I want to start off by saying that I had so much fun trying to create silly images on the AI image tools! I have used an app on my phone where you input a picture and it edits it in certains ways depending on what settings you choose, but it did not work very well, so I was excited to try these other image rendering sites! I used 2 of the image generating AI’s: DALL-E2 and Stable Diffusion. I thought it would be interesting to use the same prompt on each site to compare what was generated.
The prompt:
an oil painting portrait of a harbour seal wearing a tiara with gems on a dark background
DALL-E: (there were a few others but this was my favorite:) )
Stable Diffusion:
Obviously there is a big difference in the results, the main one being Stable Diffusion is giving pictures of people instead of harbour seals?? I also gave a prompt involving lobsters playing poker and it generated pictures with almost all people! Due to this factor, I didn’t find Stable Diffusion very useful, but DALL-E was amazing! The more details you give the better, which allows for a lot of customization in your piece.
I also tried out Soundraw! I used the Euphoric mood/genre/theme, slow and normal for speed and included all the instruments. This was my first time using it:)
beans
Hi Olivia,
I love the DALL-E seal, its very cute and funny and follows the prompt quite well! I tried to use the two different image generators and compare the same prompt between them as well. Although I had very different results. I found that Stable Diffusion to produce more detailed images than DALL-E, though I agree that DALL-E seemed to produce images that followed the prompts a bit better. Was that something that happened with your generations? I tried to insert prompts that had more direct stylistic contrast to sort of push the tools, so none of my attempt were particularly convincing.
yuewang
Hi, Olivia. I saw the AI photo you posted and this little seal is really cute. I also find a lot of AI programs are widely promoted now, just upload a photo and the AI can automatically generate a comic picture. This is a very popular trend at the moment, and I can find all kinds of interesting AI drawings on many platforms. I have tried Pixso, Nightcafe and DALL-E 2.
claireliu
Hey Olivia! I enjoyed reading your blog post this week! I鈥檓 glad you had fun experimenting with generating AI鈥檚 DALL-E2 and Stable Diffusion. It鈥檚 pretty awesome how technology can create such fun and silly images with just a click from our fingers. Great job on incorporating a way to compare the differences between the two applications, I actually haven鈥檛 tried either one yet so it鈥檚 cool to see what the two applications are like and how they differ from each other. I would have loved to see you go in-depth about how these two applications are beneficial in our lives and how we can apply them in an educational context. Overall great work!