Show HN: I “wrote” a kid's book with ChatGPT and Midjourney

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Post by danielcorin » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 4:39 AM UTC

Two of my friends recently welcomed their first child and I "wrote" a kid's book for them using ChatGPT for the story and Midjourney for illustrations.

The plot was sourced from a group of friends.

Show HN: I “wrote” a kid's book with ChatGPT and Midjourney
adventure-of-penelope.vercel.app

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Post by cloudking » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 5:52 AM UTC

Looks good! Add a TTS from https://play.ht on there

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Post by wnscooke » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:05 AM UTC

It's funny how the fairy ended up with three legs in the final frame. I've noticed AI seems to do that - generates an otherwise fantastic image but with one super odd addition.

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Post by Brajeshwar » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:07 AM UTC

I did something similar for my younger daughter using MagicStory[1] (not mine). I have told her the story quite a few times at her bed time. She has shown it to her teacher and her friends are "jealous." It has her pictures, kinda morphed like a princess and stuff.

Edit: Clarifications.

1. https://magicstory.ai

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Post by pertymcpert » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:08 AM UTC

Can tell it was written by ChatGPT. Has that kind of verboseness to it, can't quite put my finger on.

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Post by danielcorin » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:08 AM UTC

wnscooke wrote: post #3

It's funny how the fairy ended up with three legs in the final frame. I've noticed AI seems to do that - generates an otherwise fantastic image but with one super odd addition.

The porcupine has two mouths as well. I tried several times to smooth that one out but I could never quite reproduce the same look in the porcupine's eyes so I kept it.

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Post by danielcorin » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:10 AM UTC

pertymcpert wrote: post #5

Can tell it was written by ChatGPT. Has that kind of verboseness to it, can't quite put my finger on.

I was going for more of a kid's book tone but I think I hadn't quite learned enough about the depth and nuance you can introduce into the output via prompting. In retrospect now, I agree it has that generic-AI tone.

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Post by c7b » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:10 AM UTC

Great job! Did you use any special techniques for getting the same characters in different pictures/settings?

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Post by erklik » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:15 AM UTC

wnscooke wrote: post #3

It's funny how the fairy ended up with three legs in the final frame. I've noticed AI seems to do that - generates an otherwise fantastic image but with one super odd addition.

Almost impossible to generate hands with 5 fingers in Midjourney

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Post by c7b » Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 6:16 AM UTC

Brajeshwar wrote: post #4

I did something similar for my younger daughter using MagicStory[1] (not mine). I have told her the story quite a few times at her bed time. She has shown it to her teacher and her friends are "jealous." It has her pictures, kinda morphed like a princess and stuff. Edit: Clarifications. 1. https://magicstory.ai

These look amazing! Did you build MagicStory?