Have you wondered if you could create a visual narrative using AI Tools to assist you in creating the story and artwork?

Peter von Stackelberg has created a series of custom AI tools to assist writers for creating Visual Narratives; tools both for building story structure as well as consistent imagery.

He’s been using ChatGPT 4 and DALL-E 3 to great effect.

In these two workshops, Peter will present a breakdown on his work and how to best use his A.I. trained assistants.

StoryGenius : Unique AI Assistants for VN Artists

He’s built four custom defined AI assistants specifically for Visual Narrative artists.

1. StoryGenius: Story Idea & Plot Design GPT – Aimed at assisting with the generation and design of story ideas and plot structures. Assists with the initial stages of story development.
2. StoryGenius: Chapter & Scene Outliner – A tool for helping writers develop detailed outlines for chapters and scenes, facilitating structured narrative development.
3. StoryGenius: Character Creator – A tool designed for creating detailed character descriptions and designs. This tool automates much of the process of character creation, allowing writers and visual artists to generate characters with depth and consistency.
4. StoryGenius: Storyboarder – This tool is used for generating storyboards and visual scene layouts, integrating descriptions of camera shots and angles. It’s designed to produce a variety of shots, helping visualize scenes and narrative flow. The tool focuses on improving the consistency of visual style and expressions on characters’ faces, as well as facilitating interaction between characters in a scene.

Session 1 : Sunday 28th April 19:00 BST / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT

(includes the introductory session = first 30 minutes)

1. Introduction to AI in Creative Processes: Understanding the role of custom GPTs and DALL-E 3 in enhancing the creative storytelling and visual narrative development.
2. Story Development with AI: Techniques for using AI to develop story ideas, identify key story elements, and generate story concepts and chapter outlines.
3. Character Creation and Development: Insights into creating detailed character profiles using AI, including physical features, expressions, and maintaining consistency across visuals.
4. Visual Narrative Techniques: Exploring the use of AI to generate shot lists, storyboards, and visual descriptions for comic books, graphic novels, and other visual narratives.

Session 2 : Sunday 5th May 19:00 BST / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT

1. Achieving Consistency in Visuals: Strategies for maintaining visual consistency across a series of images, including the use of seed numbers and detailed character and scene descriptions.
2. Emotional Depth and Expressions: Techniques for generating images that vividly represent specific facial expressions and convey emotional cues, adding depth to visual narratives.
3. Storyboarding and Scene Development: Utilizing AI for storyboarding, including the generation of sequential images, and techniques for ensuring continuity and coherence in storytelling.
4. Practical Applications and Experimentation: Hands-on exercises on refining AI-generated visuals, including post-production adjustments, and addressing challenges like image consistency and expression accuracy.

What you’ll need for this class

• We recommend a subscription to ChatGPT Plus (even if it’s just for 1 month) – this will also give you access to DALL-E3
• However the free version of ChatGPT can be used for a range of Peter’s examples (story text)
• Peter will also reference Claude during his sessions

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