Introduction

Ever saw contests where people are asked to draw an image of something. And you really want to be part of it, but you know you can't draw a straight line with the help of a ruler? That's basically me.

But worry not, technology finally gives us a hand! Fresh from the oven, deep learning AI algorithms that generate realistic looking images in seconds. Scary that the thing we thought for so long as human-exclusive* - art - turned into something that can be automatically generated. Sucks for all the people that are taking art comissions or make landscape images. When DALL-E 2 (and similar algorithms) get better, they may end up jobless.
*I know elephants and such can smear paint on canvas

This brings us to the event I thought for this Christmas. I want you to "draw" a space cat. Theme is Christmas. Presents, Christmas trees, Mariah Carey, sledges.... basically anything Christmas-related. The only catch is that you will "draw" with use of DALL-E (or any other AI of your choice). I don't want people to show off their amazing drawing skills. I want chance for people like me to shine this year :D Look at this year box event banner to see how it should look like.

Rules are as below:

  • open Nightcafe StableDiffusion or DeepAI generator and think of the best phrase that will give you good-looking result. You can use any website you like
    (It's more of a thinking-imagination than drawing-ability contest. In general, the more detailed the phrase, the better the image turns out)
  • it's a Christmas event, not Halloween. Which means some weird, scary or uncanny images will not be considered as a valid entry
  • people can submit as many images as they like, as long as they meet the point above. If you have few images to upload do it in one post. If you have a new batch of images and your original post is old - create a new one, so people don't miss your creation(s)
  • it's not a popularity contest, so there will be no voting. It is too often promoting people with many friends or with ungodly good drawing skills
  • I will choose the winner with the help of the random generator. People will be given a number based on their first qualifying image
  • if you want to join reply to OP post with attached image (imgur or other website that allows to generate direct link will work)
    How to attach image: You must have URL that ends with .jpg or .png, you can get it when you right-click image and pick "Open Image in New Tab"
    Code format: ![](https://i.imgur.com/2DZKELs.jpg)
  • do not join as reply to someone else. I may miss such replies by mistake. I will ok qualifying posts
  • event will end on 24th of December 5pm CET, it's the day when we give presents in Poland
  • I won't stream number generation. I think it would be too complicated, and only few people would be interested to see how I click a button. I will post a message at the end of the contest and contact with winner

Prize:

  • winner can choose any game, bundle or DLC up to Β£15 / €17 / $18
  • I can buy stuff from anywhere as long as it's not a grey market site, and I can make purchase there. Steam, GMG, HumbleBundle, IndieGala, Fanatical etc. are preferable
  • it doesn't need to be Β£14.99 game, it can be 3 bundles for Β£5 each for example

Things to consider:

  • my region is set to Europe / UK, so I should not have problem to gift through Steam. Winner can send me also link to offer from a shop and I will see if keys / bundle is not region locked for them
  • all general GAs rules apply. Which means the winner will need to activate the game(s) on their Steam account. If it's a bundle, then they must activate the majority of it. They can give away games they already own
  • Note: My BL still applies. I don't feel comfortable to give to some people. I will not discuss "why I am on BL" here. Nor point "sorry you're BL". People can still submit images they generate if they wish so, but they will not be assigned a number when I go through entries.
    Am I BL giveaway check

Some images I quickly generated and give verdict if I think it qualifies:

  • first is made with simple phrase and looks like Mass Effect husk. Doesn't qualify
  • second looks like voodo-cat sacrificing presents. Barely Qualifies, as it's not really space cat
  • third doesn't even look like a proper cat and is creepy. Doesn't qualify
  • for the last one, I mixed Space Cat and Mariah Carey. Doesn't qualify ;D
    (While top left image is really good and cute, it's not a Space Cat.. The other three are disturbing and out of theme.)

Let's see your creations! :D

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Someone looked for cat ladies!

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Need more space. Such colorful avatar and such monocolor background!

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"space background with a cat and a christmas tree"

"space background with a cat and a christmas tree digital art"

"cat, christmas gift, space background, digital art"

"cat, christmas gift, star in the night, digital art"

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"cat, christmas gift, space background, digital art" is a pass :D

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Not sure what to think

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1st cat looks so easy-going and cool :D

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Exactly πŸ˜€.
Cat Santa on the 2nd one looks very weird but I like it the most for some reason

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Tried something different this time and got some good ones.
"DALL-E santa cat travelling in galaxy celebrating christmas"

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1st is fine. in 2nd I don't know if AI tried to stuff glass bulb as cat body or it's just decoration

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I thought the cat was behind that bulb. Never looked at it like the way you did. Now, it feels bit strange.

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At first I thought this swirl in the back is cat tail. So bulb fits to be seen as main body :D

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EDIT: ATTEMPT 2

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They all have cat, which is good. But half miss Christmas, and rest miss space :D

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Updated the Original but can't really get the formatting right so here are the added ones:

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Last one is so pretty :D No visible flaws.

3rd one from this batch is a pass :D

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Just making sure, do I get multiple entries or just 1?

Also I'm a huge fan of the last one as well.

