The story of how I wanted to make a picture-story show, but my 'original character' kept turning into 'who is this?'

1. I want to advance the picture-story show, but my 'original character' is different every time

I want to advance the picture-story show, but my 'original character' is different every time.
Looking back at the Ichigo-chan picture-story show, the second one was especially the hardest.

Even if I refine the prompt, it drifts again in the next chat.
Even when I'm told 'you can reproduce it with this,' what comes out is 'who is this?'.
I've been stuck on that sad thing for a long time.

2. The 'who is this?' at 2 AM usually hits the heart

The 'original character' who was so cute until yesterday looks like a completely different person today...
I tinker with the prompt thinking 'this time for sure!', and before I know it, the clock is at 2 AM.

Yet, the one on the screen is a stranger saying 'who is this?'.
Disappointed. As a result, tears and clenched fists. I can't make a loud noise, so I clench my fists, and my nails dig in, dig in... ouch, ouch, ouch.

Isn't this a bit dangerous?

The AI generation that was supposed to be fun has turned into an ascetic practice of continuously spinning the 'plastic surgery gacha'.
At this rate, I feel like I'm going to end up hating the creation itself that I loved so much.

I'll be honest.
I was one of those people until very recently. My heart was about to break, you know.

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3. Why do I get lost the more words I add?

I always thought that if something was missing, I should just increase the words.
Look to the right, raise your hand, tilt your head, walk energetically, crouch down. I thought if I stated my wishes in detail like that, it would surely get closer.

But in reality, the more words there are, the more my 'original character' becomes blurred.
Even though the pose is correct, the face and atmosphere gradually become 'who?'.
In the worst cases, even the image itself became rough, and there were times when it was unbearable to look at.

Even if I go 'ahhhh' at that, there is no place to return to.
So I add more words, and get even more lost.
I realized later that what I wanted, before the explanation of the movement, was for 'this child' to come back properly first.

4. Wool felt transformation, solo explosion, background disappearance

Moreover, the problem is that it doesn't end with just 'a little different'.

I'm giving instructions in quite some detail.
I've exhausted the words. ...Supposedly.
Yet, for some reason, it suddenly appears looking like wool felt.
I didn't say a single word like 'please make it wool felt'.

I just wanted to adjust the touch a little, but this time it's a sudden solo explosion.
Where on earth did the background and sub-characters go?
That's not what I meant by simple... I was protesting quietly to the screen.

In that way, the 'that's not it' moments quietly piled up.
I just wanted to move forward with the picture-story show, but every time, I would get exhausted before I could even begin.
That was subtle, but it was quite tough.

5. So now, I am rewriting the story about creating a 'standard to return to'.

I just wanted to make a picture-story show, but every time, my 'original character' would get lost somewhere.
Back then, I thought adding more prompts would solve it, and I took quite a long detour.

But what I needed wasn't 'perfect words', but rather
a standard that makes me think, 'If I return here, this is the character'I think that was it.
I realized that before 'adding prompts', having a 'standard to return to'was more important.

From that realization, I am now rewriting the main story in the form ofhow to create a 'standard to return to'.

This article is where I have reorganized that story.

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