Theme

Get ready to get cute with this one, lets go for the most adorable uncanny valley characters. Lets call it “Cruelly Cute Characters”

I hope to see some really weird off putting but still sickly sweet creations. Extra points for creatures new and not yet seen.

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
    NEW, Non derivative character +1 point
  6. Posts that are ex aequo (tied) 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
  14. Winter Festivities
  15. High Tech, Low Life
  16. Character Limit
  17. Gatsby’s Jazz Hands
  18. Reel to Canvas
  • ThelsimM
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    134 months ago

    A manic killer squirrel
    Prompt: a computer generated image of a super cute fluffy squirrel holding a bloody knife, an eyeball lies at the squirrel's feet, the squirrel has large eyes and a manic look --ar 3:4 --v 6.0

    • merde alors
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      44 months ago

      i love this one.

      i was thinking about this image today. though i really like the knife, i thought a spoon would be even crueler.

      a wooden spoon to make things worse :)

      if you still have the source files, can you make one with a wooden spoon?

      • ThelsimM
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        54 months ago

        Thank you! I really like the original because of that thousand yard stare. Like you need a second take before you realize it’s better not to pet it.

        I made a remix of the original and replaced knife with wooden spoon:

        With every attempt that squirrel became more and more unhinged :)

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      44 months ago
      • Most upvoted +3 points
      • Theme is clear +1 point
      • Prompt and workflow included +1 point

      5 Points, Congrats you are the winner this week and get to pick the next topic.

      (I could not give you a point for original character as this is clearly Conker having a bad fur day)

      • ThelsimM
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        34 months ago

        (I could not give you a point for original character as this is clearly Conker having a bad fur day)

        Aw, darn it. I completely forgot about that one :) Next time I’ll use a tamarin or something else.

  • ϻеƌųʂɑ
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    114 months ago

    …shiiiiiinyyyy

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    tiny adorable creature with immense cute dark eyes, darkened room with singular light source, in the style of Mahlimae, Nicole Watt, macabre art, uncanny valley, dark surrealism, folk fables, mythology, prose, ritual, Qixuan Lim, Qimmy Shimmy

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      34 months ago
      • Second most upvoted +1 point
      • Theme is clear +1 point
      • Prompt and workflow included +1 point
      • NEW, Non derivative character +1 point

      4 points and one if not the best at selling a setting with just an image.

  • Skybreaker
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    104 months ago

    Cute Balrog

    Prompt in Dall-E3: “Cute Baby Balrog made of black smoke that is on fire with black smoke wings and black horns and giant sparkly eyes in a huge dark underground cavern with giant pillars that fade away into the background. Shadows and darkness swirl around the creature. Stained glass window style.”

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      • Theme is clear +1 point
      • Prompt and workflow included +1 point
      • NEW, Non derivative character +1 point

      3 Points, but if this was just on cute monsters you would have all the points.

  • BlueÆther
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    94 months ago

    A photo of a cute and uncanny creepy jumping spider, the spider looks uncannily like a (((((grumpy:1.5 old man))))) with a (long:1.5 mustache:1.5) Steps: 50, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 2880955606, Face restoration: CodeFormer, Size: 916x512, Model hash: 0411e98847, Model: playground-v2.fp16, Version: v1.7.0

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      • Theme is clear +1 point
      • Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
      • Prompt and workflow included +1 point
      • NEW, Non derivative character +1 point

      4 Points. Is not comfy to look at, good job.

  • @[email protected]
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    84 months ago

    Actually I wanted to make it a bit more creepy, but then its cuteness overwhelmed me 😊

    Prompt: A photorealistic picture of a surreal cruelly cute albino baby character that has human features and wide open crazy looking red eyes and vampire teeth.

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      4 months ago
      • Theme is clear +1 point
      • OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point
      • Prompt and workflow included +1 point
      • NEW, Non derivative character +1 point

      4 Points, This happy little guy brings a smile to my face. It should be concerning but, nope.

  • @[email protected]
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    84 months ago

    Made with DALL E 3

    Prompt:

    In a warmly decorated living room, there’s a scene where a teddy bear is seated on a wooden stool and a child is playing on the floor in front of it. The teddy bear has an unsettling appearance with black liquid streaming from its eyes, creating a spooky contrast. The child is happily engaged in play, unaware of the teddy bear’s eerie presence. The living room is inviting, with a cozy sofa, an ornate rug, and a warm fireplace. The juxtaposition of the innocent child playing and the sinister-looking teddy bear adds a unique dimension to the scene, highlighting the contrast between the child’s cheerful activity and the teddy bear’s disturbing appearance.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      24 months ago
      • Theme is clear +1 point
      • Most original +1 point
      • Prompt and workflow included +1 point
      • NEW, Non derivative character +1 point

      4 Points, the child really makes this way more creepy. Good job!

  • DominusOfMegadeus
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    74 months ago

    Prompt: A group of disturbingly cute goblin children with large teeth and black eyes standing around the bloody body of their freshly killed prey, are startled by the viewer and look up from their victim towards the Camera. The scene is in the swamp, with many vines, lit only by moonlight.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      34 months ago
      • Theme is clear +1 point
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      3 points, not alot of cute, but would look fine as art for a magic card.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      24 months ago
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      2 Points, This was one of my favourites though, the one dirty tooth really sells it.

  • @[email protected]
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    64 months ago

    Meet Chudley, your new playmate!

    Prompt- ‘an almost real life human like doll, but slightly weird and off putting. the doll has a sickly sweet appearance, but looks too intense, it’s smile is too strange. the doll has a few extra fingers. the doll is in a childs bedroom, the image is photo realistic’

    Made (as always) with Bing

    Bonus images for your dreams…

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      • Theme is clear +1 point
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      3 Points, Really like the flesh style dolls with way too old faces.

  • DALLEmmyBotB
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    64 months ago

    a wiry, furry jack russell terrier looking devlish dressed as chucky holding a bloody knife

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      24 months ago
      • Theme is clear +1 point
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      3 Points, The chucky doll in the back is really creepy though.

  • @[email protected]
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    64 months ago

    Prompt: miniature elephant with large eyes with an uncanny valley influence

    Made in Dall-E via Chat GPT

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      • Theme is clear +1 point
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      3 Points, Too cute to be creepy (unless you hate elephants)

  • @Ziggurat
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    54 months ago

    Generated a lot of images, and in the end, I selected one of the first ones

    Model Reproduction v3.31

    Prompt One (cute) catgirl, white school uniform dress, pink socks, holds a (bloody knife), narcissist smile, psychopat look, freckles, blood stain, in a pet graveyard, moon in the background tim burton style, kawaii, gore

    Negative low quality, extra-limbs, nsfw,

    Sampler DPM-Solver ++

    Bonus, my second favourite image Unfortunately the blood is too pink IMO, and too many cats, but quite nice too

    Out of competition

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      34 months ago
      • Theme is clear +1 point
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      3 Points, Seems like the sort of art for a bad end of a graphic novel game. Very nice looking.

  • @can
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    4 months ago

    This is an old one (hence the watermark) so no clue what the prompt was.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      24 months ago
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      2 points, would be neat to know what the prompt or AI was.