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Comic - "Charlotte's Magic Life"

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  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,062

    I've missed a bunch of these,  good to catch up.  

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    FirstBastion said:

    I've missed a bunch of these,  good to catch up.  

    Glad to have you back! 

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    Instant Family Night - "Not a Trash Apartment"
    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/comic/instant-family-trash-apartment

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  • David RDavid R Posts: 488
    edited March 16

    Putting Down Steaks - "What's That?"
    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/comic/putting-down-steaks-whats-that/

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  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,573
    My lady wife had ketchup with everything when we first met. Took 10 years for her to be mostly cured of the habit. Fantastic observation of people's foibles. Regards, Richard.
  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    richardandtracy said:

    My lady wife had ketchup with everything when we first met. Took 10 years for her to be mostly cured of the habit. Fantastic observation of people's foibles. Regards, Richard.

    It's a disease.  And there's no cure. 

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    Putting Down Steaks - "WHOA!"
    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/comic/putting-down-steaks-whoa/

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    Putting Down Steaks - "MWAAH!"

    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/comic/putting-down-steaks-mwaah/

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    Putting Down Steaks -"But..."
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    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/comic/putting-down-steaks-but

  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 5,003

    Awwww...

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    vwrangler said:

    Awwww...

    Love overcomes ketchup! 

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488
    edited April 8

    I'm having a lot of fun animating Charlotte and Kurt using AI.  I used to be 100% against AI, but this is irresistable! 

    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/kling_20260409_The_figure_681_0.mp4

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  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,142

    wow that's nice !!

     

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,573

    Wow. Just wow.

    Regards,

    Richard

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    Charlotte's Bagage.  "Dad's Here!"

    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/comic/baggage-dads-here/

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,573
    edited April 13

    "Listen, Hotshot"..  Things aren't going to improve, are they? Ho hum.

    As always, a believable story with great posing. Only comment I could come up with that is Charlotte wasn't bending much when 'Bending over the sink', but that's only an observation from the third reading, and I didn't notice when looking at the story rather than technique during the first two readings. Great.

    Regards

    Richard

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  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,062

    Ketchup on fries or eggs sure,  but ketchup on a barbequed Steak. That's crossing the line!   We're done,  through,  over...

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,062

    I'm saying that in jest... sort of. 

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488
    edited April 13

    FirstBastion said:

    Ketchup on fries or eggs sure,  but ketchup on a barbequed Steak. That's crossing the line!   We're done,  through,  over...

    Heh.  Someone in the comments section says that in Europe they put ketchup on pasta!  Don't know if it's true, but if so, it's appalling.

     

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  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,573

    Surely 'everyone knows' ketchup is an ingredient in pizza, so why not on red sauce pasta to make it more intense?

    Is there any wonder why typical UK cooking is not held up as a world renown beacon of quality?

    Regards,

    Richard

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    richardandtracy said:

    Surely 'everyone knows' ketchup is an ingredient in pizza, so why not on red sauce pasta to make it more intense?

    Is there any wonder why typical UK cooking is not held up as a world renown beacon of quality?

    Regards,

    Richard

    This is a definition of "intense" with which I am unacquainted. XD  

  • 3DIO3DIO Posts: 148
    edited April 16

    David R said:

    I'm having a lot of fun animating Charlotte and Kurt using AI.  I used to be 100% against AI, but this is irresistable! 

    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/kling_20260409_The_figure_681_0.mp4

    I'm totally with you on your take of AI.  It's exactly the same for me.  I'll always be against those companies that steal data, but it seems we're getting a whole bunch of open source AI tools now that use data and training with permission.  And I agree, it's irresistible to want to see your creation come to life like that, and I really look forward to having a go when I get an Nvidia card.  I think as long as I can get it to look and behave as I wish, then I'll be all for incorporating AI tech.

    If not then I'd get bored of it pretty quick!

    It was definitely a highlight to see Charlotte come to life like that, so there's no denying it is there really.  There's real merit in the AI assisted aspect of it all.  My only hope is that AI takes us all down a good road and not a bad one, cause personally I can't see there ever being a middle ground.

     

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  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    3DIO said:

    David R said:

    I'm having a lot of fun animating Charlotte and Kurt using AI.  I used to be 100% against AI, but this is irresistable! 

    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/kling_20260409_The_figure_681_0.mp4

    I'm totally with you on your take of AI.  It's exactly the same for me.  I'll always be against those companies that steal data, but it seems we're getting a whole bunch of open source AI tools now that use data and training with permission.  And I agree, it's irresistible to want to see your creation come to life like that, and I really look forward to having a go when I get an Nvidia card.  I think as long as I can get it to look and behave as I wish, then I'll be all for incorporating AI tech.

    If not then I'd get bored of it pretty quick!

    It was definitely a highlight to see Charlotte come to life like that, so there's no denying it is there really.  There's real merit in the AI assisted aspect of it all.  My only hope is that AI takes us all down a good road and not a bad one, cause personally I can't see there ever being a middle ground.

     

    I used Kling AI for this.  I've tried Grok and Runway but I think Kling is the best.  I just uploaded the image and prompted: The figure says, "I love you, Kurt.  You are so damned cute."  AI  not only created believable animation, but interpreted the context of what she was saying beautifully.

  • 3DIO3DIO Posts: 148
    edited April 17

    Ah right, I think Kling is closed source, though.

    What I like are those Comfy UI ones where you can record yourself in front of a camera, and the AI will replace you with your Daz or any other character shown in an image.  Every movement and facial expression you make is captured and transferred into your character.  It's absolutely nuts.  Even the voice is done by taking whatever you say, and converting it into any voice you like, spoken in the exact way you speak it, or you can customise the variability.

    In other words, you have an endless stream of customised actors all acted by yourself.  All done locally on your computer as well, cause it's Comfy UI.

     

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  • David RDavid R Posts: 488

    Baggage 02 - "F-Bombs"
    https://charlottesmagiclife.com/comic/baggage-02-f-bombs

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    BTW I love this clothing asset on Kurt.:
    https://www.daz3d.com/casual-outfits-for-genesis-8-males
    Not Dforce, but look at those folds and wrinkles.  Three outfits.  One downside-each is a complete asset.  No mixing and matching

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,062

    How she decided to pro-create with this 'genius' in the first place, is a conundrum...

  • David RDavid R Posts: 488
    edited April 22

    FirstBastion said:

    How she decided to pro-create with this 'genius' in the first place, is a conundrum...

    Charlotte is 32.  Her son is 15.  Her early life was fraught with bad choices and bad associations.  Brian being an example of both. 

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  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,062

    I was just sort of thinking aloud, cause I may have made a few bad decision between 11- 15 myself.  We all learn and grow from these.

     

    Enjoying the storytelling and the revelations.                                                                                                                     

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