In Fantasy costume renderings, I showed my first assignment in costume design. I tried this week (during our Spring break) improving the renditions by running them through an AI program—specifically Freepik Sketch. The AI drawing program mangled the annotation, so I removed the “writing” and did a little cleanup and resizing in Photoshop Elements. Here are the before and after images:
The pregnant soprano is the lead here.
The AI did a pretty good job of capturing the essence of the costume, while making the drawing much more realistic than I could manage. The silver came out looking more like lace, but was otherwise reasonable.
The tenor has a tight-fitting satin outfit—superhero style.
The tenor also came out fairly well.
The baritone has a formal, almost military cut, but in the same satin as the the tenor, though with darker satin for the lapels and a sash of the silver grey, rather than just trim.
The baritone is ok, but not as much of an improvement. I had a hard time getting the look right—the AI wanted to make too many changes, so I had to turn “imagination” way down, making it look closer to my sketch. I don’t like that the spats have a zipper rather than buttons.
The bass has a pleated jacket and spirally pieced trousers of satin. The intent is to be flamboyant, and maybe a bit clownish.
The pleated jacket was too weird for the AI, so I had to turn “imagination” way down, which again resulted in something too close to my sketch.
Despite the limitations of the AI, I think I will use it for my homework assignment, turning in both my own sketches and the “improved” sketches. In order to keep within the 20-per-day limit of the free server, I’ll be writing up the description of the drawing to cut and paste into the tool before uploading the scan of the sketch.
Gas station without pumps 
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