Prompt: a sumi-e drawing of a grotesque ostrich-like alien made of chitin and bone, sumi-e drawing --ar 3:4 --s 55

So I was playing around with the sumi-e style and combining it with animal-like aliens. Apparently alien, chitin and bone heavily implies skulls. A lot of the rejects were just weird combinations of limbs and bony torsos but some turned out quite nice (but still weird). Here are a couple of bonus ones with the word ostrich replaced with other animals:

Another ostrich

A bird

Another bird (apparently)

An insect

A lizard

That ostrich riding a bicycle

This one is an experiment in character continuity.
I had to include it because it makes me giggle every time I see him :)

  • @[email protected]English
    3•7 months ago

    It reminds me of the drawings in the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books! I used to get them from the library when I was a kid and the drawings were always the scariest part lol

  • dindonmaskerEnglish
    2•7 months ago

    An insect made of bones is pretty funny ngl

    • ThelsimOPMEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      That does sound funny, now that I think about it :)

      Prompt: an insect made of bones —s 75

  • merde alorsEnglish
    2•7 months ago

    our dear ai is a loyal student of luke preece, it seems

    you may remember some of his illustrations, if you’re old enough, from many album covers and tShirts of 90s

    • ThelsimOPMEnglish
      2•7 months ago

      Never heard of the name but the art is definitely familiar. Thanks for sharing, this really looks awesome!

  • [email protected]English
    2•7 months ago

    It’s interesting that midjourney has an extensive repertoire of bare bug and reptile knees, but seems befuddled by boney bird knees. It’s still fantastic art.

  • @zzzzzEnglish
    2•7 months ago

    It’s interesting that these all look like rip-offs of Stephen Gammell’s art.

    • ThelsimOPMEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      I’ve been going through some of his work and I can definitely see the resemblance! Maybe it’s the ink work or the skulls that makes it look alike? It’s funny because I never mentioned him by name in the prompt (I never even knew of him until now, thank you for that!) and it still looks alike. I guess the themes overlap a lot with his work.

      I originally wanted to create something in the sumi-e style like this bug:

      But I guess what I wanted was too detailed to put in this kind of painting style.

      • @zzzzzEnglish
        2•7 months ago

        I guess these AIs are trained on real artists, so it should be too surprising that the result resembles some artists’ work!