God of Romance -- Image Shiritori has begun (#110)

(#109) Ulterior motive → "ro" → God of Romance

"God of Romance" by Lassen

……Wait, what about the dolphins? (・_・)?

First, a song to get us in the mood.
The fourth song of the week, Kohmi Hirose with "God of Romance"

Yeah♪ Bright and cheerful✨
The season is still a ways off, but it brings to mind Alpen commercials, snowy mountains, and ski slopes (￣∀￣)♪

Well, anyway.
The featured image this time was made using a LINE app that is currently causing a bit of a stir in some circles—or rather, it's an image I "had made".

"Oekaki Bari-good-kun".
It is a LINE app that draws pictures using an AI called Stable Diffusion, created by Saikai Creative Company.

Even though it draws pictures, all I have to do is give the AI "Bari-good-kun" instructions in text.
So, it's more accurate to say I "have it draw" rather than "draw" myself.

For example, the examples shown by Bari-good-kun were:

"A port in Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture, painted by Van Gogh"
"A university campus in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, painted by Picasso"
"A photo of an astronaut riding a horse"

By the way, here is the "university campus in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, painted by Picasso" that I had it draw today.

As you can see, it's super easy since you just give instructions in text (*´∇｀*)♪

Also, while this Bari-good-kun does support Japanese, it is basically designed primarily for English, so if you want it to draw something closer to your image, inputting in English seems to result in higher-precision work.

What I'm curious about is the app's price and copyright-related matters.

The price of the app is—believe it or not—free!＼(^o^)／

As for copyright—believe it or not—it is treated as public domain (*1) (≧▽≦)♪

May good fortune come to the generous and playful Saikai Creative Company
(*´∇｀*)

However, there is a limit of up to 10 images per day that you can have it draw for free👆. If you try to make it draw more than that,

Sorry!
I'm tired from drawing so much💦 Please play with me again tomorrow!!

is what it says.

Of course, if you become a premium member for 550 yen per month (there is also an annual plan for 5000 yen), this limit is lifted, and you can have Bari-Good-Kun draw as much as you want.
(Poor Bari-Good-Kun^m^)

So, I, having gotten my hands on a new toy that is just to my liking, had Bari-Good-Kun draw the image for this post.

By the way, the text prompt was
"8K, delicate oil painting, surreal, God of Romance, Christian Riese Lassen"

I guess you could say it has a touch of Lassen... maybe.
When you think of Lassen, you also think of "dolphins," but naturally, dolphins didn't appear with this prompt. Well, it's a relief that Nagano didn't appear←No, he wouldn't appear anyway

So, this time, I had world-famous painters compete to create a "God of Romance" that transcends time and space.

First, the genius who comes to mind when you think of painters, Picasso.

Ugh... it's kind of scary ( ﾟДﾟ). And wait, there's a hand growing out of the left shoulder💦💦
Well, honestly, I don't feel any romance, but I do feel a certain sense of divinity, or perhaps a sense of a transcendent being.

Also, in terms of style, it is Picasso-esque, but it also has a bit of a Dali vibe to it (￣～￣)

So, next, I'll have Dali draw it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
This is brilliantly full of Dali vibes (o^-')b♪ Regardless of whether it's romantic or not, among the ones so far, the level of perfection of the god mode is unusually high (￣o￣)

Next, let's see... oh, let's try Delacroix (*2), the only painter whose work I actually own👆

...No, there are too many gods (lol). Which one is the God of Romance? w
Actually, if you look closely, there are

Did you notice?

It's a bit scary because there are subtle, questionable parts scattered around that make you want to say that, as if a narrator were about to chime in (^^ゞ💦

Next is... oh, I forgot the master, Van Gogh.

Wait, now there's no god anywhere!

I actually had to double-check for a second, thinking I forgot to type "God of Romance" ^m^

......I suppose this is the closest work to the artist's actual style, but the absence of a god is really taking the client for granted... Could it be that Bari-Good-kun is getting tired? Or maybe he's gotten bored of it? (￣∀￣)

Since Bari-Good-kun might be getting bored, it might be a good idea to change the taste completely at this point.

