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First Love - Autumn Memories

きまま / Easygoing

First Love - Autumn Memories

The Encounter

An illustration of a pink-haired girl and a slightly older boy with black hair playing with a ball in a park during spring when the cherry blossoms are in bloom

When I was in kindergarten, a cool older boy moved into the neighborhood.

We became friends after playing together in the park.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl bringing a slightly older boy with black hair to her house, with her mother smiling

We became close, and he started coming over to my house to play.

Since I am an only child, my mother seemed happy about it too.

Cooking Practice

An illustration of a pink-haired girl practicing cooking with her mother

Since the boy started eating dinner at our house often, I learned from my mother and practiced cooking.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl serving food to a slightly older boy with black hair

Did I do it right?

I felt a bit shy and couldn't look him in the face.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl practicing cooking with her mother in the summer
A scene from summer, I've gotten a little better at cooking!
An illustration of a pink-haired girl with her clothes slightly disheveled while practicing cooking with her mother
A fan service shot that the AI generated for some reason

Autumn Tree-Lined Street

There are street trees near my house, and the autumn leaves are beautiful.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl hugging a slightly older black-haired boy in joy on an autumn street lined with colored leaves.

When I placed in the regional Aikido tournament, my older brother praised me, saying I was amazing.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl holding hands with a slightly older black-haired boy and looking at each other on an autumn street lined with colored leaves.

One autumn, I suddenly started feeling my heart race whenever I was near my older brother, whom I had always thought was so cool.

What is this feeling?

Confession

When I became a middle school student, I gathered my courage and confessed my feelings.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl confessing to a slightly older black-haired boy on an autumn street lined with colored leaves, only to be rejected and shedding tears.

My older brother looked very troubled and said, "Let's date when you're an adult."

I cried a lot, but somehow, my older brother was crying too.

Things were complicated for a while, but we eventually went back to being the close friends we were before.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl trying to put a leaf into the mouth of a slightly older black-haired boy with a mischievous smile on an autumn street lined with colored leaves.

The following year, I caught a falling leaf and playfully tried to put it in my older brother's mouth, and he looked troubled just as I expected.

The most beautiful memory

That year, there was an autumn leaf illumination event planned by the local shopping district.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl and a slightly older black-haired boy gazing at the autumn leaf illumination on a street lined with colored leaves.

It was so beautiful that I couldn't believe it was the same street we always knew.

It was canceled from the following year due to COVID, but it remains my most precious memory.

Farewell

In the autumn of my older brother's third year of high school, he came to see me.

While walking along the tree-lined street, he told me that he had been accepted to a university abroad and would be leaving Japan after graduation.

An illustration of a girl with pink hair holding hands with and crying with a slightly older boy with black hair on a tree-lined street with autumn leaves.

I was so shocked that I couldn't stop my tears.

However, after a few months, I finally sent him off with a smile.


I wonder if he is doing well now?

This is the memory of my first love.

I always post images generated on the fly

Since I don't have the skills to draw or edit, I always post images generated on the fly.

I used to have photography as a hobby, but lately, due to various circumstances, I haven't been able to go out and take pictures.

Even so, thanks to generative AI, I am able to continue creating.

Combining with photos

I have a lot of photos I stocked up on before, so this time I decided to try combining photos and illustrations.

The background for this illustration is this photo of illuminated autumn leaves.

A photo of beautiful illuminated autumn leaves in red, green, and yellow.

The camera I used to take the picture is the one that appears in this profile picture of tamaga wa-san; it is a palm-sized compact camera, but because of that, I can get as close to the subject as I want on my own two feet to take the shot.

(I apologize for the rude introduction; I will correct it if there are any issues.)

It is a simple camera without a zoom function, but because of that, I can take straight photos of exactly what I see.

Increasing the contrast

First, since the lights in the photo are prominent, I will paint over them during retouching to make them less noticeable.

A photo of beautiful red, green, and yellow autumn leaves illuminated, darkened with increased contrast.

Since I am combining it with anime-style art, I will darken the entire image and crush the blacks while increasing the contrast to reduce the amount of detail.

Remove the background from the illustration.

This is the illustration I used for the combination.

An illustration of a pink-haired girl and a slightly older black-haired boy admiring the autumn leaves on a tree-lined street at sunset.

I removed the background from the illustration and moved the two figures slightly apart since they were too close.

It would be cold in short sleeves, so I painted them to look like they are wearing long sleeves.

The process of removing the background and painting the girl's arms orange.

Combine the illustration and the photo.

The process of combining the photo and the illustration.

Render again.

I determined the denoising strength so that the AI could make corrections while preserving the atmosphere of the photo.

The completed illustration after re-rendering, showing beautiful red, green, and yellow autumn leaves and the two figures with slightly calmer expressions.

I wonder if the finished product is better than the original illustration, but I am satisfied because I created a piece that I put my own hands into.

Yoshimaru-san and all the executive committee members, thank you for organizing this project.

I am participating in this WAKU2-Fes.

This is a fun project where anyone can post articles about AI illustrations, and submissions are accepted until 23:59 tomorrow.

I was worried about whether an old guy like me, who usually writes difficult-looking articles, should participate in this project, but since the creators I know are also participating, I decided to take the plunge and post.

I originally started this note to organize my own knowledge, but it's interesting how projects like this lead to various encounters!

I don't think this work would have been completed if it weren't for this project.

Thank you to all the executive committee members.

Bonus

10 years later

An illustration of the two as adults reuniting on the same tree-lined street
An illustration of the two as adults reuniting on the same tree-lined street and shedding tears

Thank you for reading until the end!

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