{"id":7045931,"date":"2026-08-24T11:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/generative-ai-and-how-it-could-help-me-create-my-graphic-novel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:06:06","slug":"generative-ai-and-how-it-could-help-me-create-my-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7045931","title":{"rendered":"Generative AI and How it Could Help Me Create My Graphic Novel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/2022\/11\/30\/my-first-foray-into-generative-ai\/&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" data-attachment-id=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/2022\/11\/30\/my-first-foray-into-generative-ai\/curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_charleston_street_in_south_ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?fit=688%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 - Generated by Midjourney Generative AI\" data-id=\"790\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www-static.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/?attachment_id=790\" class=\"wp-image-790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_0ca72765-32ac-4803-a04f-9f48f4ce7974.png?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Created by Midjourney Generative AI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" data-attachment-id=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/2022\/11\/30\/my-first-foray-into-generative-ai\/curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_charleston_street_in_south_ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?fit=688%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"791\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www-static.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/?attachment_id=791\" class=\"wp-image-791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_230f357c-c7bc-43ea-9fc1-38b657d2936b.png?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Created by Midjourney Generative AI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" data-attachment-id=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/2022\/11\/30\/my-first-foray-into-generative-ai\/curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_charleston_street_in_south_ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?fit=688%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"792\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www-static.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/?attachment_id=792\" class=\"wp-image-792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_a901374b-86e9-4316-a61e-32a612999178.png?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Created by Midjourney Generative AI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" data-attachment-id=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/2022\/11\/30\/my-first-foray-into-generative-ai\/curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_charleston_street_in_south_ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Generated by Midjourney Generative AI&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?fit=688%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"793\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www-static.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/?attachment_id=793\" class=\"wp-image-793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Curtis_children_playing_on_a_busy_Charleston_Street_in_South_Ca_b3b26639-9117-4e21-85b6-bb59d7824304.png?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Children Playing on a South Charleston Street in 1860 \u2013 Created by Midjourney Generative AI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The initial four images Midjourney Generative AI came up with.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, I made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/my-drive-this-in-75280426?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a post <\/a>that started off with my fascination with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-11-26\/loab-age-of-artificial-intelligence-future\/101678206\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loab<\/a>, the woman that is \u201chaunting\u201d the internet after being created by generative AI, and discussed how I wanted to figure out a way to use it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is my first dabble into generative AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generative AI is a relatively new technology that uses artificial intelligence to create brand-new original images based on a series of prompts you feed it. As I understand it, it\u2019s own understanding of images is based on being fed the wealth of images and contextual information that the internet has. So when you tell it to create an image of, say, a fluffy pink elephant juggling five balls in outer space, it has the entire internet to learn and understand the concepts of \u201cpink\u201d, \u201celephant\u201d, \u201cfluffy\u201d, \u201cjuggling\u201d etc., and how these things relate to each other; how \u201cfluffy\u201d could be applied to its understanding of \u201celephant\u201d, how an elephant could conceivably juggle and therefore, which limbs of a juggler correspond to which of an elephant\u2019s limbs, and so on, and can then, create a logical image based on those prompts. It\u2019s similar to how, when I wrote \u201ca fluffy pink elephant juggling five balls in outer space\u201d, <em>you<\/em> drew on your knowledge of those concepts to imagine that\u2026 despite having never actually seen it in real life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually \u2013 I might try that. Are you imagining the Elephant in a spacesuit? I\u2019m imagining it in a helmet at least. I wonder if the AI\u2019s contextual references would tell it to put the elephant in a spacesuit if I don\u2019t specifically tell it to?\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first thought I had was that, as someone who has never and can never visit the southern states of America in the 1860s, I am very reliant on reference images to get a feel for the place, the mood, the clothes, the buildings and architecture, the time and so on to be able to draw my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Smalls graphic novel<\/a>. Searching out these references is very time-consuming and actual photographs from back then are sparse. Finding <em>just the right <\/em>reference picture for what I need is even more time-consuming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if an AI, with instant access to the internet\u2019s wealth of images can now combine all of that and \u201cimagine\u201d these reference pictures\u2026 that could be a game changer!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So here, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midjourney.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midjourney<\/a> generative AI, I entered the prompt: \u201c<strong>children playing on a busy Charleston Street in South Carolina in 1860, photorealistic \u2013v 4<\/strong>\u201c(the \u201c\u2013v 4\u201d tells it to use the most recent, Beta testing version of the AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the 4 images it returned immediately. I\u2019m impressed to say the least. Ignoring the odd person with 2 heads or whatever, for giving a sense of place and time it is fantastic! I feel this could be incredibly useful! Understandably, these all look like paintings of the time despite me specifying photorealism \u2013 a tell, I\u2019m guessing, \u00a0to the fact that these are the references the AI itself has to draw on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do I feel it is in some way cheating?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, I don\u2019t. Initially, yes \u2013 I had some weird thoughts about whether I am shortcutting something that <em>I <\/em>should be doing. But it isn\u2019t as if I haven\u2019t already scoured the internet for hours finding reference pictures for my project. I have many. I am simply using more of the tools available to me. These AI images are not enough alone. They still don\u2019t create exactly what I need. It\u2019s not as if I can simply copy or even trace them into my novel. I will still be comparing them to actual reference pictures from the time for accuracy. However, ultimately, my aim is to tell a visually interesting story. I would like it to be somewhat accurate in terms of how it looks, but that is not my sole aim. It is more to create an accurate <em>feeling<\/em> representation of time and place. I want the setting to serve the story, not the other way round. I feel using AI images may actually increase how well I can draw these things as I will have access to a limitless form of reference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those are my thoughts on it at the moment. They may change, and I will be sure to let you know if they do.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-tertiary-color\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\">Unsung Superheroes<\/a> is an ongoing project, creating graphic novels based on the stories of real-life historical figures whose stories may not be as well-known as they could be.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<p>New pages are added to the current story on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsungsuperheroes.com\">Homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to help support this project financially, please consider signing up to <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/unsungsuperheroes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my Patreon<\/a>. 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