<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Can AI help in what I need done?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></description><link>https://rauluriartejr.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xhKz!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F008e604b-fd42-4d9b-bbd7-3b0a36640718_800x800.png</url><title>Can AI help in what I need done?</title><link>https://rauluriartejr.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:55:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[rauluriartejr@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[rauluriartejr@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[rauluriartejr@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[rauluriartejr@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Sistema de Números Musicales Mostrado con Controlador MIDI]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#191;Puede la inteligencia artificial ayudarme a compartir f&#225;cilmente los n&#250;meros de las canciones con otros m&#250;sicos?]]></description><link>https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/sistema-de-numeros-musicales-mostrado</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/sistema-de-numeros-musicales-mostrado</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:17:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/VieVANeJWro" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fuera del trabajo, soy m&#250;sico, espec&#237;ficamente un pianista. Toco el piano en mi iglesia local y a menudo me encuentro mostrando c&#243;mo tocar canciones y articular ciertas secciones a otros m&#250;sicos. En nuestra iglesia, empleamos el "sistema de n&#250;meros" para estandarizar c&#243;mo navegamos por la escala de cualquier canci&#243;n en cualquier tonalidad. Este sistema implica simplemente mencionar la posici&#243;n dentro de la canci&#243;n en referencia a la escala mayor. Es una pr&#225;ctica com&#250;n y quer&#237;a crear un programa que pudiera mostrar los n&#250;meros correspondientes en la pantalla mientras una canci&#243;n se reproduce en segundo plano. Mi objetivo era poder compartir un breve video con otros m&#250;sicos, disipando cualquier confusi&#243;n y permiti&#233;ndoles aprender a tocar la canci&#243;n de manera r&#225;pida y eficiente. Por eso, solicit&#233; la ayuda de Chat GPT para desarrollar un programa en Python con requisitos espec&#237;ficos para detectar y trabajar con un controlador MIDI conectado a una computadora con Windows.</p><p>Puedes acceder a la versi&#243;n con la que finalmente qued&#233; satisfecho a trav&#233;s de este enlace, junto con una breve demostraci&#243;n en video sobre c&#243;mo usarlo. &#161;Disfr&#250;talo!</p><p>Descargar el Instalador para Windows:</p><p><a href="https://rauljr.link/install-mnnd">rauljr.link/install-mnnd</a></p><p>GitHub:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/rauljr7/mnnd">https://github.com/rauljr7/mnnd</a></p><div id="youtube2-VieVANeJWro" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;VieVANeJWro&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VieVANeJWro?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Can AI help in what I need done?! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musical Number System Displayed using MIDI controller]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can AI help me easily share the numbers of songs to other musicians?]]></description><link>https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/musical-number-system-displayed-using</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/musical-number-system-displayed-using</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:17:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/VieVANeJWro" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Outside of work, I'm a musician, namely a piano player. I play the piano at my local church and often find myself demonstrating how to play songs and articulate certain sections to others. At my church, we utilize the "number system" to standardize how we navigate the scale of any song in any key. This system involves simply calling out the position within the song in reference to the major scale. It's a common practice, and I wanted to create a program that could display the appropriate numbers on the screen while a song is playing. My aim was to be able to share a short clip with other musicians, dispelling any confusion and enabling them to learn how to play the song quickly and efficiently. So, I enlisted the help of Chat GPT to develop a Python program with specific requirements for detecting and working with a MIDI controller connected to a Windows computer.</p><p>You can access the version that I was finally happy with through this link, along with a brief video demonstration on how to use it. Enjoy!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Can AI help in what I need done?! