I had a dream where I was traveling back in time to stop a virus that was destroying all of humanity. As I traveled back in time each stop the virus was worse and worse. Unfortunately I found out too late that the virus didn’t obey standard physics because it experienced entropy backwards meaning it spread reverse in time. What I needed to do was travel forward in time to when the infection first began to stop it and I failed.

I’ve been trying to visualize what I saw in that dream ever since using AI and until now I haven’t been able to get close.

Instead of using plain text I used the :: function, specifically necrotising-fasciitis::human which got me some good results. Using plain text resulted in an error that the image didn’t fit within the usage terms.

I did a set using a broken pixel art style which was a little closer because it was a digital virus that migrate computers to us. But the title image was a little closer to my dream image.

Broken pixel versions:

Normal art style iterations that lead to the title image (some of these are kind of gross):

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Really cool pics… You have scary dreams!

    My dreams are more like me being in other situations with other people, like being at someone’s house or in a coffee shop etc…

    • BallShapedMan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Thank you!

      I rarely remember my dreams. And when I do they’re normally pretty plain things. In this case I had been reading about entropy and just finished the book Immune. I also think a helping of a lack of sleep led to this dream.

      It being so different is why it’s stuck with me as long as it has.

      On a side note The Three Body Problem is an amazing series that comes close without the virus aspect to my dream. I read them over the holiday week and can’t wait for the Netflix series to start later this year!

  • sheepishly@kbin.social
    81·
    10 months ago

    Man, I wish I could have dreams like this more often. Lately it’s just been about things that annoyed me that day so I can be annoyed by them while I sleep

    Anyway, cool art

    • BallShapedMan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I’ve never heard of him, I’m going to Google it now!

      Edit: Wow, he’s amazing! I have a new rabbit hole to go down!