Week 03: Illustration and Image Generation with Generative AI

Lecture

This class will introduce us to the world of AI generated imagery. We will explore multiple models and platforms including Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop Generative Fill, MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, Dalle and Flux. We will also be discussing different techniques for writing text-to-image prompts as well as out-painting, in-painting, composition reference, style reference, character reference, etc. We will also touch upon issues with commercial use and ownership, output issues, protecting your art and digital assets and test your skills when it comes to identifying what is AI generated versus human created.

Lecture Slides

In Class Assignment

  1. Test your ability to see if you can tell what is AI generated versus human generated at thisimagedoesnotexist.com and share your score on Slack.
  2. Play with AI image generators to see what you can output and try to test the same prompt on multiple platforms to see the difference in the outputs.
  3. Explore the Spaces on Hugging Face. Share on Slack what Spaces you found interesting and why.

Homework

  1. Use ChatGPT (or another LLM) to generate a short story, children’s book story or comic book around a topic of your choosing.
  2. Use text-to-image platforms (Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, Stable Diffusion, Mid Journey, Dalle in ChatGPT Pro, or similar) to generate visuals for the story.
  3. Use ChatGPT (or another LLM) to help you with the design process for the book.
    • Color palette
    • Imagery
    • Image prompting
    • Fonts
    • Dimensions
    • Layout
  4. Using Adobe InDesign to design/layout a small book for the story.
    • The book must be at least 10 pages (5 Spreads).
    • You must include a cover and back cover design as well.
    • Dimensions can be whatever you would like.
  5. Export your book spreads as a PDF and share that on Slack.
  6. Write a blog post about your experience using generative AI platforms to design this short story and share the link to the blog post on Slack.

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