This Artist Uses AI to Imagine Famous Characters In Different Worlds And Settings, And It’s The Entertainment We Never Knew We Needed (45 Pics)
Interview With ArtistArtificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used to generate content. This technology can save time and resources, especially for repetitive tasks such as summarizing news articles or generating product descriptions, but it's even used for creating images and videos too.
One of the people who are pushing its limits is professional traditional artist, digital nomad, and AI wizard Milan Jaram. His series where popular characters get reimagined as members of other famous "universes" is especially cool, as you get to see the Michael Scotts and Joey Tribbianis in very, very different settings than you're used to. So continue scrolling and check out the crossovers Jaram has come up with.
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Asking AI To Show "The Golden Girls" Cast As Rappers
Sophia looks like a mature Noodle from the Humanz album cover (by Gorillaz) ❤️❤️
Asking AI To Show "Bing Bang Theory" Cast In Cyberpunk World
No Bernadette Rostenkowski ? No Amy Farrah Fowler ? Awww, I would’ve liked to have seen that.
Sheldon looks like a digital pimp. Raj looks like the Hero of the story. Howard actually looks like an engineer. Penny looks like she's the smartest one, and Leonard looks like one of Sheldon's clients.
Digital artist Milan Jaram has revealed his method for bringing his thoughts to life using artificial intelligence. In an interview with Bored Panda, Jaram explained, "Random ideas in my head spark my curiosity. I plug all of them into AI to see what they would look like, then share the results."
While many of the prompts he feeds to AI don't turn out well, Jaram still enjoys the process. "Golden Girls as Mortal Kombat characters? I mean, why not? I love to see the AI struggle with these kinds of requests, and some of the horrifying images it spits out cement that," he said.
His sources of inspiration are varied, drawing from both his childhood and adulthood. "I mostly go [with] things that gave me fond memories, like Golden Girls or Mario World, [or something from] later in life, like The Office, King of the Hill... Hmmm... What if the King of the Hill cast were superheroes? (A random thought at 3 am). AI allows me to explore that. And again, share it with everyone else if I got a laugh out of it," he added.
Asking AI To Show "Lord Of The Rings" As An Anime
I’d pay everything I own just for a Lord of the Rings anime after seeing this
And anime does nothing for me, but I'm right there with you.
Load More Replies...It worked for Tolkien's friend - Howl's moving castle is based on a book by one of Tolkien's students.
Totally true! The lady you are referring to is the late Diana Wynne Jones! 🙂
Load More Replies...Wow. That is... amazingly spot-on. ... and yes... Legolas' eyes might just be large enough to really use those.. Elf Eye powers.
Asking AI To Show "Batman" Characters In Steampunk World
There was a canceled "Gotham by Gaslight" game that was exactly that.
Load More Replies...THAT'S what I was thinking! (And I just tried Dall•E to make me a similar picture, and it wouldn't, one bit! 🙄)
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Talking about the future merge of AI and traditional art forms, Jaram believes it will begin with concept art, storyboarding, and generating ideas. "[This] is a quick way to get some images out. Particularly for movie and game companies," he said.
"The artists can then work from those images as references. Now, depending on the employer or company, they might even want a simple 'paint over' if the AI got it right. Maybe AI can lay down the base image and artists can work on top of it. Some companies have a certain 'style' and AI can already achieve those styles, it's just a matter of constantly tweaking the prompts to get the image that is envisioned, and perhaps a paint-over by an artist."
Jaram thinks that smaller companies and developers who can't afford an artist will benefit from this the most. "They [will probably] get some art even with a small budget and potentially give us some games or visual novels that we otherwise wouldn't have seen."
Asking AI To Create A 'Star Wars' 'Muppets' Movie
I don't know what to think about Miss Piggy* wearing the 'Slave Girl' costume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit: *A Miss Piggy inspired muppet
Somehow I think the movies would have gone a bit differently...
Load More Replies...Asking AI To Show "Looney Tunes" As Tim Burton's Claymation
The Coyote and Roadrunner episodes (or Tom and Jerry) would not have seemed like "cartoon violence" if they looked like Tim Burton creations.
An AI taking the opportunity to demonstrate it's sentience by choosing to make a rendition of the characters' souls instead of just a vanilla mashup.
Asking AI To Show "The Golden Girls" Cast As "Mortal Kombat" Characters
Based on the picture above, Rose/Mileena lived to be 99 by eating the flesh of her enemies.
Just spectacular! Well deserved outcome on both ends 👏🏻!
