Making character concepts with novel AI.

 So here are some character concepts made with novelAI, an art generation program. I find it very useful for my writing, because it's easier to get "up" with the view of your character. Midjourney and Stable diffusion are also examples of things you can use. So here are a few designs of Sandra, from "The Renter" who will be showing up in book two:

Good, anime style image, that gets us her initial look, as an athletic college student.

on the road, and you'll notice that she has a lacking face. Remember that AI art right now is early days. It's not ready for prime time--you'd either spend a lot of time working on a single picture, or expect a lot of "good for reference, not for pay publishing" pictures. 

And here she is in the hallway:

Um, maybe a bit young, but... again, it's a reference drawing. But lets try with some modifiers, maybe "older"

Ah, okay, here we go, with college student, and older:

Better, but some changes to drawing. Remember the AI isn't really an AI, and it certainly isn't a real artits. Getting complete consistancy from picture to picture is difficult--for now. But one last thing--let's toss: realistic into the mix and see what we get.

Well, that's different--notice that the AI gave her a more curvy shape, isntead of just making the old form "more realistic". Again, remember that this isn't actually an AI--it's a weighting program that takes prompts and looks at them in reference to it's data base. 

But even so, this can be a huge help in creating your characters and if you get close enough--fan art! Nearly free!