Had an idea or a thought for an image and not been able to draw it?
Caught without a camera and witnessed a memorable moment?
I will show you how to capture it and expand on it using AI under human artistic direction — essentially using AI as your ‘Artist’s Assistant’ as you control the position, pose, posture and mood of the scene whilst always being mindful and respectful of the copyright of other creators.
I didn’t set out to write this book. I was exploring use of AI to generate images based on my huge archive of photographs captured over twenty years and during that journey realised I could use AI to go beyond the photographs and create images from my memory of an event or just from an idea or a thought.
Through the generation of 50 images, I will explain what I mean by Directed-AI and show you how simple prompts can be used to set a scene and control pose, gesture and expression. I also draw your attention to pitfalls to watch out for in your journey and show how to maintain consistency over a linked series of images by using ‘Canonical Character Reference’ images and ‘Style Reference’ images and apply final refinement of the images using Adobe Lightroom.
I hope the book is of interest not just to the non-artist looking to discover and unlock latent creativity, but also to existing artists, illustrators and educators to demonstrate how Directed-AI can be used as a rapid prototyping tool to speed up their workflow.
Lastly, I hope it is of use to Copyright Policy Makers in providing evidence to justify the stance that Directed-AI works warrant a similar level of copyright protection as do the photographs taken by a photographer using their camera or a film director directing a film crew.