My latest piece was inspired by an AI experiment an artist recently shared on the AI Art section of a newly opened forum called Renderunto.com. Like me, he used to shun AI, and then found himself toying with it over a year ago. Unlike me, he has since transitioned completely away from Daz, and now works solely with AI. His experiment is titled Grabbing the secretary if you want to check it out. That section of the board is accessible without registering.
His experiment involved using nothing but AI and GIMP to create a secretary trapped in a hand. He wound up having to create two separate images – the hand and the secretary – composite them in GIMP, and then use the composite as the base image in Forge.
My experience with AI and the challenges I’ve failed to overcome using it by itself have led me to conclude that, for my needs, such complex scenes must start with a fully posed, lit, and rendered base image. It’s the only way to prevent unsightly AI deformities and maintain full control over lighting and camera angles.