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Download the Installer for Windows:</p><p><a href="https://rauljr.link/install-mnnd">rauljr.link/install-mnnd</a></p><p>GitHub:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/rauljr7/mnnd">https://github.com/rauljr7/mnnd</a></p><div id="youtube2-VieVANeJWro" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;VieVANeJWro&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VieVANeJWro?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Can AI help in what I need done?! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obra de arte de Inteligencia Artificial]]></title><description><![CDATA[#1 Lanzamiento Nuevo en Amazon con Libro Ilustrado y Escrito por Inteligencia Artificial]]></description><link>https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/obra-de-arte-de-inteligencia-artificial</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/obra-de-arte-de-inteligencia-artificial</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:17:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/170ab7da-cdb1-4145-afb2-6f9605de6854_1037x644.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me preguntaba si la inteligencia artificial (IA) podr&#237;a ayudarme a crear un libro para ni&#241;os peque&#241;os que pudiera vender en Amazon. En resumen, s&#237; puede. </p><p>Cuando mi hija Olive ten&#237;a 7 meses de edad, tom&#233; vacaciones del trabajo en 2022 y comenc&#233; a crear un libro para ella llamado "Olive you!"</p><p>A pesar de muchas noches sin dormir, estuve hiperenfocado y dise&#241;&#233; el libro m&#225;s r&#225;pido de que normalmente lo hubiera hecho (aunque a&#250;n me llev&#243; mucho tiempo). El resultado final fue <a href="https://oliveyoubook.com/">un libro del que estoy incre&#237;blemente orgulloso</a>, pero esta historia no se trata de ese libro.</p><p>Ahora en 2023, en medio de la revoluci&#243;n de la inteligencia artificial, me preguntaba si la IA podr&#237;a ayudarme a crear algo similar a mi libro anterior sin tanto esfuerzo. Mi objetivo era lograr resultados "suficientemente buenos" que no revelaran la asistencia de la IA, ni siquiera al famoso Alan Turing. Para lograr esto, recurr&#237; a Chat GPT para tareas de texto y conocimiento, y Midjourney como mi artista de confianza.</p><p>Ni hablar, vamos directo a los &#8220;prompts&#8221; que us&#233; a ambos servicios, algunos de los resultados preliminares que produjeron y lo que termin&#233; utilizando.</p><p>Prompt (Lo escrib&#237; en ingl&#233;s):</p><blockquote><p>Give me a list of toddler faith-based book ideas along with a description of what the book would have. Book should be for parents to read newborns up to 2-year-olds to sleep</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png" width="1188" height="543" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:543,&quot;width&quot;:1188,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:117320,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ShdM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884914a9-be6d-4a5e-bdb4-b4a8debde893_1188x543.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#161;Eleg&#237; el primer prompt! Cre&#237; que un "mundo colorido" ser&#237;a una gran imagen para captar la atenci&#243;n de un reci&#233;n nacido o un ni&#241;o de 1 a&#241;o.</p><p>Siguiente Prompt:</p><blockquote><p>Write me 12 pages of the book you gave me in #1 and it should contain 1 - 2 sentences that are short, simple yet understandable. Also, provide me a description of the illustration that should be showing on each page. Make the last page bedtime related</p></blockquote><p>Ahora... en este momento ya he publicado el libro en Amazon, &#161;as&#237; que no lo revelar&#233; todo aqu&#237;! Pero aqu&#237; est&#225; c&#243;mo se ve&#237;an los resultados de Chat GPT:</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em>Page 1:</em></p><p><em>Text: &#8220;In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>Description of Illustration: &#8220;Bright sun shining in a blue sky with fluffy white clouds, lush green landscape&#8221;</em></p><p><em>Page 2:</em></p><p><em>Text: &#8220;God made the seas so vast and blue!&#8221;</em></p><p><em>Description of Illustration: &#8220;A serene ocean with different types of fish swimming. Barnacles and seaweed floating&#8221;</em></p></div><p>...Ya captas la idea, fue genial. Siguiente paso: Midjourney. Tuve que ajustar los criterios para Midjourney, muchas veces dejando de lado lo que ChatGPT proporcion&#243; por completo, pero manteniendo la misma idea en mis propias palabras.</p><blockquote><p>bright sun shining in a blue sky with fluffy white clouds, lush green landscape, playful cartoon --ar 16:9</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Aspe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57de27dc-07f7-48f5-a3a2-4fe82da198e6_1057x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Aspe!