Here is another tutorial.
This time it's about generating a massive amount of retro video / computer "pixel art" style images in just a few minutes, by combining the powers of ChatGPT and Leonardo.Ai
1. Introduction
Possible uses:
-You can "brainstorm" concept art and decide on your own art style for a project
-Or you need media for an already existing project and can generate a massive amount of art in an easy and fast way
-Other uses according to your own creativity
Of course you can also use the images as a framework; editing it, further enhancing it, animating it.
And while this is about retro art / pixel art, any other style of images are possible, too, of course! by simply tweaking the prompts to your own liking.
But let's go ahead now.
2. Creating the Images
I'm working with ChatGPT to give me ideas for prompts that I then paste into Leonardo.Ai to generate AI images.
Leonardo.Ai has a new feature called "Flow State" which essentially creates an "endless scroll" of images and variations, that is especially useful, fast, and imaginative.
a) This is the prompt that I used:
Dear ChatGPT,
Please give me a few prompts that could create "retro" artworks which feature "pixel art" designs in the style of 80s and 90s computer games. they could be from a variety of genres like space sim, side scroller, beat em up, jumpnrun, fps, point and click adventure, maze game.... but should be slightly tilted towards a futuristic / surreal, maybe even cyberpunk feel :-)
to use with the leonardo.ai ai image generator.
b) ChatGPT gives me a number of possible prompts.
I launch Leonardo, and paste the first one into flow state.
The results are already amazing!
c) I click and scroll through the endless flow of images, and save / download those I like best.
d) Regardless, I have the feeling there could be some fine-tuning here!
I tell ChatGPT:
these are nice, but leonardo is often a bit overwhelmed when things are too exact - i.e. it "failed" on descriptions such as " and glowing UI elements display 'Energy' and 'Ammo.' Retro HUD design, 8-bit aesthetic...".
i guess it needs it's artistical freedom, too ;-)
please give me similar suggestions, but being more vague and more focusing on the style, feel, etc.
no too detailed designations of specific elements.
(my reply is fine tuned to my own artflow here, of course, you need to change so that it address the *issues* that arise with your own project and that you want to "fix" with the help of ChatGPT).
e) Now it's "rinse and repeat" with step c) again.
f) After this, I go for a third, final tweak:
I tell ChatGPT that
this had some good results as well, but tbh, it worked best when i used prompts from your first run of suggestion, and just cut out the most specific details (about the hud displays and such) myself :-)
please give me 7 more suggestions like the first run.
(again, fine tune the prompt so it fits to your own situation / chat session).
g) repeat c) once more
h) So, as you see, as always with AI, there might be few issues or twists that won't be solved by "automation" and that require some "human" editing and action.
but still.
the results were amazing.
i) I ended up with 100+ fantastic artworks in just a few minutes, after all!
3. Addendum
Examples of the prompts ChatGPT gave me.
Pixel art screenshot from an 80s-style retro maze game. The player navigates a surreal neon labyrinth glowing with electric blue lines and shifting geometric walls. Strange pixelated creatures patrol the corridors, leaving glowing trails. The HUD displays 'Score: 003200' and 'Time Left: 45 Sec.' The colors pulse slightly, giving a sense of digital instability and eerie cyber-vibes.
Pixel art inspired by classic retro platformer games. Floating structures stretch across a surreal, otherworldly landscape—a mix of metallic surfaces and glowing organic shapes. The sky pulses with vibrant colors, and faint pixelated stars twinkle above. The scene feels like a dream caught in an 8-bit world, with a balance of whimsy and digital decay.
Pixel art screenshot from an 80s-inspired cyberpunk side-scrolling game. The scene shows a sprawling industrial underworld bathed in flickering neon light and shadowy corners. Rain drips from steel beams, and distant digital billboards pulse with static patterns. A lone character navigates this fragmented cityscape, surrounded by an air of tension and glowing dystopian beauty.
Credits: The song that I used as background music in the video was composed by Traxis.
For further questions, comments, praise, complaints... feel free to get back to me.
