Like a box of chocolates in which some of them are anchovies

[sholio]

Messing around in ChatGPT today trying to get it to generate ad images for Bearista, and one of the results really needs to be shared. Put beneath a cut for people who are avoiding AI stuff and also to save your sanity.


Bearista is one of my Zoe books, in which the hero goes undercover at a coffee shop to protect his ~curvy mate~ from the polar bear shifter who's stalking her. I had ChatGPT doing a lot of images along the lines of "sexy military dude in cafe serving coffee", gradually learning to refine the syntax into its particular style (it often rephrases your prompt when it gives you the image, so you can see what it thinks a valid prompt is).

Just previously, I had asked for a guy in a military haircut fighting a polar bear in a cafe, which resulted in this moderately reasonable image:



Props to the dude for trying to reason with the bear hostage-negotiation-style, I guess. But I wanted him to be more barista-like and less military. Too much military! Put some back!

So I asked for:
Image of a strong, handsome barista with a military haircut and a black T-shirt with a cafe apron over it, fighting a polar bear in a café to protect a woman, set during the golden hour with dramatic lighting.

And I got:

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Baby AI: nailed it 👍

There is so much going on here that it took me a while to notice the guy hiding behind the bear, and now I start laughing every time I look at him.

Comments

[mific]

That cracky second one is absolutely a bearista!!

[sholio]

It's definitely putting the bear in bearista!

[rheanna]

I just laughed so hard I spat out the tea I was drinking for real.

The woman in the second pic is clearly all, “Trevor, put down that assault rifle right now and we’ll talk about this like reasonable people, also I asked for an oat milk latte over ten minutes ago,” while the guy behind the bear is, “Don’t listen to her Trevor!”

[sholio]

Perfect dialogue, 10/10 no notes.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Perfect dialogue!

[madripoor_rose]

I would DEFINITELY read the book number 2 is the cover for!

[sholio]

I mean, you ask for a bearista, and a bearista is what you get.

[sheron]

*dying*

[yhlee]

A++, perfect, no notes XD XD XD

[sholio]

The urge to write a book for that image is almost overwhelming ...

[yhlee]

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

I mean, also I realize you have priorities and many other projects. But I'd buy/read the hell out of it. :D

[helen_keeble]

I now desperately want to write Zoe crackfic where everything is exactly the same except the heroes are just literal animals. Complete with all dialog replaced by “Grrr” and *sniff*

[helen_keeble]

Crackfic version of Firefighter Dragon: Heroine is rescued from an evil firefighter by a heroic dragon, who then angsts about how to tell her about his day job.

Firefighter Pegasus: Heroine is furious that the high-spirited Pegasus she fell in love with is actually a dude. And a firefighter.

Firefighter Phoenix: Just the “This is fine” meme

[sholio]

I've got good news for the heroine of the hellhound book, anyway ...

[yhlee]

DO ITTTTT

Have y'all considered doing a Zoe Chant spinoff crackfic "imprint"? Like "Choe Zant" or something? I bet some of y'all would make bank. I love crack. XD

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Yes!

[philomytha]

BEARISTA: achieved

That would make an amazing story, if not the one you wrote...

[trobadora]

This is amazing! :D

[cheyinka]

This is exactly what AI generated images are for: purestrain gold.

In the second one I think the bear's defending her from the guy!

[wateroverstone]

A may zing

[vass]

Caption: I AM THE MANAGERRRRRR!

[via_ostiense]

Hahahah yes!

[sheron]

The apron is sending me. It tried so hard to give you a proper cafe apron XD It even knew to put accent aigu ... on letter F :D

[bironic]

😂

[anna_wing]

I do like the woman's reproving expression and utterly unmoved body language.

[alessandriana]

OH MAN. XD Truly a work of art...

[black_bentley]

That is quite the image :DDD

And I'm sure anyone who has ever worked in customer service can relate to that polar bear...

[leesa_perrie]

Totally cracked but also totally epic! :D

[hamsterwoman]

That is amazing XD (I didn't even notice the cowering guy until you pointed it out, but his expression is hilarious, as is the woman's, given the circumstances.)

[musesfool]

AMAZING!

[recessional]

you know if the guy behind the bear didn't look SO MUCH like an anime character brought to life, I would say it's not a lot worse than a lot of photoshopped covers of the days of yore.

Can't figure out where the girl's other leg is. XD

[ivyfic]

The accent on the "F" of CAFE just adds the perfect finishing touch.

[sweetsorcery]

You've got to love AI's determination to go out on a limb to try and convince you that crack is better, and that clothing and physical attributes, as well as attitudes, are best distributed at random! 😂

[sushiflop]

For some reason my favorite detail is that the bearista has a shirt, but no pants.

[viridian5]

To be fair, the prompt didn't say anything about pants.

[sushiflop]

You want pants, you gotta ask for 'em! Words to live by. Also 👍 Schuldig icon

[viridian5]

Thanks! Years ago, I created a Schuldig roleplay LiveJournal account that I needed icons for so I played around in Photoshop for that one and a few others. (I find him fun to write for in fic too.)

[starwatcher]

OMG, I'm laughing so HARD!

[sgatazmy]

Wow! That polar bear with the apron! 😆😆😆😆😆

[loligo]

This is definitely the book I want to read!

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I'm crying! Again!

I laughed so hard that Brilliant Husband came to see, and I closed the cut and had him to through it as I had. I had just finished wiping the tears off my face when he opened the cut.

Yup, nailed it.