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57de27dc-07f7-48f5-a3a2-4fe82da198e6_1057x604.png 424w, 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stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><blockquote><p>A serene ocean scene with gentle waves, and various cute fish swimming underwater, playful cartoon flat --ar 16:9 --v 5 --q 2</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png" width="1078" height="604" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wepj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e9cfd4-8c7b-4d09-a746-ed37a42fc361_1078x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>No me gust&#243; este en absoluto. Intentemos de nuevo:</p><blockquote><p>beautiful underwater ocean, seaweed, fishes, playful cartoon --ar 16:9 --q 2</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png" width="1057" height="604" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:604,&quot;width&quot;:1057,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1195464,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m7J5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8d7669c-fff7-414d-acf0-86a1e3c2141a_1057x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Ahora s&#237;. Un poco mejor.</p><p>Hice esto para las 12 p&#225;ginas. A&#241;ad&#237; una buena letra que coincidiera con las imagenes, recort&#233; cada imagen al tama&#241;o que requer&#237;a el programa KDP de Amazon, hice todas esas cosas aburridas pero necesarias. Dir&#237;a que todo ese trabajo represent&#243; probablemente el 25% de todo el proyecto.</p><p>Las im&#225;genes generadas por AI eran impresionantes, pero a&#250;n hab&#237;a imperfecciones donde los animales extra&#241;os parec&#237;an memes o a un Pok&#233;mon. Adem&#225;s, algunas im&#225;genes ten&#237;an &#225;reas pixeladas o borrosas que hac&#237;an que las p&#225;ginas no fueran consistentes. Quer&#237;a que el libro tuviera una apariencia intencionalmente elaborada y la consistencia era crucial. A pesar de buscar im&#225;genes con colores y texturas similares, las imperfecciones del AI me hicieron dudar en publicar el libro.</p><p>As&#237; que fui a la buena y vieja Photoshop y pas&#233; cada imagen por un filtro muy antiguo de "Oil paint" que nunca pens&#233; que encontrar&#237;a un uso leg&#237;timo para un cliente.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png" width="215" height="448" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:448,&quot;width&quot;:215,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:92500,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1T3L!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F079aa1f4-17fe-4d84-b2ae-37485c5680ed_215x448.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Funcion&#243; de maravilla. Las pinceladas se alinean perfectamente con los &#225;ngulos y las l&#237;neas de las im&#225;genes originales, d&#225;ndoles un aspecto aut&#233;ntico pintado a mano. Adem&#225;s, el efecto de difuminado mezcla la imagen generada original con las pinceladas, creando una obra de arte completamente nueva.</p><p>En este punto, ya hab&#237;a comenzado a trabajar en mi pr&#243;xima idea de libro, y me di cuenta de que elegir un medio art&#237;stico que produzca resultados imperfectos de forma natural, como las pinceladas, la acuarela y el dibujo a l&#225;piz, era la clave para crear im&#225;genes de alta calidad que no levantaran sospechas de "ia".</p><p>Prob&#233; otra idea de libro de Chat GPT y le ped&#237; a Midjourney que me diera un arte de estilo "acuarela", y los resultados fueron verdaderamente sorprendentes. Muchas veces utilic&#233; las im&#225;genes generadas del primer intento. &#161;Era tan bueno!</p><blockquote><p>A baby bunny sleeping in forrest, playful cartoon, watercolor --ar 2:1 --q 2 --s 250</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png" width="1208" height="604" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:604,&quot;width&quot;:1208,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1050140,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hb9z!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e1dac0-fb08-4124-8ccb-bc1966158d13_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#161;Mira esto! &#161;Impecable!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png" width="1208" height="604" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:604,&quot;width&quot;:1208,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:849415,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VS4U!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe74be36e-1543-421a-9670-71bca62b33c8_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>As&#237; que ese ser&#237;a mi truco, mi "enfoque". Esa es la cosa m&#225;gica que encontr&#233; en este proceso, y te animo a que lo pruebes. <em><strong>Elije un medio de arte con imperfecciones naturales</strong></em>, o agrega el estilo "Van Gogh" a tus prompts. A pesar de que ese estilo es un poco clich&#233;, los muchos trazos dar&#225;n a tu obra de arte una sensaci&#243;n aut&#233;ntica y hecha a mano.