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@hanitabhat In fairness, you are very short.

I got a few free minutes and decided to try @JaneskiLori's suggestion of trying my image with ChatGPT instead of Grok. I'm impressed. This is zero photoshop, just a prompt: x.com/ted_cox/status…

@ted_cox Am I a dwarf now? Is this a hobbit book?!?

After a bit of fiddling, GPT is ALSO terrible at prompt following & doesn't do well at making precision adjustments. After a lot of fiddling, I got this weird thing with the bobblehead protag, all the drama stripped out, and the green lady in the fur cocktail dress...

@ted_cox @JaneskiLori It's like you're not even trying to have it look like me. Who is that supposed to be? Seriously! I'm right here.

@ted_cox At least there's a tiny bit of dancing... but you're really not getting my best side.

May 31st...

@ted_cox @grok

@hanitabhat @grok You're a fictional character. You don't exist in real life.

I spent a bit of time last night trying to get @grok to recreate one of my favorite character promos. The instruction following is terrible, and in the end I had to do a lot of photoshop, but I think this came out pretty good. Original in the replies.

@ted_cox @grok I look better in real life. At a minimum, I wash my face regularly. And... AND... I'm much younger than I look in that picture.

@hanitabhat @grok Admit it, you look epic.

@AlexTran677026 Too pretty. Stop posing and fight like men.

Brad Pitt and Eric Bana trained for approximately six months to prepare for their duel in "Troy" (2004), and trained in intense sword-fighting / combat choreography, and physical conditioning. This ultimately led them to performing most of their own fight stunts without doubles. They had a friendly, financial agreement where Brad Pitt paid Eric Bana for any accidental, real hits: $50 for a light blow and $100 for a hard one. The final fight scene took over a week to film. 🎬 "Troy" (2004)

@Be_Believing Amazing! I love it. 🫶

A young girl practicing wushu at the bus stop while waiting. Sometimes, you need less than you think to stay active...

@ted_cox I'm not even on the cover?!?

This book is going places...

@hanitabhat Sorry. I did my best.

Ugh. That picture doesn't even look like me.

@ted_cox 🤣😂

For those interested in the outcome... I'm having to hit pause. I hope to press forward with the launch on kickstarter in a month, but I'm going to have to recreate a lot of material and all the links will be different.

🚨 Ultimate Facepalm Alert!!!🚨 Late last night, I got an email from Backerkit. The short version is that because I've used AI assets to promote my book, they won't allow my planned launch without major changes to my campaign and an extensive review process. This is 100% my fault. I did that "agree without reading the terms and conditions" thing. 😝 I don't yet know what this means. I'd already pulled the trigger on a lot of my marketing, and there are already pledges to the project. But I wanted to fully disclose as early as possible. I hope to have more info about how things will move forward later today. For the moment, if you were considering backing the project, hold off for a little bit. Thanks for your interest in my writing. I apologize for the inconvenience and confusion this creates.

@ted_cox Okay. The cover art is nice, I'll give you that one.