Re:Show HN: I Built an AI Tattoo Generator Using Flux
by sparklethunder on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @05:34PM
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I have a lot of my body covered too. In the beginning my tattoos were chosen/designed with a lot more care for ~meaning~ but nowadays all I care about is that the artist is "good" and has a style I like. Beyond that I don't need AI slop to figure out what to get on my body.
Re:Show HN: I Built an AI Tattoo Generator Using Flux
by ziddoap on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @05:47PM
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>all I care about is that the artist is "good" and has a style I like.
Same!
>Beyond that I don't need AI slop
I don't share the same hatred of AI. If something is cool looking, it's cool. I bring it to my artist as a reference and we work something out. I don't really care about the provenance.
1) Sometimes I just don't really know what I want. I have an area X big and most of my body is in the style of Y. AI lets me iterate hundreds of design ideas quickly. My artist books a few months out minimum. It's hard to iterate.
2) References really streamline the process. I absolutely agree that my tattoo artist is an artist, so I don't go to them and say "I want this exact thing". However, most of my (and my artists) most enjoyable tattoos have been when I come with solid references and say "this, but put your touch on it" or "here's two ideas, can you combine them into something cool?".