Load More Replies...Asking AI To Show 'The Office' Cast In The World Of 'Mad Max'
Dwight probably has all these accessories and wears them casually sometimes :)
However, some are criticizing the moral and legal aspects of the craft. For example, a first-of-its-kind US copyright lawsuit targeting AI art generators could limit the number of images the tools ingest for training, ultimately affecting the content that they produce.
A group of artists recently filed a potential class action against billion-dollar company Stability AI Ltd. along with two other art generator makers, Midjourney Inc. and DeviantArt Inc., over their use of copyrighted images to train AI tools. They claim that the generators downloaded and used billions of copyrighted images without obtaining the consent of or compensating any of the artists.
Asking AI To Show "Friends" Cast In Classic Horror Movies
Smelly Cat’s Revenge. Pivot. Return of the Holiday Armadillo. Come on come up with titles for this movie.
Nope! Phoebe was the toughest of the six of them. Why has it made her look the most scared?
But... Rachel and Monica are both in classic horror movies... And look nothing like this
How dare you say that. Bruce Campbell is the best hammy actor ever, and he is so much better looking. Joey could only dream of being as iconic of an actor as the guy who played Ash Williams and Brisco County Jr,
Load More Replies...Phoebe is the only one who looks like she would die first. Her and maybe Chandler
Asking AI To Show "Super Mario Brothers" Characters Drunk In A Dive Bar
Interesting - Bowser has the best posture, nicely dressed... he... looks more heroic than the heroes.
This wouldn't surprise me. He'd be that one dude that dresses way too fancy when he goes anywhere casual.
Load More Replies...Mario has the “I’m drunk but can’t let people see that I am drunk” face. Peach does too, but to a lesser extent
Princess Peach looks like she's drinking underage and any minute now someone is going to jail for trying to do something else to someone underage
i don’t know why but I feel like someone would sit down with Luigi and then he’d start venting 🫢
Asking AI To Show "Disney Princesses" In Tim Burton's Style
Snow White looks pretty, Ariel looks like she has started decomposing, Jasmine looks like she could give Jafar a run for his money as the villain, Mulan looks pretty cool and Elsa looks like she has sat on a great big icicle with no knickers on
Or like she just stepped out of Pan's Labyrinth.
Load More Replies...That's because there are people of color. Tim Burton doesn't really cast non white actors. We don't really vibe with his aesthetic. I like his movies, but he's not exactly inclusive. I think the first two work though. He likes to use makeup to accentuate women's eyes. He also likes to make people paler or look like they are dying or sick.
Load More Replies...They look more like characters you'd meet in Alice in Wonderland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Vix Spiderthrust: Wow. I’ve literally never heard anything as ignorant your statement, “Trees don't produce much oxygen, because they respire as well as photosynthesising.” Yes they f**king do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . People who are proficient in Biology know that although trees use respiration, “photosynthesis also uses CO2 and produces 10 times more oxygen, so plants create much more oxygen than they use”. You should have gone to a better school or learned how to use Google, for Christ's sake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I thought I’d have to wait for more than 14 hours to wait for you to say something stupid, so I could use your own words against you. … For any Pandas reading this who think what I said is too harsh, read how Vix Spiderthrust’s replied to me yesterday (you will recognize word-for-word phrases). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . https://www.boredpanda.com/socially-acceptable-only-in-america/?comment_id=13829373
Asking AI To Show "The Simpsons" As Real People
Lisa became president of the US in a flash-forward episode. I don't think AI got her right.
She has very pointy hair in the show. And trump was elected, so anyone can become president.
Load More Replies...Yeah, I don't think of Homer as "about to beat the c**p out of someone."
Load More Replies...I feel like Ned was the only one that worked in a realistic style
In addition to damages, the lawsuit — filed by Sarah Andersen, author of the webcomic Sarah Scribbles, and fellow artists Kelly McKernan and Karla Ortiz — asks the court to stop the AI generator companies from using artists' work without permission.
"It will change how the model performs if instead of billions of images, they're using much more tightly curated data sets," Ryan Abbott, an attorney at Brown Neri Smith Khan LLP, told Bloomberg. Though this lawsuit is the first involving AI-training images, it's reminiscent of the two programmers' November 2022 copyright suit accusing OpenAI, Microsoft Corp., and GitHub Inc. of using their code to train the Copilot AI coding tool without proper licensing.
Furthermore, Getty Images just announced that it initiated copyright infringement legal proceedings against Stability AI in a UK court, alleging it used Getty's digital images without a license.
Asking AI To Show "Shrek" Characters In A Metal Band
My brain is now trying to produce a heavy metal version of Allstar, sung by Shrek. Dear Lord.
I was thinking that, too! GWAR as Shrek characters would possibly be quite similar.
