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Just realized my AI art generator works better if I ask it to draw a 'bad' version first
I was trying to get a cool dragon picture from Midjourney for 2 hours, but everything looked weird until I typed 'draw a terrible dragon with three heads and no wings'. The next prompt for a 'good' one gave me exactly what I wanted. Anyone else find these weird backdoor tricks?
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grant.anthony6mo ago
My buddy did that with a landscape and it actually worked...
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green.iris6mo ago
Actually, landscapes are tricky. The light changes so fast outside. Your buddy must have gotten lucky with the clouds. Indoors you can control things way better. A still life with a lamp is way more reliable to learn from.
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hannahcraig6mo ago
Yeah, it's like when you tell a kid not to spill their juice and they immediately do. Giving the AI a bad example first seems to set a clear boundary. I do something similar when I search for stuff online, adding "simple" or "for beginners" to get past all the overly complicated guides.
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phoenix_singh255mo ago
Oh wow, that's a super smart way to frame it! It's like you're giving the AI a clearer picture of what you don't want, so it knows what to avoid. I tried something similar when I kept getting weird, melted-looking hands in my portraits. I asked for "a person with messed up, blurry fingers" first, and then the next try was way better. It's almost like you're setting the outer edges of a box so it knows where to play inside.
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