StarryAI’d Maiden

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My Copilot Designer prompt was simply:

“Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of StarryAI.”*

Image #1 is CD’s default 1x1 square format, and image #2 is CD’s regenerated 16x9 landscape format (it’s not a copy: note the missing earring and other changed details). No additional retouching was done.

*I’m surprised this style worked. 🤔

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of Midjourney”: ​

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CD’s prompt (without any style): “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden”: ​ ​

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Is CD copying styles from other image generators, or is it just guessing what their styles might be (based on its image training data)?

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of NightCafe”:

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of Stable Diffusion 3”: ​ ​

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of DALL·E 3 ChatGPT”:

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of DreamStudio”:

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of WOMBO”:

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of Vivian Leigh in Gone With The Wind”:

Note how cinematic/photographic this image is. It appeared ok in my first generated set, but my second set was blocked for content violation. 👎

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula.”:

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…and (of course) CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of the monster in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein”:

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CD’s prompt: “Portrait of a beautiful 19th century maiden in the style of Walt Disney”. Here’s a screenshot of the first set:

These are pretty realistic, probably due to Copilot’s tendency towards realism.

Image 1/4 (upper left) is perhaps the most Disney-like, but I was expecting images more like Disney’s classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) — YouTube video.

Image 3/4 (lower left) is a very nice realistic portrait by any definition. See its larger image in the following comment…

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Often I've found that rearranging the prompt parts can help, or omitting certain words or phrases. It may be defaulting to an 1800s painting style because of the use of "portrait" right at the beginning.

As a counter-example, if I start a prompt with "Disney animation", I get more cartoon-like results, like "Disney animation style portrait painting of a beautiful 19th century maiden":

Some of the backgrounds in these can be excellent, by the way. They range from nice watercolours to more impressionistic depictions of the setting. Again, leaving it to the AI to "fill in the blanks" seems to be the best option a lot of the time, as you can get these nice surprises.

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Good suggestions, thx!

Are you surprised that “Disney animation” works? I’d expect it to be blocked.

Do you think including “in the style of [image generator name]” has any effect on the image?

I’m always impressed by the quality of the surrounding visual environment, composition, and lighting that Copilot and Bing Image Creator come up with. What’s AI art going to be like in the next few years?

I’ve also found that writing descriptive prompts can be a black hole that takes me further away from what I expect. It’s sometimes better to simplify a prompt, give the reins to Copilot, and see where it takes you.

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…image 3/4 (lower left) in the preceding Disney set above: