We Made Rose the Office Dog a Comic Book Hero
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We’re experimenting with AI at my day job. We want to find out if it can speed up processes, help analyze data in a unique way, and generate innovative ideas.
I’m also experimenting with it in my writer business, especially if it can help me understand data from Amazon, Facebook, and my website. It’s truly an interesting time.
Recently, ChatGPT (one of the platforms I’m assessing) said it had made some upgrades to its image software and suggested I try it. I figured, “Why not?”
So I uploaded the picture of Rose and me that I use on my website and the various social media platforms. I wanted to know if it could make us look like comic book characters.
It was a fun experiment, so I thought I’d share the results. I’ll share the exact prompts and the results. Click on the pictures to make them larger.
Before we begin, please don’t judge my spelling or grammar in the prompts (how we communicate with AI). I communicate with it like I speak—fast and often in fragments.
Here we go:
Prompt #1: Make me and the dog into comic book characters.
Prompt #2: this is really good, but what other kinds of comics can we do?
I didn’t like the Noir Graphic Novel style and the Manga style made me chuckle. The Golden Age Superhero was pretty cool.
Just for info, the Golden Age of comics was from 1938 through 1956. The era began with Action Comics #1 and Superman’s debut.
Prompt #3: What are the various styles?
After explaining the four pictures it created above, ChatGPT also shared a list of fourteen other options, which is how I produced the next prompt.
Prompt #4: let’s try Silver Age superhero
Looking good!
If you don’t know, the Silver Age of comics is considered to be from 1956 to 1970. Some of the most iconic superheroes were created during this time including Spider-Man and Daredevil (my favorite).
Prompt #5: Modern/Marvel-DC now
Holy cow! It looks like I’ve been taking steroids and hitting the gym twice a day. I don’t need to look like Captain America on holiday.
Final bit of trivia. The Modern Age of comics started in 1985. The big titles that year were Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. Here’s the breakdown if you’re interested:
Golden Age: 1938–1956
Silver Age: 1956–1970
Bronze Age: 1970–1985
Modern Age: 1985–present
Moving on…
Prompt #6: can you take the silver age design and put the dog and me in more heroic stances. Still standing on a mountain top.
Oh man, when I saw Rose and me looking like a couple of superheroes, I got so excited. Look at how majestic Rose is, and my arms and chest weren’t that buff when I was in the Army!
I’m sure you can guess what I wanted next.
Prompt #7: that looks great. now make it into a comic book cover. The Further Adventures of Rose the Office Dog. Make "the further adventures of" smaller and stack it on the larger Rose the Office Dog. Make sure to put a UPC code on the comic, a number, print date, and price.
How cool is that?!?!
To be fair, I had to give ChatGPT a couple more prompts to get my company name as the publisher and to add me to the title.
I had so much fun messing around with those pictures. Now, does the final product look exactly like me? No, not really, but I’m going to give it creative license. Who am I to argue with ChatGPT if it imagines me as cool as Captain America with a dog?