How about representing our country with the brilliant artist, Kuniyoshi Utagawa ♪

Hmm (・_・).
The Kuniyoshi feel is a bit thin, but at least he made it in a Japanese painting style. Not bad, Bari-Good-kun (*´∇｀*)♪ Moreover, it's actually recognizable as a goddess—isn't that the first time since the Lassen in the first one? (lol)

......Well, with the instruction "God of Romance," you can't really tell if it's a male god or a goddess.

Alright, let's continue with another Japanese person, and instead of a painter, how about a manga artist? Let's have Tetsuo Hara sensei, the author of "Fist of the North Star," draw it.

Pfft! ((((；ﾟДﾟ)))) *shudder*

Sc-scary... too scary (T＿T). Wait, Tetsuo Hara sensei,
could it be that he isn't recognized as a manga artist?
Could this scary person with hands growing directly from his chin be the sensei? ( ﾟДﾟ)?

Hmm... Fortunately, it's not really that similar...
Shifting to the modern era is one thing, but going from a painter to a manga artist might have been too much for even Bari-Good-kun to handle (^^ゞ💦
My apologies m(__)m

Then, staying in the modern era, how about a real painter, Banksy.
How about this one?

I don't know where the "god" of romance is in this either, but I feel like it does have a sense of romance.

Above all, the shift in perspective to two people, a man and a woman, for this theme is quite Banksy-esque.

Now that we've finished with two modern artists, let's return the route to the Middle Ages.
The Vermeer, famous as the Master of Light.

......Isn't this just exactly it? (￣∀￣) Isn't this just exactly "Girl with a Pearl Earring"?
Or rather, if anything, isn't it Karina Maruyama? (lol)

But, the highlight in the eye, which could be called Vermeer's greatest feature, is clearly expressed in the right eye. I'd say that's a good job 👍

Now, let's finally have this person wrap things up—

"8K, delicate oil painting, surreal, God of Romance, Matsudaira Ukyonosuke"

Surprisingly, it's decent and there's nothing to nitpick (・_・)......
(Well, there's almost no sense of a god, though (￣∀￣))

But well, it's far better than this one lol

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As a perk for professional baseball players during home games, their pre-selected walk-up music plays when they enter the batter's box, which gets both the player and the stadium excited.

And there is a player who used "God of Romance" as his walk-up song.

His name is Chusei Mannami. He is an outfielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, known for his powerful play style driven by the incredible physical ability inherited from his Congolese father. This season, he marked a career-high with his first double-digit home run count (14).

His birthday is April 7, 2000. "God of Romance" was released on December 1, 1993. ...? (・_・) Why?

Since we're at it, I had him draw the "God of Romance" too.

...What the, Mannami, you're the outsider who drew the best "God of Romance" lol

With that said, today's song. The keyword is "Romance".
The fifth song of the week, "Romance" by Tomoyo Harada ← Is that just it?

Both now and in the past, Tomoyo Harada's unchanging impression is "natural".
It has an exquisite flavor when you listen to it while wanting to relax.

For the title "Romance," there were many candidates like Hiromi Iwasaki and PENICILLIN, but since I wanted to end this messy article—which became pointlessly long-winded because I got caught up in a fun app (^^ゞ💦—as casually as possible, I decided to borrow her natural style m(__)m

Oops, it's already this time tonight. I wonder if the date will change soon♪
Then I'll have Vari-Good-Kun draw lots of pictures again (though only up to 10, lol) ＼(^o^)／

With that said,
I hope that tomorrow, as many people as possible,
will have a wonderful day where the God of Romance smiles upon them✨

■ Bonus

This is the car before the current one in this image shiritori train (110th car). If anyone was caught by the title "Ulterior Motive" and the joke image on the bottom right, wondering what it is, please take a look when you have some time.