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One entry per person. But people are free to share as many space cats as they wish :D

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I made a few new ones. StableDiffusion gave me more convincing results than Nightcafe it seems πŸ‘€

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Ye, coffee can make you unstable

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This one can give a little psychedelic mood
This one can steal your soul

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Both looks like donkeys :thinking

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I think no, it is still more like cats, but some kind of evil ones :)
In the process i noticed an interesting thing. Recently came across a discussion that AI is killing the work of artists and that it is not art at all. But the more I try to come up with a description and give it to AI implementation, the worse I get. I'm just out of breath, I don't have any ideas or inspiration, but if I did come up with something interesting, the graphic part would be done by AI. Yes, sometimes there are some weird artifacts sticking out, but a basic knowledge of photoshop would be enough to fix that. So maybe those who say that just haven't tried with AI to achieve specific result, it's very difficult, but if you just try, random results can really surprise.

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That's what I wrote in OP post. Before artists were having abilities that were not reachable by majority of people. Obviously, you need to spend a lot of time learning how to draw well. But someone like me, without feel of the perspective or composition, would never be able to draw nicely. And need to go to artist to have portrait, commission or anything.

There are places where artists will stay, like when you want to have a physical item with paint etc.,, and not just printout on canvas. Or painting on wall in your apartment. But maybe the whole space of digital art will be replaced by AIs. It's just the 1st year when algorithms were made public, and look how realistic some of the images are.

Maybe in the future "digital artists" will be people that know how to make custom phrase in creative way, and then either do really basic adjustment in Photoshop or use "fix this image" algorithm on a specific part of image. Or maybe those algorithms will be even added to Photoshop itself, and use it's cloud to generate images in seconds? We don't know.

Why would I pay $60 for avatar, when I can go to DALL-E 6 website, input "proud rainbow dragon on the black background, with spread wings" and get to chose from 10 pretty unique images in any style I like?

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Wow, I had so much fun! I love this 😊

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Not sure how many tries you had, but those are really nice :D

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My face when i won a christmas sg giveaway

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1st doesn't have space aspect, 2nd is Corvo a duck!

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Here's a new one :)

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Like anime character. Almost feel like it was drawn, not generated :P

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I do recognize "farts" written in those comic clouds, but thingy on panels does not look like a cat :D

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Apparently it confused "santa" with "alien".

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Happy Holidays!

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Tried to inspect your post on ":" but nothing is hiding there!

2nd cat looks kind of tormented with 2 tails, but 3rd is a pass. It could get eye operation though :D

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I also wanted to give it a shot so here is my take on Christmas space cat :)

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Second to last is fine, even with extra leg. In rest of your images AI tried to merge cat with sledges most of the time :D

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man, having never used one of those before, now I see why people were going so crazy about them when they first popped up. You could spend days generating pictures over and over again!
Now for the even itself, Imma just drop a couple pics I think fit the most and link the album with other neat attempts. With no artistic skills of my own I find it very interesting, but to be honest I'd still rather comission a piece from a "real" artist instead of relying on an AI if I was after something very specific...
We get one entry per person? Or is it one per picture? won't that be too easy? you could generate thousands of pics just to skew the odds in your favour...

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1 entry per person, I want quality, not quantity!

1st cat has magic paws. Pawsome!

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This was harder then I thought it was going to be
This first one is a good space cat but not Christmas at all
The rest are somewhat Christmas themed

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What do you mean "somewhat Christmas"? What can be more Christmassy than giving presents? :D

I would say 3rd image kind of qualify, as it looks like cat in toddler unibody with cone on head (not really a space suit). But 4 and 5 are pass :D

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Do these qualify? :D Luckily I had enough credits saved up from a few months ago, back when I was playing around with Nightcafe, so I can keep evolving my nightmare-inducing original images.

edit: Added one more :P

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Last cat face looks bit off, but if you don't manage to generate a better image, I can give a pass on it. It looks like cat-james-bond jumping through space while a present planet blows behind it.

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Still having fun with this

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Oh my

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Adding a number 5 which is more... uhh... something... than a real entry. Not sure how/why it blended santa with a monkey? and decided he should ride the cat.

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Number 4 looks like this elephant with huge ears :D

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Ha, lil bit, or adorned with Space Kites in christmas colors.

And uh... thats a pass for the non elephants though? XD

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1st gives me a bit of new Prey game vibe.
But it's a pass.

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I kinda liked the giant snowman though.

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In this batch? :D

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Yeah, in the 1st picture you've mentioned. Behind the cat, with a creepy smile :D

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Ohhh. I did not see it before. It counted it as a planet with hat...

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1st would need bit more Christmas, 2nd more cat (just head doesn't count, unless it's inside proper space suit!) and last two lack space :D

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Okay tried it again this time with Stable Diffusion πŸ˜…

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Last space-suit-joker-santa mix is a pass :joy:

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Really cool idea using these AIs to "draw", had a good time getting pictures from them.
no idea if any of them qualify, but these ones were too good to not share 😁

"cute cat space christmas presents" - yeah somehow cute, but at the same time really creepy
"cat space is giving away christmas presents" - l just love the artstyle of the cats
"spacecat giving christmas presents" - just what is going on here?
"cat floating in space is giving away christmas presents" - looks more like the cat is coming out of the present?
"felix the cat space christmas gifts" - no idea what is going on at the bottom of the picture, but i love the cat at the top with its wide grin πŸ€—
"felix the cat space christmas gifts" - cute but what the f is the red-thingy the cat is standing on?

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4th is a pass. Better than 3rd, as snowman is not really a Christmas specific symbol :D

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This reminds me that it is time for me to organize another drawing contest... stay tuned

I didn't generate this as part of this event but I had generated it using DALL-E before and want to share.
Input: "A guy celebrating his birthday with his cat in a spaceship, by Katsushika Hokusai"

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Not enough christmas :D But nice share otherwise.

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a new batch

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3rd one is a pass!

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