Sharing today, AI Productionsfilm clipOne of the hardest parts:personaThe design.
Tools used: Bean bag, Dream
Why is character design the hardest?
Because it's not just as simple as generating out a character.
Most importantly, make sure the characters are consistent.
Character design for the characters includes:
1, the same character, different time character design.
2, the same character, the same period, different scenes, unified clothing character design.
3, the same character, the same period, different scenes, different emotions of the character design.
4. The same character, the same period of time, different clothing character design.
Most of all: all we're going to get is the cue words to generate these characters, and then by changing their faces, we're going to solve it step by step next.
1. Solve it: the same character, different periods of character design.
Characters from different time periods, spanning a wide range of time, may not look the same, so just design them as if they were two characters.
For example: let's take Mulan for example, and have Beanbag design us a 12 year old Mulan, and a 22 year old Mulan.
Download the image and give it to the beanbag for backpropagation.
Download the image and give it to the beanbag for backpropagation.
And we got the cue word:
Movie writing style:
18 - 22 years old classical Chinese girls.
Goose-egg face, slender and clear eyes, small and straight nose, light and thin natural lips.
Her long black hair was worn in a high bun with a simple hairpin, and a few strands of broken hair fell down;
Dressed in a light-colored cross-necked tulle hanbok blouse with delicate floral embroidery on the collar and cuffs.
With a gradient embroidered skirt of the same color and a wide embroidered belt; with light-colored embroidered bucktails on the feet.
The overall temperament is youthful and gentle, with classical charm.
After backtracking we have cue words for the same character, at different times. Combined with the function that i.e. dreams have of referencing character traits, the same set of cue words gives birth to characters that are consistent.
2, solution: the same character, the same period, different scenes, unified clothing role design.
Continue to use the cue word you just used, but with a slight modification. The cue word just now, does not explain the scene, we just add a description of the scene to the cue word. For example, I changed her background to West Lake.
Tips:
Movie writing style:
18 - 22 years old classical Chinese girls.
Goose-egg face, slender and clear eyes, small and straight nose, light and thin natural lips.
Her long black hair was worn in a high bun with a simple hairpin, and a few strands of broken hair fell down;
Dressed in a light-colored cross-necked tulle hanbok blouse with delicate floral embroidery on the collar and cuffs.
With a gradient embroidered skirt of the same color and a wide embroidered belt; with light-colored embroidered bucktails on the feet.
The overall temperament is youthful, gentle and classical. The background is the West Lake.
Results:
3. Solve: the same character, the same period, different scenes, different emotions of the character design.
This one is going to be a little harder to do because the characters have to be consistent in what they look like.
We'll start by changing the scene to an ancient battlefield:
Tips:
Movie writing style:
18 - 22 years old classical Chinese girls.
Goose-egg face, slender and clear eyes, small and straight nose, light and thin natural lips.
Her long black hair was worn in a high bun with a simple hairpin, and a few strands of broken hair fell down;
Dressed in a light-colored cross-necked tulle hanbok blouse with delicate floral embroidery on the collar and cuffs.
With a gradient embroidered skirt of the same color and a wide embroidered belt; with light-colored embroidered bucktails on the feet.
The overall temperament is youthful, gentle and classical. The background is an ancient battlefield.
On the battlefield, there's going to be anger, and the cue word will definitely have to be modified.
Tips:
Movie writing style:
18 - 22 years old classical Chinese girls.
googly-eyed face, thin, clear eyes, small, straight nose, angry, furious expression, frowning eyebrows, light, natural lips.
Her long black hair was worn in a high bun with a simple hairpin, and a few strands of broken hair fell down;
Dressed in a light-colored cross-necked tulle hanbok blouse with delicate floral embroidery on the neckline and cuffs, close-up of the character
. The setting is an ancient battlefield.
Just have the angry expression, because we're using it to reference the face, nothing else matters.
4. The same character, the same period of time, different clothing character design.
Next it's time to put Mulan in battle armor and go into battle.
Here's the kicker: because there will be a lot of images in battle armor, it's important to have a very detailed description of the armor. Then we'll need cue words for the battle armor, starting with a suit of battle armor.
Choose the best one, in HD, download it, and backpropagate it in a beanbag.
A female warrior in full metal armor.
The bronze-colored breastplate is covered with a delicate embossed pattern.
The shoulder armor is uniquely shaped and rounded at the edges, and the multiple pieces of spliced arm armor cover to the lower arm.
The leg armor is slender and has knee armor, and the metal gauntlets are flexible to protect the palms.
With a thick red lining and a high-necked, red, lightweight cape, the
Brown leather belt cinches the waist and is adorned with a metal buckle. Wielding a long, slender, cold-light longsword.
The background is a ruined battlefield and the setting sun, creating a heroic and tragic atmosphere.
Using the cue words for this set of battle armor, plus the cue words for the face characterization, plus the facial references, I have was able to shuttle the battle armor for Fa Mulan.
Eventually new cue words:
Movie writing style:
18 - 22 years old classical Chinese girls.
Goose-egg face, slender and clear eyes, small and straight nose, light and thin natural lips.
Her long black hair was worn in a high bun with a simple hairpin, and a few strands of broken hair fell down;
The female warrior is dressed in a full set of metal armor, with a bronze breastplate covered with delicate embossed patterns, shoulder armor with unique shapes and rounded edges, arm armor with multiple pieces covering the lower arms, long leg armor with knee pads, and metal gauntlets to protect the palms. Inside, he wears a thick red lining with a high-collar red lightweight cloak and a brown leather belt with metal buckles around his waist. He is holding a long, slender and cold sword, with a background of a ruined battlefield and the setting sun, creating a heroic and tragic atmosphere.
Look at the final product:
Just tell me if it's handsome!