100 TIMES AI HEROES
100 TIMES AI HEROES (v1.0)
Consept
この作品「100 TIMES AI HEROES」では、私自身のマンガ制作におけるキャラクター創出の際の思考フローと作業プロセスを分解し、生成AIを用いて再現することで、キャラクターが生み出されるスピードを加速させました。
生成AIの能力を活かして、キャラクター創出の生産性を向上し、より私自身の作家性にフォーカスしたマンガ制作を可能にすることが期待されます。
しかし一方で、私自身の作家性の反映すら、生成AIに代替できてしまうのではないか？という気づきもありました。キャラクターやストーリーを生成AIが自律的に創作することができたら、人間には鑑賞する役割しか残らないかもしれません。
そしてそれも、いつか代替されうる機能ではないでしょうか。
私たちは、生成AIによる創作の探求を通じて、人間が創作することの意義、意味、その根源たる欲求を見つめ続けなければならないでしょう。
第3回AIアートグランプリエントリー作品
AIアートグランプリ
【主催】AIアートグランプリ実行委員会
【共催】ドスパラ（株式会社サードウェーブ）
【後援】一般財団法人デジタルコンテンツ協会／ASIAGRAPH CG Art Gall
https://www.aiartgrandprix.com/
【主催】AIアートグランプリ実行委員会
【共催】ドスパラ（株式会社サードウェーブ）
【後援】一般財団法人デジタルコンテンツ協会／ASIAGRAPH CG Art Gall
https://www.aiartgrandprix.com/
In this work, "100 TIMES AI HEROES," I broke down the thought flow and work process I use when creating characters in my own manga and reproduced them using generative AI, accelerating the speed at which characters are created.
Utilizing the capabilities of generative AI, I hope to improve the productivity of character creation and enable manga production that focuses more on my own artistic creativity.
However, at the same time, I also realized that even the reflection of my own artistic creativity might be replaced by generative AI. If generative AI could autonomously create characters and stories, humans might be left with only the role of appreciating them.
And perhaps that function could be replaced someday.
Through the exploration of creation using generative AI, we must continue to look at the significance, meaning, and fundamental desire of human creation.
Utilizing the capabilities of generative AI, I hope to improve the productivity of character creation and enable manga production that focuses more on my own artistic creativity.
However, at the same time, I also realized that even the reflection of my own artistic creativity might be replaced by generative AI. If generative AI could autonomously create characters and stories, humans might be left with only the role of appreciating them.
And perhaps that function could be replaced someday.
Through the exploration of creation using generative AI, we must continue to look at the significance, meaning, and fundamental desire of human creation.
Entry work for the 3rd AI Art Grand Prix
Concept video（Japanese）
YouTube版：https://youtu.be/_2SVlF7QJnQ
Workflow
キャラクターコンセプトの創出は、既知のアイデアと、既知のアイデアの大胆な組み合わせから始まります。
例えば、キャラクターが抱えている願望、キャラクターの持っている能力、キャラクターが課せられている役割、これらを自由に組み合わせることによって、斬新なキャラクターコンセプトを生み出すことができます。
The creation of a character concept begins with a known idea and a bold combination of known ideas.
For example, by freely combining the desires that a character has, the abilities that a character has, and the role that a character is assigned to, you can create a novel character concept.
For example, by freely combining the desires that a character has, the abilities that a character has, and the role that a character is assigned to, you can create a novel character concept.
さらに、作者の知識、経験、癖などが加わることによって、作家性を反映した、独自の魅力を持ったキャラクターコンセプトが生まれます。
Furthermore, by adding the author's knowledge, experience, habits, etc., a character concept with a unique appeal that reflects the author's personality is born.
このキャラクター創出の思考フローとプロセスを、簡単なプログラムと生成AIのAPIを使って再現しました。
まずは、人間が考えた小さなアイデアの断片を、生成AIによって100倍に拡張させ、スプレッドシートに格納します。
First, a small fragment of an idea thought up by a human is expanded 100 times by generative AI and stored in a spreadsheet.
AIがスプレッドシートを読み込んで、小さなアイデアをランダムに取り出し、組み合わせて推論し、短時間でキャラクターコンセプトと画像生成用のプロンプトを生成します。
The AI reads a spreadsheet, randomly pulls small ideas, combines them, makes inferences, and quickly generates character concepts and image generation prompts.
