I didn’t finish a video today, but I did fiddle around on Blender. I “sculpted” the island more than it was, to make a path up the hill/mountain/thing.
Quick story: I didn’t save my work yesterday. Nothing on the island was changed, but the light house and the buildings weren’t moved.
This proved to be a problem, as light house, island, and water all seemed to be connected. When I tried to move or resize one, they all moved and/or resized. The tricks that should have disconnected the three failed.
What I ended up doing was cut and pasting the island and the light house. I went from the original Blender file and pasted onto a new one. That done, I reversed the process. Problem solved.
Below is the first try with the latest hotness. I have a second angle lit to show the path a little better.
Where I stopped for the day.Today’s rework, complete with blue water!Another angle
A lot of the videos I’m watching now have information I already am familiar with. This is a refresher course as I move towards bigger and better things. Expect another lighthouse, another dungeon and, giggle, another dinosaur.
This time, though, the course promises to be more involved. Like the little extras I added to my last light house is no longer me jazzing but a part of the lesson.
The images below are done in two different rendering engines: Eevee and Cycles. I’m put these up so I have a quick way of referencing the difference between the two. Cycles give better detail, but takes longer to load up.
Posting two days in a row? I know, who would have thought it?
Anyways.
Yesterday I had a notion. I’d give some various AI programs the various prompt–Anime image of a yandere–and see what it came up with. The AI programs I chose for this experiment were ChatGPT, Grok, Microsoft Bing AI Creations and WordPress’s own AI.
Now for those who don’t know what a yandere is, it’s a form of anime character. Always female, always in love, and always crazier than a sh*t house rat. The image should look something like the following:
They seems nice.
Anyways, here are the results, from worst to best.
Microsoft Bing AI Creations
I think someone didn’t understand the assignment.
Grok
In fairness, I had to work to get the picture this good. Grok seemed to think I wanted Goth. One of the pictures it gave me wasn’t even anime.
Outside of that, not bad.
Speaking of fairness, when Microsoft Bing AI Creations wants to do it’s job, it does the best Anime slop.
WordPress
I went through two tries, because the first one was so close, but really not on the money.
This is closer to the crazy look the character should have. Really fine.
ChatGPT
Now remember, the prompt said, and I quote “Anime image of a yandere”. Nothing about a weapon, or blood. Just the character type.
That’s dead on perfect.
I’ve found I like Microsoft Bing AI Creations’ anime images the best. When, of course, it deigns to give me an anime image. ChatGPT, though (and to a degree Grok) give me what I want with fewer issues.
Anyways, very interesting. Might be worth doing again next year, see if there’s improvements.
So, anyone got a guess what Microsoft Bing AI Creations was thinking when it made its image?
This week we’re working on a full low polygon character. This involves not only videos from the course, but at least two hours of videos from ANOTHER series of lectures. This series I’ve never done; I pooped out on the basic course after the T Rex.
Well. The T Rex is what I wanted to do.
So.
My thought is that the basic work I’m doing here can be transferred over to the main project. I hope.
Fortunately for me, Target had cut my hours down to twenty. Giving me PLENTY of time.
But so little money.
I’d hoped to pick up a second monitor. They’re cheaper than I expected. One cost about $95 bucks, which compare to all the TVs I looked at is a steal. I’d go for a slightly more expensive model, one that matches the fella I got. The hours cut, though, makes me hesitant.
Actually, I fib. I’m always hesitant to spend any money over $50. Under, it’s more of a struggle NOT to buy.
Another relatively easy project that I made harder than I had to. I’m only noting it here because it’s a completed project. Compared to yesterday’s work, it’s kinda boring.
I am about a day behind, but still plugging at it.
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