It's a Bonus, Like

So what I did was take five of the pictures I posted today on Power of Babel, turn them into fantasy paintings on ChatGPT, then animate them on Grok. Some became almost unrecognizable through the process. That one there is The Man in the Moon Came Tumbling Doon. It seemed to need some explanation.

What Is It, My Precious?

I include variations of Gollum, Haroo, and Holger just to have examples of the wayward nature of AI. Who asked for mouth goo or extra legs? Where do you get that stuff? The extra Haroo was my fault; I decided we needed the words to make it work. Speaking of words, for His Majesty Commands I asked for an unknown language, it it gave me something vaguely Sindarin-sounding!

Oh, F and G

Now, I'm pretty happy with this batch. They're good. Nothing heart-breakingly splendid, but ... nicely adequate. No-one spouting out random inanities like "The Mystic Prune approaches! We must be on our way." Ghamen Guard and Groka, of course, are both from Golfire. If you had told me in middle school after I'd drawn Forge that it would come to this, I don't think I'd have any idea what you meant.

Artifial Intelligence = Genuine Stubborn Stupidity

Oh gosh. I must have tried to get Drummer into at least an acceptable form over a dozen times before just leaving it; it was like herding cats. I'm also not very satisfied with Firf (labelled here as [generated video 1]; the long title is Firfinfindlefifflefur). The AI insists on turning long muzzles into big noses. The Face in the Frost you would think to be a simple matter, but no. Still, we got what we got, and I'm too tired for any further edits.

B, C, D: Early Elements

We open and close with Druids, and besides my own concepts there are illustrations from Late for Hallowe'en, The Silmarillion, The Silver Stallion, and Walt Disney's Song of the South comic. Also Borrisk gets a redo, as does Dragon in Disguise, as I learn more about editing. And of course the disturbing Bryan Babel in Oz.

Once and Future

I was thinking lately about how few 'Arthurian' illustrations I have in the files. Lots of Merlin's, yes, from before he was even born until he was put in his magical prison, and the few King Arthurs that do appear often feature Merlin too.  Pellinore and Up on the Tower were inspired by the T. H. White books.

"Can These Dry Bones Live Again?"

I'm only including 'my' bones in this post. I really should include Ogre Bones, but the program keeps straightning them up. A little more tinkering is required.