This time it's about generating a massive amount of retro video / computer "pixel art" style images in just a few minutes, by combining the powers of ChatGPT and Leonardo.Ai
1. Introduction
Possible uses:
-You can "brainstorm" concept art and decide on your own art style for a project
-Or you need media for an already existing project and can generate a massive amount of art in an easy and fast way
-Other uses according to your own creativity
Of course you can also use the images as a framework; editing it, further enhancing it, animating it.
And while this is about retro art / pixel art, any other style of images are possible, too, of course! by simply tweaking the prompts to your own liking.
But let's go ahead now.
2. Creating the Images
I'm working with ChatGPT to give me ideas for prompts that I then paste into Leonardo.Ai to generate AI images.
Leonardo.Ai has a new feature called "Flow State" which essentially creates an "endless scroll" of images and variations, that is especially useful, fast, and imaginative.
a) This is the prompt that I used:
Dear ChatGPT,
Please give me a few prompts that could create "retro" artworks which feature "pixel art" designs in the style of 80s and 90s computer games. they could be from a variety of genres like space sim, side scroller, beat em up, jumpnrun, fps, point and click adventure, maze game.... but should be slightly tilted towards a futuristic / surreal, maybe even cyberpunk feel :-)
to use with the leonardo.ai ai image generator.
b) ChatGPT gives me a number of possible prompts.
I launch Leonardo, and paste the first one into flow state.
The results are already amazing!
c) I click and scroll through the endless flow of images, and save / download those I like best.
d) Regardless, I have the feeling there could be some fine-tuning here!
I tell ChatGPT:
these are nice, but leonardo is often a bit overwhelmed when things are too exact - i.e. it "failed" on descriptions such as " and glowing UI elements display 'Energy' and 'Ammo.' Retro HUD design, 8-bit aesthetic...".
i guess it needs it's artistical freedom, too ;-)
please give me similar suggestions, but being more vague and more focusing on the style, feel, etc.
no too detailed designations of specific elements.
(my reply is fine tuned to my own artflow here, of course, you need to change so that it address the *issues* that arise with your own project and that you want to "fix" with the help of ChatGPT).
e) Now it's "rinse and repeat" with step c) again.
f) After this, I go for a third, final tweak:
I tell ChatGPT that
this had some good results as well, but tbh, it worked best when i used prompts from your first run of suggestion, and just cut out the most specific details (about the hud displays and such) myself :-)
please give me 7 more suggestions like the first run.
(again, fine tune the prompt so it fits to your own situation / chat session).
g) repeat c) once more
h) So, as you see, as always with AI, there might be few issues or twists that won't be solved by "automation" and that require some "human" editing and action.
but still.
the results were amazing.
i) I ended up with 100+ fantastic artworks in just a few minutes, after all!
3. Addendum
Examples of the prompts ChatGPT gave me.
Pixel art screenshot from an 80s-style retro maze game. The player navigates a surreal neon labyrinth glowing with electric blue lines and shifting geometric walls. Strange pixelated creatures patrol the corridors, leaving glowing trails. The HUD displays 'Score: 003200' and 'Time Left: 45 Sec.' The colors pulse slightly, giving a sense of digital instability and eerie cyber-vibes.
Pixel art inspired by classic retro platformer games. Floating structures stretch across a surreal, otherworldly landscape—a mix of metallic surfaces and glowing organic shapes. The sky pulses with vibrant colors, and faint pixelated stars twinkle above. The scene feels like a dream caught in an 8-bit world, with a balance of whimsy and digital decay.
Pixel art screenshot from an 80s-inspired cyberpunk side-scrolling game. The scene shows a sprawling industrial underworld bathed in flickering neon light and shadowy corners. Rain drips from steel beams, and distant digital billboards pulse with static patterns. A lone character navigates this fragmented cityscape, surrounded by an air of tension and glowing dystopian beauty.
Credits: The song that I used as background music in the video was composed by Traxis.
For further questions, comments, praise, complaints... feel free to get back to me.
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