@davidd interesting.  What instructions did you give the AI for the tray of rings? (the only thing I can see that is not correct)

@coracle I don't still have the prompt.  I believe I asked it for gold and emerald rings.  I've kept most of my prompts though.

Digory waiting for Jadis and Uncle Andrew to come back

These are very well done considering they are AI generated and AI can be questionable when it comes to images.

Hi all,

These are some (AI) illustrations that I generated for my son to accompany reading the seven Narnian Chronicals.

A link to pretty much all the illustrations is available here:
https://crosswordspersonalnotes.home.blog/narnia-ai-images-of-parts-of-the-books-that-are-less-often-illustrated/

@davidd do you mind my asking how old your son is? Is there a reason he needs more pictures?  (If it's too personal, you could reply on Private Message)

Thank you. 

@coracle I managed to locate part of the prompt (imagen only shows so many characters):

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Interior scene set in a cozy, dimly lit attic room that is furnished like a sitting room. The side walls are lined with shelves full of books. A blonde girl with long hair and hair ribbon and wearing a blue dress and a boy in brown norfolk jacket are standing in front of a wooden door in the back wall and behind a table with a wooden tray covered in gold rings and emerald rings. The table also has books, ink bottles, sealing wax, and a microscope. A...

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They are very nice images and quite accurate to the books. I think they deserve a book of their own, but it should be a separate collection from Pauline Baynes’ illustrations, which always should be included along with the stories. Every edition of Narnia should feature Pauline Baynes’ work. The artificial intelligence images can help to interpret the books, but no one should replace the art of Pauline Baynes. Her work is inseparable from the Chronicles. 

These are fun to look through and I especially loved the different styles of art. Thank you for posting these.

I’m curious, is there any illustration out there of this moment from PC?

But all the Talking Beasts surged round the Lion, with purrs and grunts and squeaks and whinneys of delight, fawning on him with their tails, rubbing against him, touching him reverently with their noses and going to and fro under his body and between his legs. If you have ever seen a little cat loving a big dog whom it knows and trusts, you will have a pretty good picture of their behaviour.”

It’s a personal favorite of mine that was left out of the film (and the BBC series, but that was likely for the best), and while I was like to see it adapted, it’s exciting to know that perhaps an illustration of it could be made like this.

Hi @aslanthelion,

unfortunately, no - the passage you quoted is one paragraph before Peter introduces Caspian to Aslan (“This is Caspian, sir,” he said. And Caspian knelt and kissed the Lion’s paw.) I decided to put an image in the book to illustrate the latter incident.

It is an awesome moment though! (Showing Aslan’s love for the Narnians and their love for him in.) Looking at how the text is laid out, it would be possible to reorganize to include both (it would take a bit of time as there are multiple characters which means it will be near impossible to one-shot it; in such cases I need to generate multiple ai images with individual characters and composite / colour correct the images to arrive at a final image because AI hallucinates too much, especially with multiple different characters).

I can try - though be prepared, the final image may not live up to your expectations (I might miss something that is key to capturing the moment.)

If any real artists (rather than an AI hacker like me) read this, hopefully they would like to draw / paint something that captures this moment too 😉

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Hi @aslanthelion,

unfortunately, no - the passage you quoted is one paragraph before Peter introduces Caspian to Aslan (“This is Caspian, sir,” he said. And Caspian knelt and kissed the Lion’s paw.) I decided to put an image in the book to illustrate the latter incident.

It is an awesome moment though! (Showing Aslan’s love for the Narnians and their love for him in.) Looking at how the text is laid out, it would be possible to reorganize to include both (it would take a bit of time as there are multiple characters which means it will be near impossible to one-shot it; in such cases I need to generate multiple ai images with individual characters and composite / colour correct the images to arrive at a final image because AI hallucinates too much, especially with multiple different characters).

I can try - though be prepared, the final image may not live up to your expectations (I might miss something that is key to capturing the moment.)

If any real artists (rather than an AI hacker like me) read this, hopefully they would like to draw / paint something that captures this moment too 😉

Oh, I don’t want to ask you to do a lot of work. I thought these were images that could be generated rather simply by typing in the quote. But I guess not.

Thank you so much for being willing to go to the trouble, but it’s really not necessary. 

@aslanthelion 
No worries: I am having fun!  

This is one attempt (I'd like to try a more realistic rendering too).

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@aslanthelion 
No worries: I am having fun!  

This is one attempt (I'd like to try a more realistic rendering too).

 ch15_pg234_NarniansComeToAslan.jpg

Great job! And thanks a ton!

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@aslanthelion 
No worries: I am having fun!  

This is one attempt (I'd like to try a more realistic rendering too).

 ch15_pg234_NarniansComeToAslan.jpg

Great job! And thanks a ton!