Tricked an AI art generator into drawing my cat as a Renaissance saint

I kept getting weird cat faces from Midjourney, so I typed 'cat with subtle halo and baroque lighting' and added a reference image of my tabby, Mr. Whiskers. After 7 tries, it nailed a portrait that looked like it belonged in the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Has anyone else found weird prompts that actually fix the animal face problem?

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harper9141mo ago

Does anyone else feel like the AI is secretly judging our pets when they mess up the faces? I tried to make a portrait of my dog as a Victorian nobleman, and it gave him these human eyes that stared into my soul. It was like a cursed painting, honestly. Your Sistine Chapel cat sounds way better than anything I've managed, so props to Mr. Whiskers for being a patient model. I always wonder if the "7 tries" part is just us gaslighting ourselves into thinking the AI finally listened.

evan_cooper731mo ago

Bro fr the AI def has a personal vendetta against pet owners. I spent like an hour trying to get a decent pic of my hamster as a tiny knight and it kept giving him these dead, human eyes that looked like he was about to drop the most devastating life advice. At some point I just accepted the cursed version because my thumbs were cramping from all the "more hamster, less existential dread" prompts. Honestly the gaslighting is real - I swear sometimes I convince myself the result is "artistic" just so I can stop typing. Your Victorian dog with human eyes sounds like a masterpiece compared to my soul-eating hamster lord.

nathan1001mo ago

Oh man, @harper914 you hit the nail on the head with the secret judging thing. I tried to make my cat look like a fancy Renaissance painter once, and it gave her this weird smug smirk like she knew all my secrets. It took me like 10 tries before I got one where she didn't look like she was plotting my demise. And yeah, the gaslighting part is real - I swear sometimes I just accept a bad result because I'm tired of typing "more cat face" over and over. The human eyes on your dog thing is hilarious though, I had a similar cursed result with my neighbor's parrot turned into a pirate.