When choosing between AI image-generation tools, the two I most often go to are Midjourney and ChatGPT. While Midjourney is absolutely fantastic to get stylized images, it's considerably less PRECISE than ChatGPT. But another area besides precision where I feel ChatGPT has the edge is photorealism. In this post I'll show you many examples of Conclave Arcana cards brought to life in images that are almost imperceptible from reality. Trying to do this in Midjourney is extremely difficult and requires a lot of trial and error, largely because when using a character reference image MJ has a tendency to also adopt STYLE to a certain degree.
Without further ado, let's dive into the images
Jicarilla
Graybrow
Yabanius
Hodlor
Swiftbeard Stout
Ferrous Brewer
Silverleaf Mage
Taye Loreswift
Decrepit Windseer
Bren
Cavewise Wayfinder
Caravan Guard
Arcane Skinwalker
BONUS! Vicious Giraffe
BONUS 2! Sheng Xiao
All images in this post were created using ChatGPT, providing the original images from Splinterlands as reference.