It’s my turn to set the Community Challenge for this week…

Theme

This weeks theme is ‘Winter Festivities’

Celebrate the winter season by exploring a tapestry of global festivities through AI-generated art!

In this theme, we create captivating visuals that showcase the diverse array of winter celebrations around the world. From Hanukkah and Diwali to Christmas and New Year’s, let your art depict the beauty of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a traditional ceremony, a festive street parade, or a unique cultural event, channel the spirit of unity in diversity.

Share the joy of the season and extend warm wishes that resonate across cultures through your creatively inclusive depictions of winter festivities.

Rules

  1. Follow the community’s rules above all else

  2. One comment and image per user

  3. Embed image directly in the post (no external link)

  4. Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)

  5. At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid

    Prize Points
    Most upvoted +3 points
    Second most upvoted +1 point
    Theme is clear +1 point
    OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point
    Most original +1 point
    Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
    Prompt and workflow included +1 point

  6. Posts that are ex aequo will both get the points

  7. Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!

Past entries

  1. Dieselpunk
  2. Goosebump Book
  3. Deep Space Wonders
  4. Fairy Tales
  5. A New Sport
  6. Monsters are Back to School
  7. War and Peace
  8. Distant lands
  9. Unreal Cartoons
  10. Sustainable Ecumenopolis
  11. Masks
  12. Mascots
  13. Old Gods, New Jobs

I’m looking forward to seeing your creations. 😀

  • ThelsimMEnglish
    16•7 months ago
    Happy New Year!

    Happy new year!
    Prompt: photograph of happy little kids holding sparklers at night during new year's eve, in a suburb with fireworks exploding in the background, panoramic view, 18mm, Disposable Camera --ar 4:3 --s 75

    A memory of when I was little, we’d go out and light sparklers together before the “real” fireworks were set off at midnight. It felt so special to be out in the dark and getting to hold those sparklers.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•7 months ago

      Oh come on! (Excitement expressed as false exasperation)

      I really thought this was a real picture taken by a cheap camera somewhere in the late 90s.

      The clothes are right, the slightly out of focus kid on the right is spot on, the … Everything is there!

      I see that you have disposable camera in the prompt, the generator sure nailed that look.

      • ThelsimMEnglish
        6•7 months ago

        I was quite surprised with how well it came out myself! Though I had to retry a few times to get the sparkler in their hand :)
        Choosing a camera type in Midjourney can really make a difference if you want to go for realistic photos. Here’s a few of my runner-ups (behind a spoiler to keep the thread a bit clean):

        runner-ups

        • @[email protected]English
          4•7 months ago

          Amazing! There must be millions of pictures in this style that have beens scanned over the years and ended up getting scooped up for training data. Any one of these could be mistaken for a real photo.