</p><p>&#161;Eso es todo! Ya he publicado dos libros utilizando esta t&#233;cnica - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Colorful-World-Bedtime-Little-ebook/dp/B0C2626SVC/">God's Colorful World: A Bedtime Story for Little Ones</a> y <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Prayers-Every-Day-Jude-ebook/dp/B0C2HRSGTH/">Little Prayers for Every Day</a>, con impresionantes ilustraciones de acuarela como esta:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hQ9q!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff4980988-af98-4910-aaf3-dc9fb121a1e1_1208x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Suscr&#237;bete gratis para recibir nuevas publicaciones y apoyar mi trabajo.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Masterpiece]]></title><description><![CDATA[#1 Amazon New Release with AI-Written & Illustrated Children's Book]]></description><link>https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/ai-masterpiece</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://rauluriartejr.substack.com/p/ai-masterpiece</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raúl Uriarte, Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:20:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d213d489-d360-42c8-963d-7e900d460f2a_1037x644.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was wondering if AI could help me create a toddler book that I could sell on Amazon. Long story short, it can.</p><p>When my daughter Olive was 7 months old, I took parental bonding leave in 2022 and began creating a book for her called "Olive you!"</p><p>Despite many sleepless nights, I was hyper-focused and designed the book faster than ever (Still took a long time). The end result was <a href="https://oliveyoubook.com/">a book I'm incredibly proud of</a>, -this story isn't about that book.</p><p>Now 2023, amid the AI revolution, I wondered if AI could help me create something similar to my previous book without as much effort. My goal was to achieve "good enough" results that wouldn't reveal the AI-assisted creation, even to the likes of Alan Turing. To accomplish this, I turned to Chat GPT for text and knowledge-based tasks, and Midjourney as my go-to artist.</p><p>I&#8217;ll spare more backstory, let's dive into the prompts that I asked both services and some preliminary results that they produced and what I ultimately ended up using.</p><p>Prompt:</p><blockquote><p>Give me a list of toddler faith-based book ideas along with a description of what the book would have. Book should be for parents to read newborns up to 2-year-olds to sleep</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png" width="1188" height="543" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:543,&quot;width&quot;:1188,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:117320,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yZcd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee999f6-8b62-4af9-8f80-d05108b4b1ae_1188x543.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I went with the first one! I figure a &#8220;colorful world&#8221; would be great imagery to catch the eye of a newborn or 1-year-old.</p><p>Next prompt:</p><blockquote><p>Write me 12 pages of the book you gave me in #1 and it should contain 1 - 2 sentences that are short, simple yet understandable. Also, provide me a description of the illustration that should be showing on each page. Make the last page bedtime related</p></blockquote><p>Now&#8230;at the moment I have already published the book on Amazon, so I won&#8217;t give it all away here! But here is what the Chat GPT results looked like:</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Page 1:</p><p>Text: &#8220;In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.&#8221;</p><p>Description of Illustration: &#8220;Bright sun shining in a blue sky with fluffy white clouds, lush green landscape&#8221;</p><p>Page 2:</p><p>Text: &#8220;God made the seas so vast and blue!&#8221;</p><p>Description of Illustration: &#8220;A serene ocean with different types of fish swimming. Barnacles and seaweed floating&#8221;</p></div><p></p><p>&#8230;.You get the point! It was great. Next up, Midjourney. I had to tweak the prompts for Midjourney, many times abandoning what ChatGPT provided altogether, but keeping the same idea in my own words.</p><blockquote><p>bright sun shining in a blue sky with fluffy white clouds, lush green landscape, playful cartoon --ar 16:9</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6hv2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe85b8812-4e3a-4107-b1e8-91d5368f25e8_1057x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6hv2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe85b8812-4e3a-4107-b1e8-91d5368f25e8_1057x604.png 424w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VL3R!