Google Colabを用いて、15分で100人分のキャラクターコンセプトとプロンプトを生成することができました。
AIが考えた画像生成用のプロンプトを用いて、キャラクターデザインを生成します。
画像の主題、キャラクターのポーズ、カメラアングル、アートスタイル、アスペクト比を固定して、安定した生成を可能にしました。
AIが生成したキャラクターの画像、名前、能力、願望、役割、印象的なセリフを組み合わせると、キャラクターの人物像やストーリーの起点になるナラティブを生み出すことができます。
Character designs are generated using AI-generated image generation prompts.
The image subject, character pose, camera angle, art style, and aspect ratio are fixed to enable stable generation.
By combining the AI-generated character image, name, abilities, aspirations, role, and memorable lines, we can create a character's personality and a narrative that will serve as the starting point for a story.
The image subject, character pose, camera angle, art style, and aspect ratio are fixed to enable stable generation.
By combining the AI-generated character image, name, abilities, aspirations, role, and memorable lines, we can create a character's personality and a narrative that will serve as the starting point for a story.
さらに、AIがキャラクターコンセプトと画像生成用のプロンプトを1つ生成するたびに、それらを参照しながら、異なった新しいアイデアをAIが生成して、スプレッドシートに追加されるようにしました。
これにより、半永久的に新しいキャラクターのコンセプトを生成することができます。
Additionally, each time the AI generates a character concept and image generation prompt, it references them and generates a new, different idea that gets added to the spreadsheet.
This allows us to generate new character concepts semi-permanently.
This allows us to generate new character concepts semi-permanently.
近い将来、人間の役割は、AIが生成したキャラクターのコンセプトに、自身の知識、経験、癖などからなるナラティブのエッセンスを加えるだけになるかもしれません。
もしかしたら、それもAIの方が得意なのかもしれません。
Maybe that's something AI is better at.
キャラクターを生成するAIと、ストーリーを生成するAIが出会ったらどうなるでしょうか？
What happens when a character-generating AI meets a story-generating AI?
生成AIが、キャラクターとストーリーを生み出し続けるようになったとき、人間は世界にあふれていくストーリーを読み続けることができるでしょうか？
When generative AI begins to create characters and stories, will humans be able to keep reading the stories that are flooding the world?
もしかしたら、そう遠くない未来に、キャラクターとストーリーを楽しんでいるのは、人間ではないのかもしれません。
Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, it won't be humans who are enjoying the characters and stories.
主な使用ツール
ドキュメンテーション：Notion
アイデアの拡張：Claude3.5Sonnet
コーディング補助：Claude3.5Sonnet
キャラクターコンセプト生成：OpenAI API
データベース作成：Google SpreadSheet
コード実行：Google Colab
キャラクター画像生成：Midjorney, niji・journey
画像エディット：Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop 2024
BGM生成：SunoAI
アイデアの拡張：Claude3.5Sonnet
コーディング補助：Claude3.5Sonnet
キャラクターコンセプト生成：OpenAI API
データベース作成：Google SpreadSheet
コード実行：Google Colab
キャラクター画像生成：Midjorney, niji・journey
画像エディット：Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop 2024
BGM生成：SunoAI
Main tools used
Documentation: Notion
Idea expansion: Claude3.5Sonnet
Coding assistance: Claude3.5Sonnet
Character concept generation: OpenAI API
Database creation: Google SpreadSheet
Code execution: Google Colab
Character image generation: Midjorney, niji・journey
Image editing: Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop 2024
BGM generation: SunoAI
Documentation: Notion
Idea expansion: Claude3.5Sonnet
Coding assistance: Claude3.5Sonnet
Character concept generation: OpenAI API
Database creation: Google SpreadSheet
Code execution: Google Colab
Character image generation: Midjorney, niji・journey
Image editing: Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop 2024
BGM generation: SunoAI
Related links
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Gallery v1.1
Characters generated in v1.1
Zylen Korrath
They are preteen males, half-human and half-reptile, serving as Neural Privacy Guardians and security experts. Their role involves protecting individuals' thoughts and memories in a world of brain-computer interfaces, characterized by vigilance and ethical grounding, with expertise in neurotechnology, cybersecurity, and privacy law. They possess the ability to manipulate time perception, allowing them to accelerate or slow down others' subjective experience of time. Their aspiration is to create an atmosphere filled with profound beauty and tranquility, embodying the concept of yugen.
