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LLM Comic Styles

I maintain an LLM art style gallery - prompts to style any image I generate. Since I generate several comics, I added a comic category page that includes styles like: To generate these, I asked Claude: Here are some examples of image styles I've explored. <image-styles> "2D Animation": "2D flat animation style, clean vector lines, cel-shaded coloring, cartoon proportions" "3D Animation": "Modern 3D animation render, smooth surfaces, dramatic lighting, Octane render quality, cinematic depth" ... </image-styles> In the same vein, I'd like to explore **comic** styles. Create 30 popular comic / cartoon styles, aiming for diverse aesthetics and cultural influences. Name it concisely (1-2 words) based on the source, but the description should not reference the source directly (to avoid copyright issues). Focus on the visual characteristics that define each style. Pick those KEY visual elements that will subliminally evoke the style without explicitly naming it. … followed by: ...

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi and Randall Munroe

I read The Periodic Table by Primo Levi, written in Randall Munroe’s style. Here is the conversation. I began with the prompt: Rewrite the first chapter Primo Levi’s The Periodic table in the style of Randall Munroe. Same content, but as if Primo Levi had written it in Randall Munroe’s style. After that, for each chapter, I prompted: Continue! Same depth, same style. ...

Creating data stories in different styles

TL;DR: Don’t ask AI agents for one output. Ask for a dozen, each in the style of an expert. Share what works best. AI agents build apps, analyze data, and visualize it surprisingly well, these days. We used to tell LLMs exactly what to do. If you’re an expert, this is still useful. An expert analyst can do better analyses than an AI agent. An expert designer or data visualizer can tell an AI agent exactly how to design it. ...

New ways of reading books

I’m using AI to read books by: Summarizing. This tells me what the books is about, the key points it makes and the main takeaways. It also helps me decide if I want to dig deeper. Fact-checking. I can find mistakes, alternate perspectives, and biases. That’s a huge win! Re-authoring. I can write it in the style of Malcolm Gladwell, Randall Munroe, Richard Feynman, or anyone else I like. Makes dense prose much more enjoyable. So far, I’ve applied this at different levels - and I’m sure there are more possibilities: ...

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Style transfer is my newly discovered AI super-power: having AI rewrite in someone’s style. EXAMPLE 1: Kalama Sutta. I asked Claude to “Rewrite this Kalama Sutta translation. Pick an author whose style is modern, thoughtful, and VERY readable. Mention the author and rewrite in their style.” The original sounds like this: https://lnkd.in/gQhi8CBY “It is proper for you, Kalamas, to doubt, to be uncertain; uncertainty has arisen in you about what is doubtful. Come, Kalamas. Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor…” ...