Me as a plaster statue
Currently, AI portrait generators are doing the rounds in the blogosphere. I have seen the evidence on a number of other blogs. It seems that often the generators require several photos of you before they can do their magic but with "LightX" I could get cracking with just one recent picture. As it happens, though I take a lot of pictures, I don't have many pictures of me. The one I used was taken on the occasion of my seventieth birthday last October. I had to crop Phoebe out of it first.
"Light X" only allows you ten free go's a day and the four AI creations shown here were made during my very first visit to the site. By the way, I had to sign up before starting but it's free of charge. The possibilities are endless. You can make your own portrait "prompts" or simply use the oven-ready styles provided on the site.
Me as an African king
A caricature of me.
Me as a Viking
I suppose the truth is that I could carry on making hundreds of self-portraits like these but I would never find one of the real "me" because he is not in a visible, physical form. He is the pensive being within who churns out these blogposts.
Pensive, my ass! But you are a great looking dude, Neil, whether in reality or in A.I. By the way, my Viking pictures did not please me, even though my ancestry seems to indicate I have that blood.
ReplyDeleteYou probably look better as a cowboy. By the way, did you type in "circus clown" or "master baker"? I hope I spelt the second one correctly!
DeleteHow interesting!! I, too, like you just the way you - the real you - are!! But the statue -like Mr. Pudding at the top is very handsome and very fetching!
ReplyDeleteAnd hard as nails!
DeleteI like that statue, a good likeness:) The viking image of you reminds me a little of Sean Bean.
ReplyDeleteSean Bean is from Sheffield.
DeleteThere's lots of fun with these programs.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of clever people out there, making these programs but I am not sure how they make money from them.
DeleteI really like the Viking! The plaster statue is too life-like to really look like a statue. Your eyes should not have been slightly coloured in that picture. The "I" in AI probably doesn't know that.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! "I"/eye! I get it.
DeleteI like the Viking one! You look good! The plaster statue is good too. Your real self is the best, everyone's real self is the best even if they don't like what they see in the mirror.
ReplyDeleteThey are only images. The real me and the real you are the ones inside.
DeleteSo the real you is pensive? You have to tell people too much to be pensive!
ReplyDeleteI think the term "pensive" can be applied accurately to the majority of people.
DeleteVanity knows no bounds. I think the caricature bears the closest likeness.
ReplyDeleteIf vanity knows no bounds - you should definitely give the software a whirl Andrew!
DeleteHow about 'you as a Yorkshire pudding '?
ReplyDeleteI might try that later on today JayCee. As I say, you are allowed ten go's every 24 hours.
DeleteWhat a good selection YP. Apart from the photo of the"real" you, I think I prefer the Viking, though they are all very clever. Which one will you use when you renew your passport?
ReplyDeleteThe Viking of course. Mind you, when the Vikings invaded England they did not arrive with passports!
DeleteHow about you dressed as a Tigers striker?
ReplyDeleteI already tried that but I did not like the daft hairstyle they gave me - like Chris Waddle or Glen Hoddle with a mullet.
DeleteThe Viking is my favorite. You remind me of Ned Stark in that one! :)
ReplyDeleteNed Stark? Is he in "The Simpsons"?
DeleteYou make a handsome Viking. I agree with Pixie, a bit like Sean Bean.
ReplyDeleteI am too polite to mention what the Vikings did when they arrived on these shores.
DeleteIn the style of a great thinker and writer.
ReplyDeleteThat why they made that statue of me.
DeleteAll of this just feels so weird to me. I know- I have to get over that. I do like the statue Mr. P. The others aren't bad either. But like others here, I like your real self best.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It is all rather weird but I would like to see you as Superwoman and as a Viking maiden.
DeleteNice photo of you. Do you color your hair a bit? You aren't very gray yet.
ReplyDeleteNope. I have never coloured my hair.
DeleteI have dozens of similar portraits but in my case, they are converted using SnapChat filters on my daughter's phone.
ReplyDeleteWell you won't need to experiment with the AI software then.
DeleteThat third one makes you look like Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
ReplyDeleteHe's 81 years old now and his wife died on Sunday.
DeleteThe Viking look really suits you.
ReplyDeleteMy heritage is Viking.
DeleteThe perspective of the plaster statue suggests it is full-length. They usually have minuscule private parts, often broken off, or is that just your bust?
ReplyDeleteThat's just Greek and Roman heroes
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