I've been working on this kid's book draft for years now; directly inspired by Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and the original classic movie with Gene Wilder as the titular character. I tried making some Wonka images. The final result was way cooler than I thought it'd be.
Yes, the candy parts are a bit vague, but the whole 'candy explosion' was great. I do wish I could've thrown in some floating Wonka bars, but AI's still iffy with logos and fonts and placement of items.
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| Something has gone terribly wrong with Wonka’s candy factory. |
At first, the images generated weren’t looking like the Gene Wilder Wonka I wanted. Many weren’t truly Wilder-like at all. These images were mimicking Wilder’s features, with nothing relative to the character. Anyone who uses AI knows, it takes time, patience, and a bit o’ luck to get the images you hope to generate. So I had to learn how to keep building up details, eliminating what wasn’t working and adding to the description what was missing.
Here are a few of the original terrible results . . .
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| 1st attempt was so bad and dreary - especially in grayscale. (What’s the blue container in front for???) |
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| This one was so manic; Wonka looks as though he could kill, (or maybe he already hid the body?) |
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| Again with the grayscale, feeling like a depression era image, with a heavier Gene Wilder |
