Prompt: a sumi-e drawing of a grotesque ostrich-like alien made of chitin and bone, sumi-e drawing --ar 3:4 --s 55

So I was playing around with the sumi-e style and combining it with animal-like aliens. Apparently alien, chitin and bone heavily implies skulls. A lot of the rejects were just weird combinations of limbs and bony torsos but some turned out quite nice (but still weird). Here are a couple of bonus ones with the word ostrich replaced with other animals:

Another ostrich

A bird

Another bird (apparently)

An insect

A lizard

That ostrich riding a bicycle

This one is an experiment in character continuity.
I had to include it because it makes me giggle every time I see him :)

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    It reminds me of the drawings in the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books! I used to get them from the library when I was a kid and the drawings were always the scariest part lol

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been going through some of his work and I can definitely see the resemblance! Maybe it’s the ink work or the skulls that makes it look alike? It’s funny because I never mentioned him by name in the prompt (I never even knew of him until now, thank you for that!) and it still looks alike. I guess the themes overlap a lot with his work.

      I originally wanted to create something in the sumi-e style like this bug:

      But I guess what I wanted was too detailed to put in this kind of painting style.

      • zzzzz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I guess these AIs are trained on real artists, so it should be too surprising that the result resembles some artists’ work!

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Never heard of the name but the art is definitely familiar. Thanks for sharing, this really looks awesome!

  • Gullible@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    It’s interesting that midjourney has an extensive repertoire of bare bug and reptile knees, but seems befuddled by boney bird knees. It’s still fantastic art.