Quicksand Fans

It's been a while since I last posted, since then I've retired, moved 250 miles and am living a very different life. Anyway, seeing as others have been experimenting I thought I'd try AI as well. I've adopted Maria's suggestion and am using Perchance at the moment, it's free and you don't have to sign up, the only issue is you need to allow ads (that's how it is funded). My basic thoughts so far are: is it art - no, does it require skill - no, is it fun - yes, does it swallow time and disk space - yes. Further, some words have more impact than others! For example for the images below the text string is the same except for one additional word.





I'll save you the trouble of guessing, it would be too easy. The extra word in the second pic's text string is "boobs". It pretty much changes everything: style, makeup, clothing, appearance. I find this to be the case with any words with "adult" implications. I'll be posting more of my results later, they'll probably include a lot of nudity etc, so be warned.

A few more to be going on with:

You’re off to a great start. Looking forward to see what else you come up with.

Thanks Jinn, some more in a similar vein, but different subject setup.









Had to do a small crop to get rid of an extra finger in the last one, seemingly a common problem with AI, extra limbs also turn up!

thanks for the "warning"--- or as i think of it, "promise"

lots to enjoy, my favorite is the first of the Gingers---wonderful expression!

as for an extra finger--- i can pretend it's Ann Boleyn if Catherine of Aragon could have arranged an "accident"

Hi Max, nice to have you onboard, glad you are liking things so far. I have to admit I regarded the nudity warning as promotional! I agree, the first redhead has a nice expression, I like the third as well for the sense of movement and struggle, The first nude blond was the first picture I got where I thought I was on to something here, she's a determined woman on a mission.

On to the next set:

The blonde again, she's getting scared now.


The redhead again, about your' depth Max?


This is what you get if you put "ginger" in the text, a bit bright I think. I used "dark red haired" for the earlier ones.


Pink hair, what about pink hair, that's cool isn't it!



More later.

a wonderful depth!!

I tried an experiment, I took an AI image and put it through Topaz AI (the original free version, I though the update schedule was a bit expensive), I appreciated the irony of using and AI to improve the results of another AI! Results are below:

Unchanged (52K)


Put through Topaz AI (basic settings plus 2X upscale) (362K)


The improvement is quite significant but the size penalty means that I probably shouldn't do it on many, I think I'll reserve it for images that I particularly like.

More blondes today, well it's easier to type than "dark red haired"!

Stylish leather wear, but I think she's forgotten something.


A couple of vamps with attitude.




A different perspective, this one looked a bit grainy so I put it through Topaz AI.


Hope you like them, I promise I'll do more non-blondes next.

the top down perspective works for me!