AI Image Generation Project (Free) Theme: "Running" June 28 - July 27, 2025

When the cool, clear morning light illuminates the asphalt in white. Or perhaps at night, when the day's hustle and bustle has died down as if it were a lie, and the streetlights wet your feet unreliably. The music flowing from your earphones synchronizes with your heartbeat, and you kick the ground, one step, then another. In such moments, have you ever felt your consciousness suddenly released from your body, enveloped in the sensation of traveling somewhere far away?

Running is a mysterious act. It is not merely exercise; it is meditation, a dialogue with oneself, and at times, a grand journey of fantasy. The familiar trees in the park may look like sages of an ancient forest, or the sunset reflected on the river surface may shine like a gateway to another world. As your breathing deepens, the boundary between reality and imagination blurs pleasantly.

"What if this slope were a rainbow bridge leading to heaven?"
"What if I were running above the galaxy under a sky full of stars?"
"What if I could run side-by-side along a memorable coastline with someone precious I can no longer meet?"

Every runner has surely harbored such dreams at least once. It is proof that along with the pleasant fatigue felt by the body, the soul is running free to wherever it wishes. That unique landscape that exists only within you. That image, too fleeting and beautiful to put into words. Why not release it into this world?

This time, with a new paintbrush called generative AI, we are holding an image submission project with the theme of "Running." It is an attempt to depict, together with AI, the running courses that no one has ever seen before and the excitement of running that no one has ever experienced, which exist inside your head.

Generative AI can sublimate your words and imagination into a single picture as if by magic. For example, let's try chanting a spell (prompt) like this.

"Watercolor style, a runner running through a forest shrouded in morning mist, bathed in sunlight filtering through the trees, mossy path, mystical atmosphere" "Cyberpunk futuristic city, an android runner sprinting through a rain-slicked road reflecting neon lights, leaving a trail of light" "People running on a road that continues forever under a sky where a pod of whales swims leisurely, fantastical"

There, there are no laws of physics or constraints of time. All that exists is your free imagination. Please try to express the excitement, inspiration, and the story hidden within you that you gained from running as a single image. It might be the moment of a powerful sprint, or the scene of calm silence after you finish running.

[Project Overview]

Theme: My Running Story, created with generative AI

Submission Details: Original images themed around "Running" created using generative AI services (any type is acceptable).

Event Period: June 28, 2025 (Sat) – July 27, 2025 (Sun)

Participation Fee: Free

Your work might move someone's heart and become the trigger for them to take a new step. Or, it might resonate with the imaginations of other people who love running just as much, creating an unexpected chemical reaction.

Come on, let your usual running shoes rest a little today. Instead, why not spread the wings of your creativity and run through the road called a prompt? To the ideal course you envision in your heart. To the finish line of excitement you have yet to see.

I am sincerely looking forward to encountering everyone's breathtakingly beautiful and heart-stirring "Running" stories.

How to Apply

1. Please send the created image to this form. We will post it on Kamiya's note or the KRC Facebook group.

2. When posting, please include the theme, etc.

3. (Optional) Please include a brief comment.

4. If you provide a nickname or (optional) account address, we will introduce it along with your image.

Application Form

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Co-hosted by

Souyu Lab, NOVA DEPORTARE Inc., KRC

Notes

* Entries must be unpublished works created by the applicant themselves.

* Please refrain from submitting works that are contrary to public order and morals, or that may infringe upon copyrights, trademark rights, privacy rights, etc.

* The copyright of the submitted work belongs to the applicant, but the organizer shall have the right to use it free of charge for public relations activities, etc.

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