Using an artist’s name to influence text-to-art AI rendering.

Hints and tips to improve your AI text-to-art renderings

John Iovine
2 min readNov 12, 2022

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Rendering by the author — artists style Alphonse Mucha

Artists’ names are commonly used in text prompts for generating artwork. I ran a test to gauge the impact. I ran four texts in Midjouney; these results are similar to results obtained using stable diffusion and other AI rendering platforms.

The following images were created using the same prompt; the only thing that changed in the prompt was the artist’s name.

Prompt

“a beautiful female in a “space suit,” with alien planet background, by [ artist name]”

The following results are for your perusal.

Rendering by the author — artists style Paul Hedey
Rendering by the author — artists style Camile Pissarro
Rendering by the author — artists style Sumi-E Art
Rendering by the author — artists style Don Davis

One more for the road.

Don’t be so strict in using just artists for influence; try author names and movie directors. The following art is influenced by director Ridley Scott.

Rendering by the author — artists style Ridley Scott

Conclusion:

I avoided using well know masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh. My next tip will be focused on styles.

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John Iovine

Science writer, thinker, self-experimenter, focusing on personal development and health — www.john-iovine.com