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Prompt: "A deep-sea vampire entombed in an ancient wall of coral."
I like how the first figure isn't vampire-like, whereas the characters below are more typical. I actually illustrated one myself long ago and never completed that project which ties into a lot of my deep-sea imagery in the illustration section of the site.
Though I hacked away at prompting various aspects like the flesh on the image on the right, the initial style and sheer detail blew me away.
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![Fractal hero](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/02226066-7afa-4100-8187-57109f5ea8c7_rw_1200.jpg?h=eb2210f5eaa316c3f1f68cd0704b3e90)
Fractal hero
![Fractal hero](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/b36716d0-5ee5-4721-9ef3-f142c2e79b6d_rw_1200.jpg?h=642fb35526aa2560adf6c4e09af0d244)
Fractal hero
![Fractal juggler](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/9a56efe7-3153-4105-996c-552175f81cbc_rw_1200.jpg?h=e6d917b40fc70b98c252dc6089ed2577)
Fractal juggler
![Fractal juggler](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/63b82ef2-2483-4502-9dd6-1148d72a5405_rw_1200.jpg?h=6ce9dbc1fcaebe017086aae1ec290b1c)
Fractal juggler
![Fractal magician](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/ba4ee125-8547-4915-87d3-46b643046c1c_rw_1200.jpg?h=36078c677390096b2954bddcadabe610)
Fractal magician
![Quantum quaternion sorcerer](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/88991860-5396-4337-acdf-259f04a8cdb8_rw_1200.jpg?h=57aee1d745ddd6a87530bbf27b678bcf)
Quantum quaternion sorcerer
![Fractal demon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/82f6d79f-d1d1-4370-9906-8eaae6145699_rw_1200.jpg?h=7f22c6d57eef4f476e6ff776c1fabbc1)
Fractal demon
![Fractal demon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/bed5c08b-7040-4d0d-935c-8a2be0daf795/21dac44e-f36a-4fd7-97d6-6ebed47f8d2b_rw_1200.jpg?h=21487b0fb3f76a87b87b5d1f1ba14b98)
Fractal demon
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For my final query, I asked Dall E to make an absurd fractal visual joke that would make anyone laugh, and it gave me recursive banana peels slipping on banana peels which inspired a chicken crossing the road cartoon, which is posted on the Gen AI humor page.
On several occasions, I tried to leave room not to over-prompt Dall E to see what it would do, and it never fails to astonish. Prompting for specifics can be hit or miss.
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I went off on some religious imagery excursions, but I didn't keep much of it, though some of it was impressive.
Again, I think oversensitive policies hold Dall E back a lot.