I messed around with Midjourney to create initial renderings of some of the main characters of my hobby sci-fi manuscript.
Would that movie poster interest you or nah?
Discussion
Wouldn't be able to tell ty out. Have you written a treatment that tells the story & character archs? If you posted it here I missed it...
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Hell yeah
Top right is not bad. Others are obvious ai.
I don't mean in terms of art quality itself per se since it's all AI, but rather, do those characters look interesting or not? Does a story involving those four provoke interest or not really?
Top right, again, does evoke some interest. The other three are just generic and don’t hold my interest. That’s just me though. I’m a sci-fi nerd from way back and seen too much cover art.
Left 2 characters look very spec ops, Asian chick looks business or diplomacy or something, old man looks like a modern generic businessman villain (not that that's automatically bad)
they seem like fine characters but usually a movie poster also conveys something about the setting or action, eg A New Hope poster has ships shooting lasers and explosions, plus the characters are in action poses
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode-Poster-Regular/dp/B00LREHN0S
just seeing your 4 characters doesn't convey who is good or bad or what sorts of things they're going to do in the film / book
another good point of comparison are the frazetta covers, where you usually have 1-2 characters shown in good detail, and some suggestion of action but you don't get the full core of the cast like the Star Wars poster
The most important prop for warriors is a weapon, usually held ready or actively in use. The male warrior seems to have a plate carrier so perhaps he should have a rifle, while the scar on the female warrior suggests close combat - perhaps she should have a blade.
If one or more of those characters is primarily characterized by wealth they should have some indicators of that wealth - such as gold jewelry, cigars, finely tailored clothing, etc.
TLDR: Not enough information to respond to your question
Fair.
Part of the OP is a joke. It’s just four of the main character portrait drafts in AI in a quadrant, not an *actual* trailer of any substance. It’s just that when you put four characters together it looks a bit like a trailer, was kind of my joke.
Mainly interested to see vibes of how people feel about each one visually, ignoring the fact that they’re obvious AI for the most part.
Makes me think the movie is gonna be all flash and bang and no substance. I don't know what the limits of midjourney prompting are. The background of bottom right pulls me in, looks like something back there could be interesting, could be scene setting perhaps.
Good feedback.
The content is actually really substance-based first and foremost. Character-driven, and very introspective.
AI pictures often have a slightly artificial aspect which gives us flash/bang/surface vibes. But believe it or not, the story is about the inner lives of these people as much as the outer lives. And two other people but they're more spoilers, so these are the four that are easier to show.
Yeah, I figured a good bit of the issue is the limitations of AI.
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Bitcoin broke a lot of sci-fi novels for me: frozen accounts and permissioned money - things I know will not exist, even in the not too distant future.
Lyn: this is going to be a bellwether work of fiction, and any advanced civilization I can think of is going to use something like bitcoin.
I don’t even know what the story is, but I know I want to read it!
For sure!
Absolutely. A good start! Now bring some context to these characters for us 🙏
"When a terrorist with strange powers begins wreaking havoc in an increasingly deadly series of attacks, federal investigator Asim Rahal must race against the clock to determine her whereabouts and find a way to stop her. In doing so, he realizes that the rabbit hole goes deeper than he thought."
so a federal agent fell down the rabbit hole! that must be interesting
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That's a "YES!" from me!
Bottom left ↙️ or bottom right↘️.
Do you view those two as likely heroes, anti-heroes, or villains?
As a movie poster, I think we need to wait until MJ can make you a poster with multiple such characters interacting, or at the very least present them with more situational context to trigger more curiosity. Nothing wrong with how are rendered, but individually they don't make me want to read anything to discover who are the pro/antagonists.
Having said that, might be way faster to provide these as inputs on Airtasker and throw few hundred bucks to a 3rd world artist to entangle these figures in a more compelling setting.
Yeah, these are initial renderings, not intended as a legit movie poster. The movie poster point was kind of a joke.
Before having an artist work on them, I’d figure them out in AI like this and get feedback as something to give to the artist.
My reptilian brain is most attracted to and therefore most curious about Scarface. They could all believably be light or dark side.
Using AI to assess AI character art as follows:
- Bottom Left (Woman with Scars and Tactical Gear): “Villain”
This character’s piercing eyes, dark demeanor, and the scars suggest a dangerous, perhaps vengeful individual. The darker tones, combined with her hardened appearance, hint at a villainous role — someone who may have been through trauma or betrayal and now acts ruthlessly, possibly as a mercenary or antagonist.
- Bottom Right (Older Man with Grey Hair and Intense Gaze): “Villain”
His aged yet powerful appearance, combined with the intense, calculating look, suggests he is a mastermind or powerful antagonist. The dark suit and background with mathematical symbols hint at a strategic, possibly intellectual villain. He could be a manipulative leader, using intellect and influence to achieve his goals, regardless of the harm it causes.
I'm in... Where is the first screening?? ;)
When Lyn AI full length movie?!
I don't know, I can only handle so much "dark and brooding" 🙂
Top left has a big sarcastic/comedic aspect. He went through dark-brooding like 15 years ago and graduated from that.
Top right is kind of bubbly. ^-^
Bottom left is dark and brooding. :(
Bottom right is too obsessed with his work to brood.
To be clear, I'm all for some 🙂
I'm over how little personally/intellectual diversity that there tends to be in modern TV/movies, and it sounds like there is some which is nice, but it isn't obviously reflected in the poster, so if that's all I was going on...
That said, I have fairly particular taste, and don't know if it's refined, or just annoyingly picky 😁
Bottom right reminds me of Baylan Skoll.
I updated the one on the top right.
AI generation makes it hard to get expressions right. Not only would her character definitely be smiling, she'd probably be trolling the others for looking so serious in their profile pics.
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bottom left reminds me of Kate Beckinsale in Underworld
Did you just describe yourself to the AI for bottom left?
Yep 100%
Nah, it looks ugly for poster.
Love the bottom left character! So mysterious and strong 🔥
Are the two women the same one, in different universes though?
vibes only:
Top row would bore me: action & court
Bottom row has more mystique. Left: game character, Jen from Witcher. Right: hates his situation - had to chosen between only immoral choices
Nice but also get inspired by drawings like Jean Henri Gaston Giraud aka Moebious.
But from your pictures the bottom left girl feels strong & enigmatic.
Top left guy is Roy Kent
The Girl in the left corner looks cool. The rest a bit convencional. Maybe work a little bit more on it , a bit deeper. But I am sure it is a lot of fun and it will be great 👍🏾
The whole point of a book is leaving it to the reader's imagination. This defeats that.