# AI image generation is getting crazy good **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [April 19, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203 "2025-04-19T03:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/401 "2025-05-16T02:23:53Z")
1994 VHS screencap of death metal band on MTV Unplugged [![](https://i.imgur.com/zdzWGmC.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/zdzWGmC.png) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/402 "2025-05-16T03:03:04Z")
I tried something dance related after watching the last episode of _Andor_. I considered this try a failure because of the mangled hands. [![](https://i.imgur.com/azN0R8W.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/azN0R8W.jpeg) I considered this try a failure because of everything. [![](https://i.imgur.com/vHD4Vub.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vHD4Vub.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/403 "2025-05-16T03:48:15Z")
[![](https://i.gyazo.com/59e07f85cf18b1ad99aa24c414bbf799.png) ](https://i.gyazo.com/59e07f85cf18b1ad99aa24c414bbf799.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/404 "2025-05-16T03:52:53Z")
That first one was just the name. Then I tried throwing the entire text at it: [![](https://i.gyazo.com/afd2ca83d4bc67b4578ece47ed4428a2.jpg) ](https://i.gyazo.com/afd2ca83d4bc67b4578ece47ed4428a2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/405 "2025-05-16T07:12:21Z")
I spent an inordinate amount of effort of trying to get these two stupid joke images. For the one with the girl the problem was trying to get all of the elements in place (it especially wanted the genie to come out of the top of the lamp instead of the spout, for example). For the one with the guy it didn’t want to make it at all: in three four-image sets on Sora each had three “failed” images. Then both of them needed some outpainting to get decent framing. [![](https://i.imgur.com/eA3JYfl.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eA3JYfl.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/4X6nSEP.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/4X6nSEP.jpeg) On a positive note, I’ve discovered that Night Cafe’s new outpainting option is smarter/better than any that I’ve used in the past. Cost 1 credit to outpaint an image. (Which isn’t a big deal for me because I religiously collect the free daily credits for my two accounts but never use them and have over 2,000 credits accumulated.) Oh, and Night Cafe wouldn’t let me upload the guy version for “child safety” reasons. But making the image into a negative worked for uploading and outpainting. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/406 "2025-05-16T10:20:06Z")
Speaking of pet groomers: [![](https://i.imgur.com/uCMpJuK.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/uCMpJuK.png) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/407 "2025-05-16T13:37:55Z")
Fooling around making parody album covers featuring Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem from The Muppets. The first two were just word prompts, the last three I gave it the original album cover to reference and it seemed to do much better. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/0q2kfsm.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/0q2kfsm) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/o6FBw9W.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/o6FBw9W) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/OcFu7Xf.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/OcFu7Xf) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/FE0xYnj.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/FE0xYnj) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/47Z4Gns.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/47Z4Gns) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/408 "2025-05-16T16:10:34Z")
Those are awesome. While doing character combos, I vaguely remembered some character that ate everything. Some googling proved it to be “Big Mean Carl” from the Muppets. But ChatGPT didn’t seem to know how to make him without a reference image, at least in the one try I made before providing one. [![](https://i.imgur.com/qG2W5dx.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qG2W5dx.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/7p3l56z.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7p3l56z.jpeg) First try was an unambiguous (but hideous) Bart Simpson but Big Mean Carl was a dog. Plus the framing was too crowded. Widescreen tries looked less Barty, it didn’t make Bart small enough, Bart looked in the wrong spot, and the shorts and the eating there-of never came out right, so overall I didn’t get a satisfying image. But Big Mean Carl looked good once I gave a reference. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/409 "2025-05-16T17:45:54Z")
Sora appears to have upped free images a day from 6 to 12. Add to that the increase from only 1 variation allowed to 4, and in the few weeks I’ve been using it Sora has gone from 6 free images per day to 48. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/410 "2025-05-16T17:53:28Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I spent an inordinate amount of effort of trying to get these two stupid joke images. I know the punchline for the first joke: “You think I asked for a 12 inch pianist?” …but I’m drawing a blank on the second one. Little help? ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/411 "2025-05-16T17:56:03Z")
“Hey, I wanted perfect tits and ass!” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/412 "2025-05-16T18:13:09Z")
Ah, so that genie wasn’t hard of hearing, just doing the classic djinn fakeout wish-- granting the letter of the wish but not the spirit of it. Don’t think I ever heard that one before 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/413 "2025-05-16T18:17:32Z")
Haven’t tried one lately with the new image generator, but Dall-E, without guidance, almost inevitably drew blue genies looking like the Will Smith version from Aladdin. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/414 "2025-05-16T18:23:43Z")
In the prompt for the earlier Alice/Dorothy image, I replaced “35 mm disposable camera selfie” with “Arthur Rackham painting”. [![](https://i.imgur.com/gtODJa3.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/gtODJa3.jpeg) Replaced that with “A scrapbook-style scene made entirely from layered paper cutouts and textures.” [![](https://i.imgur.com/sd99D1W.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sd99D1W.jpeg) (Both ideas found in prompts on the Sora feed.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/415 "2025-05-16T18:24:38Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > “Hey, I wanted perfect tits and ass!” > **[Great tit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit)** > > The great tit (Parus major) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, south to parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland; most great tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. Until 2005 this species was lumped with numerous other subspecies. DNA studies have shown these other subspecies to be distinc... ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/416 "2025-05-16T18:59:15Z")
My “Inappropriate Little Golden Books” series. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/fsnFgyc.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/fsnFgyc) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ZkCymzx.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ZkCymzx) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/CCnL0K0.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/CCnL0K0) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/iEku98n.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/iEku98n) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Buz2NPu.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Buz2NPu) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/417 "2025-05-16T19:21:05Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Dall-E, without guidance, almost inevitably drew blue genies looking like the Will Smith version from Aladdin. I wasn’t clear on that. I meant, if I asked for a genie, it would almost always make them blue Will Smith versions. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/418 "2025-05-16T20:00:06Z")
Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/419 "2025-05-16T20:01:18Z")
Even more hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/420 "2025-05-16T20:10:06Z")
Turns out I didn’t have to give it the text. It knew what the parts were called anyway. [![](https://i.gyazo.com/e2b9d2d58e0cd0bda89725588d3d08b5.png) ](https://i.gyazo.com/e2b9d2d58e0cd0bda89725588d3d08b5.png) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203.md?page=22)