Make it look like my character

[Daily note] has reached 40 days.
Although there are days when I struggle for topics,
the habit of writing itself has formed,
and I am somehow continuing it enjoyably.

The appeal of note is that the writing function is simple and
easy to use.
It is also helpful that there is an abundance of
sample images and the like to use for title images and illustrations.

When I don't have any images on hand, I also
use appropriate sample images.

"Image generation AI"—I only just learned
that such a thing could be used with free tools
a moment ago.

note also comes standard with
the design tool "Canva".
If you use the AI function included there,
it seems it will automatically create
illustrations, images, or even videos
according to the keywords you enter.

"Baseball player, pitcher, tall, wearing a uniform"

If you enter something like that and press the create button,
a picture of a baseball player in a uniform
will be automatically created.

Whether it becomes a picture to your liking is a matter of probability.
It seems you can try up to 50 times a month
with the free version until you get an image (illustration) you like.

*However, regarding these functions,
I looked them up a bit online,
but the app names and functions
are a little different from what I looked up,
so I haven't fully grasped them.

But I thought it would be interesting to have
an illustration character made that might look like my image,
so I decided to give it a try.

If I were to create my own character,
the keywords would be...

"Man, glasses, 40s, office worker..."

For now, I'll press the create button with that.

1/50th attempt

No, that's not it lol
Come to think of it, is '40s' unnecessary information?
Changed '40s' to 'slim' and tried again.

2/50th attempt

What is this long-necked tribe lol

Around the 3rd to 10th attempts

Did it react to 'slim'...?

Around the 11th to 20th attempt

Ah, I feel like it's getting closer to reality.
But somehow, I don't like this guy lol

Seeking something close to my ideal,
I keep swapping out
the keywords that come to mind
and hitting the create button over and over.

Timid...
Clumsy...
Stressed...
Flustered...

...Wait, this is bad.

Choosing these keywords is starting to bring me down lol
But what kind of keywords
would actually reflect me in the drawing?
Only negative things come to mind.

With all that going on, I kept updating.
It was when the remaining number of updates
was down to five.

Well, it's not quite right, but...
Something close to what I was looking for
has finally appeared.

The remaining count is under five now, too.
I guess I can't do any more than this, huh?

But there's no point in leaving five uses left.
Might as well try five more times
and hope for a miracle shot...

No, wait.

Maybe I should change my approach entirely
for my final attempt.
I'd like to see a different kind of illustration, too.

So I decided.

I'll strip away all the work-related stuff,
add "Carp fan"as a keyword,
and hit the create button one last time...

Oh no, what is this guy, he's scary!
(Seriously)

A scary old man wearing
Carp clothes was created.

Well, I suppose there's no way
an overseas software
would understand the keyword "Carp fan" anyway.

So, as for the one that's actually usable,
I guess it's this guy, huh?

Regarding AI character creation,
I think I'll try again
when the count resets next month...