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22c4517d-45e8-4cef-b8e7-36b33cca9039_1078x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VL3R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22c4517d-45e8-4cef-b8e7-36b33cca9039_1078x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VL3R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22c4517d-45e8-4cef-b8e7-36b33cca9039_1078x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" 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Let&#8217;s try again:</p><blockquote><p>beautiful underwater ocean, seaweed, fishes, playful cartoon --ar 16:9 --q 2</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png" width="1057" height="604" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:604,&quot;width&quot;:1057,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1195464,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrxB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a7b76db-0b85-499f-8afe-d6b748a45669_1057x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Now we&#8217;re getting somewhere.</p><p>I did this for all 12 pages. I slapped a good font that matches the vibe, cut each picture to the sizes that Amazon&#8217;s KDP program requires me to, did all that boring but necessary stuff. I&#8217;d say me doing all that work accounted for probably 25% of this whole project.</p><p>The AI-generated images were impressive, but there were still imperfections where weird animals looked like memes or the next Pok&#233;mon. Additionally, some images had pixelated or blurry areas that made the pages inconsistent. I wanted the book to have an intentionally crafted look, and consistency was crucial. Despite searching for images with similar colors and textures, the AI's imperfections made me hesitant to publish the book.</p><p>So I went to good ol&#8217; photoshop and ran every picture through the super old &#8220;oil paint&#8221; feature that I could never see myself finding a legitimate use-case for true client deliverables.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png" width="215" height="448" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:448,&quot;width&quot;:215,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:92500,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lJE9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7188797-d581-43ee-83ab-2740c2d53c84_215x448.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>It worked wonders. The brush strokes perfectly align with the angles and lines of the original images, giving them an authentic hand-painted look. Plus, the smudging effect blends the original generated image with the strokes, creating a whole new piece of art.</p><p>By now, I had already started working on my next book idea, and I realized that choosing an art medium that naturally produces imperfect results, like brush strokes, watercolor, and pencil art, was the key to creating top-notch images that wouldn't raise any "ai" eyebrows.</p><p>I tried another book idea from Chat GPT and told Midjourney to give me &#8220;Watercolor&#8221; style art, and the results were truly, truly, amazing. Many times I&#8217;d use the generated images from the first attempt. It was that good!</p><blockquote><p>A baby bunny sleeping in forrest, playful cartoon, watercolor --ar 2:1 --q 2 --s 250</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png" width="1208" height="604" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:604,&quot;width&quot;:1208,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1050140,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VBAN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32db68b8-40f1-4d8d-8c0b-f66f0ceb47cc_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I mean, just look at this! Flawless.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png" width="1208" height="604" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:604,&quot;width&quot;:1208,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:849415,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ctzm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16d1ca43-ae96-4700-8903-7ca10298a958_1208x604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>So that was going to be my trick -my &#8220;angle&#8221;.  That&#8217;s the nugget that I mined from this process, and I encourage you to give it a try! <em><strong>Choose an art medium with natural imperfections</strong></em>, or add "Van Gogh style" to your prompts. Despite that style being a bit of a clich&#233;, the many strokes will give your artwork an authentic, handmade feel.</p><p>So, that is it! I've already published two books using this technique - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Colorful-World-Bedtime-Little-ebook/dp/B0C2626SVC/">God's Colorful World: A Bedtime Story for Little Ones</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Prayers-Every-Day-Jude-ebook/dp/B0C2HRSGTH/">Little Prayers for Every Day</a>, with breathtaking watercolor illustrations like this one:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H-rw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe69cceb3-f6fb-4ee5-a229-dbd7a61d26c1_1208x604.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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