D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

[pukunui]

Ooh, those turned out well: care to share an exemplar prompt?

Sure thing!

They all start with "A portrait of a family of [species]". For most of of them, I specified "a mother, a father, and three children". With the tortles and tabaxi, I changed that to "two parents and three children" to see if it would give me females without busts (and it mostly worked). All of them "stand together with arms around each other". They have different backdrops and different art styles, including "painted with acrylic and ink on canvas", "vintage colorized photograph", and "dynamic high contrast highlighter art on black paper".

Here they all are in full:

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Elves: A portrait of a family of elves, consisting of a mother, a father, and three children. They wear medieval fantasy elf clothing. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is a medieval fantasy forest canopy. Painted with acrylic and ink on canvas.

Dwarves: A portrait of a family of dwarves, consisting of a mother, a father, and three children. They wear medieval fantasy dwarf clothing. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is a typical dwarf underground city. Vintage colorized photograph.

Gnomes: A portrait of a family of D&D gnomes, consisting of a mother, a father, and three children. They wear medieval fantasy clothing. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is a messy workshop interior. All of them have some dirt and grease smudges on them. Oil painting on canvas.

Tieflings: A portrait of a family of D&D horned tieflings, consisting of a mother, a father, and three children. They wear medieval fantasy clothing. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is a typical medieval cottage. Dynamic high contrast highlighter art on black paper.

Tortles: A portrait of a family of D&D humanoid tortoises, consisting of two parents and three children. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is an empty tropical beach. Oil painting on canvas.

Tabaxi: A portrait of a family of D&D humanoid cats, consisting of two parents and three children. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is a chicken farm. The cats are licking their lips. Oil painting on canvas.

You'll note that it provided more diversity than I allowed for in the prompt for some of them. I see some polyamorous (or multi-generational) families in there, for instance. There are also a few with same sex parents.

I particularly like the gnomish children with their white beards.

 

[J.Quondam]

Faculty page from high school yearbook, circa 1983.
In true Papers & Paychecks fashion, this school's mascot is the "Fighting Accountants"

 

[Saracenus]

From our family to yours... Ghouls...

 

[pukunui]

D&D adventuring party "family" portraits:



Prompt: A portrait of a D&D adventuring party, consisting of a wizard, a cleric, a fighter, and a rogue. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is the entrance to a cave in a forest. The adventurers look excited. Oil painting on canvas.

 

[Saracenus]

 

[pukunui]

Added the word "diverse" and switched to comic book style and got these:



That last adventuring party appears to have a goat on the team. Talk about diversity!

 

[Saracenus]

Jane Austen's Curse of Strahd

GENERATED PROMPT: A high-detail illustrated cover for an RPG adventure book titled 'Jane Austen's Curse of Strahd'. The main focus is Count Strahd, a vampiric wizard, depicted in an early 19th century Regency period setting. He is wearing a tailored coat, embodying both menace and aristocratic elegance, standing before a grand manor house reminiscent of Austen's era. The manor is in a state of ominous decay, reflecting the Gothic overtones of the story. Women in empire waist dresses and men in period attire can be seen in the background, engaged in subdued social activities. The color palette blends dark, vampiric tones with the soft pastels typical of Regency fashion. Lighting casts dramatic shadows, hinting at the sinister presence of the vampire. The style is akin to a traditional oil painting, with a sense of depth and texture, capturing the detailed fabric of the clothing and the eerie atmosphere of the setting.

 

[Hussar]

Yeah, I've been using it almost exclusively for map-making. Frankly, it's awesome and I'll never have to make a D&D map again. ;-)

What prompts are you using to get maps?

 

[pukunui]

Prompt: A portrait of a diverse D&D adventuring party, consisting of a wizard, a cleric, a fighter, and a rogue. They stand together with arms around each other. Backdrop is a gothic Edwardian manor house lit from within. A gothic vampire is photobombing in the background. Modern comic book art on paper.


I thought it was going to reject "photobombing" but instead it gave me this:

That vampire clearly hasn't fed in a long time ...


Not sure if this next one counts as photobombing. It looks more like the vampire has joined the party as its bard or something.

 

[pukunui]

Switched to "vintage colorized photo on a glass plate" and got:



I'm not sure that third one counts as a photo, but the first two are pretty good, and the vampire is doing a good job of photobombing.

This last one is a bit weird (definitely not a photo, and the vampire is rather oversized) and possibly a bit rude, so I'll hide it.

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