I have been playing around with AI art generators. At first, I was making random images, pretty cool. Then, I came to a point where I decided to try making images of scenes from books I’ve read.
One of, if not the first novel I chose was Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. Some years ago now (time flies), I commissioned an artist, dentamarin, via Fiverr to depict a standout scene in the book.
I thought the image was pretty good, especially given the price. Now, I wanted to see what an AI art generator would make given a similar description. I will say I was impressed. Check them out below.
The commissioned piece by dentamarin via Fiverr
AI Art generator pieces (Microsoft Bing Image Generator powered by DALL-E)
Gazing off into Space 
It’s really fascinating to see the side-by-side comparison between the commissioned piece and the AI’s interpretation of such a vivid scene. This reminds me of the recent trends in music where you can hear a <a href=”https://komiko.app/music/hatsune-miku”>Hatsune Miku AI cover</a> that sounds surprisingly emotive compared to the original software. Both tools are becoming such powerful ways for fans to re-imagine their favorite characters and stories.
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