An afternoon of NFT creation IMAGES THAT SOMETIME STARTLE YOUR EYES… I’ve been fascinated by the images from historical Japan. The amount of knowledge backed up or taught to the Artificial Intelligence systems is a challenge and joy to discover the pictures that emerge with just a few written words for a prompt. With the words: “ Realistic general portrait of a warrior Samurai, elaborate realism, handsome,” The NightCafe Creator produced this image: And I’ve published five altogether from the day’s work: I prompted for: “Realistic general shot of a geisha, elaborate realism, elegant.” And that’s all I needed to create this striking presence of a very put-together geisha. Next came this serious, perhaps suspicious, gentleman: The fourth one is this very contained, Geisha lady. The marks on her face are something I have to question. Perhaps someone will know the significance? The final image of the published group is this young Samurai warrior. The detail of the hair dec...
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