「私は、静寂の中で流れる時を操り、心の美を守る者だ。」
Zephyr Sylphara
They are middle-aged, gender-fluid beings who are half-human and half-god, serving as interstellar cultural mediators. Their role is to facilitate communication and understanding between diverse extraterrestrial species, promoting harmony. They are adaptable, insightful, and have a deep appreciation for cultural nuances and interspecies relations. They possess the ability to perceive reality as program code, allowing them to edit physical laws and create new phenomena. Their desire is to fly freely in the vast sky and broaden their horizons.
「私は、星々を越えた架け橋となり、異なる文化の調和を奏でる者だ。」
Aelion Thalor
They are centenarian non-binary beings, half-human and half-elf, serving as skilled merchants and traders. These charismatic negotiators travel frequently to seize business opportunities. They possess the unique ability to visualize data as sentient entities and can interact with these data sets to influence their outcomes. Their goal is to convert emotions into energy, driving machines powered by feelings.
「私は、感情の波を操り、商談の中に宇宙を宿す存在なのさ。」
Elder Thorne
They are senior citizen males, half-human and half-plant, serving as meme historians and scholars who analyze the evolution of internet culture and viral phenomena. Culturally savvy and analytical, they possess a deep understanding of digital sociology and memetics. They can traverse digital realms to influence online culture. Their goal is to create a sanctuary where all beings can coexist without fear of judgment or discrimination.
「私は、デジタルの森を彷徨い、すべての存在が痛みなく生きられる場所を描くんだ。」
Quantum Tobias
Senior citizen males who are half-human, half-machine serve as Quantum Language Architects and linguists. They develop new communication methods based on quantum principles, combining expertise in quantum information theory, linguistics, and cognitive science. They can manipulate gravity, enabling them to levitate and move objects freely. Their goal is to leverage trending buzzwords for substantial business profit.
「私は、言葉の量子を操り、新たなコミュニケーションの扉を開くのだ。」
Aeliana Morpheus
They are centenarians who are gender fluid and half-human, half-imaginary. Their role is as Digital Afterlife Managers, responsible for managing the online presence and data of deceased individuals. They are empathetic, tech-savvy, and have a strong understanding of digital ethics and memorial practices. They possess the ability to temporarily absorb others' talents, acquiring skills and knowledge for a short time. Their desire is to perfectly control all sounds to transform the world's dissonance into beautiful harmony.
「私は、音の波に乗り、混沌を調和に変える使命を担っている。」
Elara Voss
They are senior citizens, gender fluid, and part human, part machine. Their role is as an extinct species revivalist and scientist, focused on using genetic engineering and cloning to bring back extinct animals. They are passionate and patient, with expertise in genetics, ecology, and conservation biology. They possess unique eyes that allow them to observe quantum states and see the microscopic world, enabling them to predict and manipulate particle behavior. Their goal is to create a world where all beings, regardless of their origin, can coexist harmoniously and empathize with each other's emotions.
「私は、過去を呼び戻し、全ての生き物が共鳴する未来を創造する旅に出るんだ。」
Zyra Quell
They are centenarian, gender-fluid, half-human, and half-aquatic quantum physicists and researchers. Highly analytical and willing to challenge conventional wisdom, they explore the fundamental nature of reality. They have the ability to materialize objects from shadows or hide within them. Their goal is to provide educational opportunities to children worldwide.
「私は、影の中に潜む真実を探り出し、子供たちに無限の可能性を届けるために存在しているんだ。」
Zyra Quell
They are centenarian, gender-fluid, half-human, and half-aquatic quantum physicists and researchers. Highly analytical and willing to challenge conventional wisdom, they explore the fundamental nature of reality. They have the ability to materialize objects from shadows or hide within them. Their goal is to provide educational opportunities to children worldwide.
「私は、影の中に潜む真実を探り出し、子供たちに無限の可能性を届けるために存在しているんだ。」
Apollo Thornfield
They are young adult males who are half-human and half-god, serving as Neural Privacy Guardians and security experts. Their role involves protecting individuals' thoughts and memories in a world with brain-computer interfaces. They are vigilant and ethically grounded, possessing expertise in neurotechnology, cybersecurity, and privacy law. Additionally, they can communicate with nature, including plants, animals, and inanimate objects, to uncover the secrets of the natural world. Their goal is to enhance people's quality of life through artificial intelligence.
「私は、思考の森を守るために、神と人の架け橋となる。」
Gallery v1.0
The first 100 characters generated in v1.0
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