character-design on S Anand

Recrafting Comicgen

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 14:36:12 +0000

About 7 years ago, Richie Lionell and Ramya Mylavarapu and a few others created Comicgen - an automated comic generation app personified by Dee and Dey.

Ever since, we’d been exploring whether AI could replace it, and help non-designers draw comics.

Today, that became a reality for me with Recraft.ai.

Here is a picture of the original Dee.

And a picture of the Dee crafted by Recraft.

The prompt was:

A simple line drawing of a woman with curly hair, wearing glasses, a short-sleeved white t-shirt, and black trousers. She’s standing with her hands in her pockets, and has a slightly smiling expression. Her hair is quite voluminous and textured. The style is cartoonish and slightly sketchy, with uneven lines"

(The prompt itself was generated by Gemini 1.5 Flash by passing it the original Dee’s picture.)

We are finally at the stage where comic generation is truly available for the masses - at 8 cents via the API.

Sun, 02 May 2021 05:35:17 +0000

Comicgen now has a very versatile character – Aavatar. Pick your gender. Hairstyle. Emotion. Attire. Pose. Colors. Create your own character. (It’s open-source.)

https://gramener.com/comicgen/v1/

The variations are staggering. It throws up surprising ones too, like crossdressers or bald women in sarees 🙂

What I’m struggling with is:

Who needs this?
What could they do with it?

I’m not sure. If you have ideas or know someone who might, please let me know 🙏

#comics #apis #characterdesign #datacomic #visualstorytelling

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:58:08 +0000

Anyone interested in an internship to create comic characters?

Dumbo

Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:00:00 +0000

I drew Dumbo.

Dave collects Disney art

Fri, 09 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Dave collects Disney art.