INTEMPERANCE IX ILLUSTRATIONS
Added 2025-04-14 19:30:38 +0000 UTCHere are some illustrations of some of the characters in Book IX and a few shots of characters that have not appeared before. There is one NSFW shot. As always, these are created using AI by a person with zero talent in the visual arts. There will not be mistakes in the photos. Every detail, even if seemingly wrong, is exactly what I intended. If there is a detail or two that appear to be mistakes they are actually well though-out bits of abstract art placed there to symbolize something about the character or the scene, or perhaps even life, the universe, and everything.
Comments
The women in the illustrations are GORGEOUS! NICE work! But, since I have a hot wife already, I wanna hang with Pa-Ho and Caydee and do sing time! I will play guitar with her, though at this point, she's undoubtedly better than I ever was! LOL Edit: And WOW!! I've been trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying and trying to get a good image of (and I quote from my directions to the AI): "A large, rambling, single-story house on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The view of the house is from inland." And what I get, pretty much, is a two story set of balconies/terraces literally overhanging the ocean. Sigh. I have this image in my head (because I've been RIGHT WHERE the house is supposed to be) of this wide, single-story, very sleek and modern looking home, lots of exposed wood and stone and some metal and some glass with a circular driveway and a second, somewhat smaller house to the left and about 30-50 meters away. Sorry to ramble.
Lawrence David Thompson
2025-04-20 17:44:38 +0000 UTCI do like most of these, but current Jose looks like the same person as 1969 Roberto, and Juanita looks twice the age she's supposed to be.
William Cleveland
2025-04-19 13:52:15 +0000 UTCI always imagined Obie to be older than Jake by about 10 or 15 years, and heavier set than you've depicted him. I don't know where I got that impression from, though.
wulf losee
2025-04-17 03:26:56 +0000 UTCCoop's a pretty good looking guy himself, and he's rich. You might not want to have him figure out your orbital Delta-V burn for you, but he can bag a hottie.
Al Steiner
2025-04-16 07:59:31 +0000 UTCHe's not. Pauline does have taste.
Al Steiner
2025-04-16 07:58:18 +0000 UTCHer roots run deep
Mark
2025-04-16 00:55:40 +0000 UTCYami looks like she is stood in quicksand!
Strider
2025-04-15 16:04:04 +0000 UTCI thought Obie was fatter haha
Mike C
2025-04-15 07:46:53 +0000 UTCThe berries are symbolic of how things are not always what they appear, just as Pa-Ho himself. He looks like a simple crow, but he is much more than that. It took me awhile to get the incorrect berry growth color exactly right. In fact, I had to hack into the AI and rewrite some of its code to get it done. Oh, and I'm aware of where the continental shelf is. During the scene that picture of Caydee represents, Celia yelled at her "Get your little butt back on this continental landmass immediately." Caydee did not leave the continental shelf, but, if her feet were not touching the bottom, she had left the continental landmass.
Al Steiner
2025-04-15 06:26:30 +0000 UTCThat is symbolic of his future interest in the study of engineering and all subjects related to it. He will one day be the man who tells others how to use the shovel, not the man who uses it himself.
Al Steiner
2025-04-15 06:23:04 +0000 UTCI seriously doubt I could pull that off. Once you add two people doing ANY specific thing, it gets very complicated.
Al Steiner
2025-04-15 06:21:15 +0000 UTCI like 'em all. I had Obie looking quite different. Mama Valdez looks like she should be chewing nails, not steak. Poor bloody Greg. It looks like Coop has kicked a goal, she's a fox.
Garch
2025-04-15 06:02:50 +0000 UTCFun photos! Could you ever get a good photo of Laura knocking out Jenny Johansen with the cootchie spray? Thanks!
Earl Calvert
2025-04-15 05:50:25 +0000 UTCMy favorite is little Cap using his telekinesis on his sand shovel. Sneaky little devil has skills!
Mark
2025-04-15 05:02:09 +0000 UTCThe AI does a credible job with blackberry leaves, but it has some rather strange ideas about the berry and its successive colors as it ripens. Oh well. The continental shelf is quite a few more yards farther out than that. *g*
Matthias Urlichs
2025-04-15 04:45:55 +0000 UTCI just added the picture of what Juanita is imagining Kingsley Manor is going to look like. I used this prompt: photorealism and gothic. A huge castle with battlements and a moat sitting three thousand feet atop a cliff overlooking the ocean. It is well lit but foreboding, yet luxurious at the same time. A testament to the wages of sin and how extensive those wages are.
Al Steiner
2025-04-15 00:57:46 +0000 UTCI've tried. There are some things that AI cannot understand - like normal human hands and fingers - and a single story, sprawled out house on a cliff next to the Pacific Ocean always come across as a majestic castle like Jose and Juanita are imagining, or a Deliverance shack where moonshine is likely being made. And, based on the feedback I got of the picture of Yami outside Kingsley Manor on the first day, I know reasonable accuracy is necessary. I bet I could generate a picture of what Juanita was expecting to see though. I'm going to try that right now and add it in if it comes out well.
Al Steiner
2025-04-15 00:42:49 +0000 UTCThat was symbolic of Mama Valdez's consistent struggle to fit in with the Kingsley family and her honorary title as a Kingsley matriarch.
Al Steiner
2025-04-15 00:31:47 +0000 UTCI would be fascinated to see your renditions of Kingsley manor. I cannot wrap my head around the size or scale of the castle 😀
Dave Sanney
2025-04-15 00:16:34 +0000 UTCUm. NOT Mama Kingsley in #5. Mama Valdez!
TexanInParis
2025-04-14 20:20:48 +0000 UTC
