Somali Tales

This is what I prompted the city of Mehreen to look like with ChatGPT.

Created with ChatGPT based on my mood board.

The houses are too close to each other, but I like the overall idea. I imagine the gardens to be bigger than that –

This is what Rune could look like: mixed, disciplined, and gentle.

I’m surprised by how much I love this image. She is a bit prettier than what I wanted, but I will work with it. The expression is what I wanted, because this is the first image that ChatGPT prompted: she looked past the guy; her expression was a bit too solemn.

Being a regular-looking person, or a slightly unattractive person, would add a bit more intensity to the actions and give more power to her character. Indeed, according to science and popular knowledge, pretty people have it a bit easier than the others, but in her case I will work with it.

What do you think?

I would love to come back to this story and play with ChatGPT to illustrate it a bit, since it is so tentative.