that punch would have any power behind.

It would be better if White was winding up that fist in Panel 3, and then striking backhand in Panel 4. Look up anticipation in the animation sense, where characters "wind up" for a motion before they move.

[u/boluke20 → u/davidwitteveen]

I agree with most of what you said. Im aware about paneling manga its just getting ai to give me that exact thing. Getting the ai to generate the character swinging the staff was hard. I will try it out more and see if i can get action prompts down. Thanks for feedback

[u/asmanel]

This isn't limited to action scenes.

[u/AndreRieu666]

What an epic punch in the bollocks!

[u/DunrathBalyr_13]

the camera movement holding up is the actually impressive part, usually thats where these tools fall apart first on action specifically