Update: I was stuck on making AI art feel like mine until I tried a weird photo trick

Honestly, I was getting so frustrated. I'd make these cool AI images but they just felt like random stuff, not my art. Tbh, it felt like cheating and I hated it. Last week, I tried something new. I took a really blurry, out-of-focus photo of my messy desk with my coffee mug and sketchbook, then fed that into the AI as a starting image. Ngl, using my own photo, even a bad one, completely changed the vibe. The AI built off my actual stuff, my light, my clutter. Suddenly the output had a texture and a mood that felt connected to me. It stopped being just a prompt and started being a collaboration. Has anyone else tried using their own terrible photos as a base to make it feel more personal?

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hugos4619d ago

You used a blurry photo of your messy desk? That's actually kind of genius.

reesej2719d ago

Blurry desk solidarity, honestly.

claire87219d ago

Wait, so you're basically using your own junk as a texture pack? That's smart. Like @hugos46 said, it's genius because it sneaks your real life into the mix. I tried it with a photo of my rain-streaked window, and the AI gave everything this cool, wet, gloomy look I could never just type in. It stops feeling like you're just ordering a picture and more like you're actually messing with the ingredients. That blur and noise from a bad photo adds a weird human layer the AI can't make from nothing.