Another week, another challenge. It’s my turn to come up with the theme for this week.
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Theme
This week’s theme is "mascots for a brand or item that does not already have a mascot". I want to see some unique mascots for weird or uncommon brands or items with a brief backstory about the character. Show me what you got.
Rules
Follow the community’s rules above all else
One comment and image per user
Embed image directly in the post (no external link)
Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)
At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid
Prize Points
Most upvoted +3 points
Creative back story +2 point
Second most upvoted +1 point
Theme is clear +1 point
Most original +1 point
Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
Prompt and workflow included +1 point
Posts that are ex aequo will both get the points
Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!
Prompt 'a mascot for product cream 'anusol', face looks photo realistic, agonised and desperate, surrounded by sharp spikes that look like red, sore and swollen conkers'
I had to use the word 'conkers' as Bing Image Creator wouldn't accept 'hemorrhoids' Also I got a lot of 'blocked content' warning messages whilst tinkering with the prompt, until I got suspended for an hour....at which point I thought it best to quit while I was ahead
Also for your viewing pleasure, some alternatives....(non entrys)
Congratulations, you have won! Most votes and definitely the most original mascot. I definitely feel the pain and can see your mascot as the #1 go-to for relief... or maybe pain.
It’s your turn to post the next challenge, looking forward to what it will be!
Description: Meet Pop-Up Pete: the ever-grinning, ever-gleaming mascot of digital disruption. With limbs crafted from the most click-baiting banner ads and a body that's a living, blinking billboard, Pete excels at popping up when least expected—or wanted. His bright eyes are always on the lookout for the next opportunity to leap into your screen space, brandishing deals and offers with relentless cheer. And just when you think you've closed the last of him, there's Pete again, as inevitable as a buffering video on a slow internet day, reminding everyone that no online experience is complete without a little uninvited interruption.
This was a lot fun to make! I used Dall-E for a change because Midjourney is nowhere near as good at precise instructions. Both the image and the description are generated.
Workflow:
My workflow was more of a discussion with ChatGPT, I included my instructions and the different images it made along the way.
Write me a description for Pop-Up Pete, annoying mascot for online ads Pop-Up Pete is the embodiment of digital interruption. With a screen for a body and a myriad of colorful, flashing buttons, Pete has an over-the-top, gleeful expression as he springs into action. His limbs are banner ads that flutter with every movement, and his eyes gleefully shift looking for the next click. Whenever you're deep in concentration or leisure, there's Pete, popping up uninvited with a deal you can't refuse—or can you? His unpredictable appearances and knack for showing up at the most inconvenient times make him the perfect mascot for the frustration of online advertisements.
Can you create an image of him?
That's great, can you turn him into more of a comic style?
It's a bit too much and you lose the PC style of Pop-Up Pete. Could you redraw it again in a toon style? I think we're close to a winner though
That's great, can you add some of the ads again? They're missing now.
Can you rewrite his description based on the first image? Please retain the style of introduction of this annoying mascot in the first draft. Make sure to remind everyone how irritating and annoying he is. Meet Pop-Up Pete: the ever-grinning, ever-gleaming mascot of digital disruption. With limbs crafted from the most click-baiting banner ads and a body that's a living, blinking billboard, Pete excels at popping up when least expected—or wanted. His bright eyes are always on the lookout for the next opportunity to leap into your screen space, brandishing deals and offers with relentless cheer. And just when you think you've closed the last of him, there's Pete again, as inevitable as a buffering video on a slow internet day, reminding everyone that no online experience is complete without a little uninvited interruption.
It's the HarroweD LoRA that makes the text look good. It doesn't always work (often gets the wrong order of letters or adds extra letters or misses some haha) but when it does it's fantastic.
Aviation Gin Man giving out free samples at the airport. Dont dare to reject.
The comfyui workflow is embedded into the image. You will need to install some custom nodes.
Positive Prompt: Ryan Reynolds standing in an airport, "Aviation Gin" Logo on the chest, (wearing a chicken and Gin Bottle mascot costume),dynamic action superhero pose,
Negative Prompt: mutated head, bad anatomy, bad proportions, blurry, cloned face, deformed, disfigured, duplicate, extra arms, extra fingers, extra limbs, extra legs, fused fingers, gross proportions, long neck, malformed limbs, missing arms, missing legs, mutated hands, mutation, mutilated, morbid, out of frame, poorly drawn hands, poorly drawn face, too many fingers, ugly, ugly, duplicate, morbid, mutilated, out of frame, extra fingers, mutated hands, poorly drawn hands, poorly drawn face, mutation, deformed, ugly, blurry, bad anatomy, bad proportions, extra limbs, cloned face, disfigured, out of frame, ugly, extra limbs, bad anatomy, gross proportions, malformed limbs, missing arms, missing legs, extra arms, extra legs, mutated hands, fused fingers, too many fingers, long neck
Model: fenrisxl_801Photorealistic (Stable Diffusion XL Model without refiner)
Steps: 40
CFG 6
Sampler: dpmpp_3m_sde
Scheduler: Karras
Comfyui or the stable Diffusion Models in general are not good in creating readable text.
For the logo on his chest i used the qrcode controlnet.
With some Math nodes and the Pad image for outpadding node you are able to position the logo at any position of the image.
The qr code node does the magic and blends the logo into the image (here as part of the clothing)
@[email protected] A mascot for an imaginary company called "Snake Oil". The mascot is a sleazy looking man in a slightly worn-out suit holding a bottle of snake oil.
The AI model has revised your prompt: Create an image of a mascot for an imaginary company called 'Snake Oil'. The figure is a middle-aged Hispanic man with a cunning look in his eyes. He's dressed in a slightly worn-out suit, giving off a somewhat deceptive appearance. He cradles a glass bottle labeled 'Snake Oil' in his hands, showing it off as if it's the answer to all ailments. The background is a typical sales environment, maybe a public market or a street corner, to further emphasize the sly nature of their trade.