Vectorize AI

 In some cases Vectorizer AI is the right tool for enlarging images created with AI Image Creators. 

Here's an example:

I generated this troll with the use of Dreamlike AI. The dimensions of the image are: 576x704 pix, much too small for any use on print on demand stores.

I had learnt about Vectorizer AI a few days ago and also watched a video. I am always open for anything new, so I wanted to try it out.

Now step 1 is to have the background removed, together with the strange parts on the right. There are some background removing tools online, I went for clipdrop's tool.

Now step 2: upload the image to vectorizer AI. Here the result:

Now the size is 2304 x 2816 px. You probably won't notice the changes on the image much, but you will see them when you open it with a picture processing program like Photoshop or Gimp.

Vectorizer AI is free and it is still in Beta. It does not work with every image; but I will try it again!

Young Witches

Just now I am planning some new designs for my Zazzle shop. Although Halloween seems to be still far away I am thinking about creating some witch illustrations. So I went to Nightcafe Studio and inserted the following prompt, using SDXL 09:

face of a cute happy witch with a big red hat, vector style, 3 D, white background

Here's the image I got:

And then I tried the same prompt with Dreamlike AI:

You can see that there is definitely a difference in the style: Whereas the first image shows a young woman with dark hair and a red hat, the second shows a girl with red hair, a red hat, and even a red star. The eyes are considerably bigger, all in all it is a cartoonish style. 

However I think that both images can be used as designs. I will have the background removed in both images and then upload them to my Zazzle shop.

AI Art and my Zazzle Shop

 Since last November I have been creating art with the help of AI Art Generators. Since April this year I have been active again creating new products in my Zazzle shop, using AI images as designs. And for the first time since 2009, when I openend my shop on Zazzle I am really enjoying the process of working for my shop - be it the creation of new designs, the selection of products which fit the design (and the other way round) and even the process of marketing them on Twitter.

Cute Happy Bat Magnet
by ullahennig

This cute little bat was created with the use of Nightcafe Studio. I had the background of the image removed in Lunapic, and then uploaded it to Zazzle. Of course there are other products where this design would fit nicely - a mug, a button, whatever. 

A happy Mishap

 With AI sometimes nice things happen - although you did not intend them to happen this way. 

I did not think of a cute little black owl when I wrote the prompt - I was thinking of a cute black witch. So I wrote this prompt:

cute black wtch sitting on an rock, vector style, 3 D, white background

As you can see, I forgot to type an "i" . Obviously "black wtch" was interpreted as "owl" by Nightcafe Studio. 

However, I love the cute owl!

What a difference one word makes

I wanted to create an image of the interior of the great mosque in Cordoba, so I wrote the following prompt:

Interior of the mosque in Cordoba, in the style of Ivan Bilibin, Ernst Haeckel, Daniel Merriam, watercolor and ink

The image on the left is the result of this prompt (I used Nightcafe Studio). It is quite nice, but a bit too muted. So I changed my prompt to:

Colorful interior of the mosque in Cordoba, in the style of Ivan Bilibin, Ernst Haeckel, Daniel Merriam, watercolor and ink

And, as you can see on the right, the AI Generator added blue. It is more or less the same image, but it looks a lot better with the additional colour.

Both images have "in the style of..."as part of the prompt. That style does not work with all AI Generators, but I noticed that Nightcafe Studio, PicFinder and Leonardo produce very nice results with those artists.

Cute Bats

Although it is still summer (and very hot and humid here in Germany) I am already thinking of Halloween. If somebody mentions Halloween I think of witches, ghosts and - of course - bats. But I think of them as animals which are very important for our nature, not as creatures which bring evil and drink blood.

So I went to Nightcafe Studio and inserted the following prompt:
cute bat flying, vector style, 3 D, white background

And isn't he cute? 

What AI Art did with my colored pencil piece

 In my last blogpost I showed you a colored pencil piece which I did a few days ago. In a next step I wanted to find out what AI would do if I used it as a starter image. Well, here's one example:

I used Nightcafe Studio creator, and the prompt:

"Portrait of a fantasy creature in the style of Art nouveau"

I am very pleased with the output, and I feel motivated and encouraged to continue doing something with colored pencils!