I use chatGPT (and sometimes Gemini) to create the images to accompany my pieces. It’s not a cop out—it’s work. I painstakingly give my prompts, drawing on my knowledge of Art history, mentioning specific artists and paintings for references, clearly explaining the aesthetics and techniques I want employed, and sometimes it works beautifully, and I get images that work well with my pieces. Sometimes it happens in the first draft, like this:
Other times, things like this happen, and I spend the bulk of my day arguing with a robot:
I’m learning as I go, and , allegedly, so are the bots. I look forward to the day that I can be more successful and achieve what I want in fewer drafts.
Thank you for taking a glimpse at my process.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.
I’m known as Dena Brown to the revenuers and pollsters.
MA English literature, College of Charleston
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Gardenias
On the other side of the creek, dense foliage rose from the bank, thick woody branches cloaked in dark green leaves tangled and interlooped with each other in an indecipherable riot of ochre and emerald, white flowers crowning it here and there in a burst of fragrance. Gardenias.
By Harper Lewis5 months ago in Writers
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That's a lot of revising.
Gosh, you must feel so frustrated when even after so many times it doesn't get it right 😅😅
Excellent article 🌼🌼🌼