Another week, another challenge. It’s my turn to come up with the theme for this week.

Theme

This week’s theme is masks. I would love to see what kinds of cool, beautiful, or just plain weird masks you can come up with.

Rules

  1. Follow the community’s rules above all else

  2. One comment and image per user

  3. Embed image directly in the post (no external link)

  4. Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)

  5. At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid

    Prize Points
    Most upvoted +3 points
    Second most upvoted +1 point
    Theme is clear +1 point
    OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point
    Most original +1 point
    Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
    Prompt and workflow included +1 point
  6. Posts that are ex aequo will both get the points

  7. Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!

Past entries

  1. Dieselpunk
  2. Goosebump Book
  3. Deep Space Wonders
  4. Fairy Tales
  5. A New Sport
  6. Monsters are Back to School
  7. War and Peace
  8. Distant lands
  9. Unreal Cartoons
  10. Sustainable Ecumenopolis

Above image made in Midjourney with the prompt:
a woman wearing a mask made from scrimshaw, intricate designs, tendrils, pagan

Good luck and have fun !

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    10 months ago

    Local stable diffusion install: Faberge, demon, Satan, evil, circuit, cyberpunk, ornate, jewel encrusted, gold, velvet, pointy, opulent, elegant, cybernetic Steps: 40, Sampler: Heun, CFG scale: 17.5, Seed: 1568385646, Size: 768x768, Model hash: 99fd5c4b6f, Model: seekArtMEGA_mega20, Denoising strength: 0.1, Hires upscale: 2, Hires upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B

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    11 months ago

    Dalle using chatgpt:

    Black and white close-up photo of the king of autumn’s mask. The moss, twigs, and feathers are displayed in intricate detail, revealing the texture and patterns. The mask’s elements seem to come alive, with every strand of moss and feather visible, giving a sense of depth and dimension.

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      Thank you for your image! It’s a very nice design and I love the detail.

  • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Made with DALL-E 3 and ChatGPT 4.

    Prompt:

    Photorealistic image of a porcelain mask representing a barn owl. The porcelain is glazed with a rich shade of purple, giving it a lustrous finish. Instead of traditional feathers, the mask boasts meticulously cut amethyst gemstones, each resembling the form of a feather. These gemstone feathers glisten in varying shades of purple, harmonizing with the glazed porcelain. The mask's facial details are accentuated with golden gilding, and the eyes emit a mesmerizing gold glow, standing out against the purple backdrop.

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      10 months ago

      I decided to make a matching robe, similar to what @[email protected] did with their matching armor.

      Prompt:

      Photorealistic image of a wizard's robe in a captivating lavender hue. The robe's velvet fabric glimmers subtly, reminiscent of enchanted porcelain. Its trim is uniquely adorned with amethyst gemstones meticulously cut to resemble delicate feathers, each glowing with a variety of lavender shades, suggesting a mystical origin. The robe is richly embroidered with golden threads, creating patterns of arcane symbols and ancient lore across its surface. It features dramatically wide sleeves and a high, pointed collar, elements that are emblematic of a wizard's dignified attire.

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      I said it before, but I really wish there was a zoom-in button in Lemmy (using the website). The details really make your mask shine.
      Also, I really really love the matching robe. Too bad it wasn’t part of the challenge.

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      That’s a great idea to make one out of water!

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    10 months ago

    Here’s an image of my own. Of course I’m excluded from being able to win. I just like to participate.

    Prompt: cyberpunk style, illustration, panoramic shot, Cyberpunk traditional pagan mask, worn by shopkeeper, shopkeeper is leaning on the counter, in an antiquities store --stylize 75 --v 5.2 --ar 4:3

  • M0oP0o@mander.xyzM
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    Bing prompt was “A highly detailed face pretending to be a spooky mask. San rio style, cgi”

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      That’s definitely a spooky mask. But it’s your prompt that makes it extra spooky, considering that this is supposed to be a face and not a mask.

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    My first go at an AI image was the other day on the Your username is the prompt post which was great fun…I’ve only got access to the free webpage generators so this is my effort

    ‘vibrant tribal mask inspired by dinosaurs and adorned with feathers’

    Done using Craiyon

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      Thank you for the mask! It’s a good first effort and I hope you’ll continue to contribute!
      I haven’t used it myself, but I think the Bing Image Creator is free as well and it has a much better quality. Maybe you can try it out and see if it works for you?

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      10 months ago

      Nice mask, and welcome to the community :)

      Maybe it would be a good idea to have a post pinned with some information for those who want to get started with AI image generation.

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    11 months ago

    It’s a while I haven’t partaken in a community challenge, so here is my contribution, Glad to see how active it became.

    Prompt A mysterious mask, lying on an altar, ritual knife, fantasy

    Seed: 5823057, Dimensions: 512x512, Sampler: euler, Inference Steps: 75, Guidance Scale: 7.5, Model: dreamshaper_8, Negative Prompt: low quality, Prompt Strength: 0

    I haven’t switched to XL as my PC is too old for that version, so good old dreamshaper does the trick

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      That’s a nice looking mask. I really like the altar setup, very mysterious indeed. Looks like dreamshaper is still up to the task :)