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

Lanefan said:

Unless there's more characters outside of the picture, that is definitely the Beholder that couldn't shoot straight.

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looks like the characters are inside the anti-magic cone of the central eye, so the Beholder can't aim its eye rays at them.

And I forgot to post the beholder one.

Sorcerers Apprentice said:

looks like the characters are inside the anti-magic cone of the central eye, so the Beholder can't aim its eye rays at them.

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Not the far left character, who (it's hard to tell) has either just hit the Beholder with a ray or is just being hit.

D&D spell illustration challenge, day 1: Acid Splash.


While a mere cantrip, a well-aimed acid splash can work great to incentivize peasant to reveal the way to the nearest inn.

Prompt: A spellcaster unleashes an acid splash spell in a muddy village path. The caster, cloaked and focused, extends one hand forward as two glowing green orbs arc through the air, mid-flight. Nearby,, two startled peasants standing side by side have been splashed by acid. Their faces are contorted with pain, their flesh begins to sizzle and bubble, steam rising as holes eat through their rough tunics. A third peasant, reduced to skeleton, rests on its knees between them in a pool of acid.

Commentary: the faces could be better. Some minor polishing would be needed.

Owlbear Attack! This is why you set watch.

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Prompt: Three tired adventurers, an elf, a dwarf, and a tiefling. startled by an attacking owlbear around a crackling campfire beneath towering pines with sudden frightened expressions. Looking at the owlbear. soft dawn shafts pierce morning mist when a hulking owlbear bursts from the underbrush, feathers bristling, jaws wide – hyper-real, cinematic golden-hour light, 50 mm f/1.8, Octane/Unreal PBR.

D&D spell illustration challenge, day 2: Alter Self.


Lichdom is one of the thing a modern, active woman's skin must cope with. When Botox fails you, there is always Alter Self.

Prompt: A young princess with an air of quiet strength. She has pale, luminous skin with a dusting of freckles across her cheeks. Her eyes are large and almond-shaped, a light violet tinged with grey, framed by long dark lashes. Her lips are full, with a natural rose tint, slightly parted as if about to speak. A loose strand of copper hair falls over her brow from an intricate braided crown. A delicate tiara rests just above her eyebrows, set with a single moonstone. Her expression is calm.

And: The face of a withered princess who now resembles an ancient sorceress. Her skin is parchment-thin, deeply furrowed, with liver spots and sunken cheeks. Sharp bones define her gaunt face. She has her purple eyes with silver specks. Her long white hair, wispy and brittle, is woven into a crooked braid crowned by a slender, tarnished tiara set with a cracked moonstone. Her thin lips curl in a knowing, secretive smile. The background is a blue, otherworldly glow.

Commentary: I suck at alphabetical order, so Alarm will be for tomorrow.

Hydra!!

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Prompt: Vine-choked Sunken Temple in the Dreadmire Swamp: tortle druid, firbolg cleric and dwarf fighter pry gold idols; five-headed hydra erupts from black water, hyperrealistic, photorealistic, unreal engine 5 rendering, sub surface scattering, Rembrandt-grade chiaroscuro, slime subsurface scatter, foggy volumetrics, 28 mm lens, wet-PBR algae.

Weirdly i've had best results using a mixture of high-realism prompt options (lens types, hyperrealistic, unreal 5 rendering) AND using some more basic "drawing" and "art" like terminology (rembrandt, chiaroscoru). It seems using fantasy terms makes the AI lean too heavily towards illustrative drawings and flat fantasy art, whereas the more high-tech brings it back to a bit more realism. Balancing each other out.

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D&D spell illustration challenge, day 2: Alarm.


Ninja: I've spent a lifetime studying the Way of the Shadow, mastering stealth to perform this assassination and avenge my father...
Mage: I've ritually cast Alarm, expending litterally no resource, before going to bed. You should consider asking for a refund from your vocational school. And before I forget, Disintegrate...

Prompt: In a dark, candlelit chamber, show a wizard sitting upright in an ornate canopy bed, wearing bedrobes, pointing one finger with authority toward a ninja dressed in black who stands frozen across the room. On the floor around the ninja, an arcane circle glows with silvery light. Above the ninja, a faintly translucent spectral bell hovers, shimmering with ghostly light, as if tolling silently. The wizard’s eyes glow faintly, lips mid-incantation. The shadows dance on the walls, and the air seems thick with tension and enchantment. Capture the moment just before something breaks.

Commentary: Too wordy for the model, which didn't know what to do wit hteh glowing eyes and put them... on the bell. I must say that I kind of like this blunder.