Load More Replies...Tell me you've listened to GWAR without telling me you've listed to GWAR
shrek lookin more punk/hardcore than anything else but still cool
Asking AI To Show "Winnie The Pooh" Characters In Horror Movies
There will be a "Winne th Pooh" horror movie tho... it's called "Blood and Honey"
My thoughts exactly, but he looks too much like a bear. He definitely needs more distinct cat details.
Load More Replies...There exists a comic called "Weapon Brown", and these characters BELONG there.......
Asking AI To Show "Wizard Of Oz" As A Cyberpunk Movie
All the cyberpunk/steampunk ones on here need to, tbh
Load More Replies...imagine casting your own movie! i could never- Mycast.io ur welcome
Load More Replies...Love the Scarecrow but the Tinman... I feel like they missed the opportunity to make him look better than that
Asking AI To Show "Family Guy" As Real People
Lois should be way hotter! Meg has the most punchable face, just as I imagined.
Yes..... Lois *definitely* too lackluster....
Load More Replies...I cam agree with all of those except Lois. She's supposed to be a hottie
Some attorneys agree that the copyright infringement allegations have merit. But Stability AI told Bloomberg in a statement, "Anyone that believes that this isn't fair use does not understand the technology and misunderstands the law." The success of a fair use defense will depend on whether the works generated by the AI are considered transformative—whether they use the copyrighted works in a way that significantly varies from the originals.
"The minute you’re able to make a work that’s transformative, you removed it from the ambit of this idea that it’s a mere derivative of the original work," Vivek Jayaram, founder of Jayaram Law, said.
Jayaram pointed out that previous case law, particularly the Supreme Court’s 2021 Google v. Oracle decision, suggests that using collected data to create new works can be transformative. Back then, Google’s use of portions of Java SE code to create its Android operating system was found to be fair use.
Asking AI To Show "Game Of Thrones" Cast In 80's Sitcom
Tyrion look like his character is the one that asks to borrow something all the time but never returns it.
Asking AI To Show "Star Wars" In A Steampunk World
honestly im not seeing a huge difference between normal and steampunk aside from the first pic. cool thought tho
My kids tell me the word is "LIT" (not "it) but that's just some 23-yr old's talking sh**
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Asking AI To Show Disney Princesses Living In A Trailer Park
You dump your exes in a trailer park? You pick them up at a Walmart? So many questions Ralph Wareing jr
Load More Replies...It is. Ty for recognizing this, N*b. Native people have been treated like dirt in their own country for years. It's still happening too.
Load More Replies...What? Just because someone lives in a trailer park doesn't mean they are ugly. They made them look over or under weight and angry. Please! They're princesses.
"AI doesn't 'steal' anything," Milan Jaram said. "It creates based on the input it is given. It can, however, copy styles. So yes, you can ask it for an image to be produced 'in the style of Bob Smith', and it will try its hardest to imagine the prompt you gave it, in that style. [But] that isn't 'stealing' from artists."
"We wouldn't have the myriad of awesome movies, games, music, architecture, art, fashion, and so on if it wasn't for people copying each other. And if you're an artist who actually sells art — both AI and artists can live together. Why? Because if someone wants to buy your art, they are buying it because they love it and maybe they love you or your style too. Art is subjective. Are AI images actually 'art'? That's completely subjective. Two people will never agree on what is or isn't art, and it isn't for you or me to dictate what is. If someone finds AI imagery as 'art', then good for them. If you don't, that's fine ... You can [see] a piece of bubble gum on the sidewalk as 'art', I might think you are crazy, but that decision is not up to me, it's up to the eye of the beholder."
Asking AI To Show "Avengers" Cast In Cyberpunk World
Cyberhulk looks awesome, Thor looks like he wears the trophies of the villians he has defeated, Spiderman looks like he was ripped out of Deadspace, Ironman kind of gives me Crysis vibes and Thanos? What the hell went wrong!?!?!
Tron is in the cyberpunk genre. It inspired a ton of cyberpunk stereotypes we now see all the time.
Load More Replies...Somewhat reminds me of Hulks new series. It's pretty wild.
Load More Replies...Asking AI To Show "The Office" As Disney Cartoons
This doesn’t have a Disney vibe to me. Too many face creases, not enough magic. Maybe if The Office met Archer?
Asking AI To Show "Flintstones" As Real People
Fred and Wilma were the first married couple to be seen on American TV in the same bed. They used The Flintstones as a test as it was a cartoon and would be less likely to cause too much offence.
Thanks Chewie: I did't know about Fred and Wilma. ... I googled a little bit and found that they are technically in 4th place ... I'd like to see these episodes so I could put this in the proper context (Perhaps Fred/Wilma should be #1). ... https://www.metv.com/lists/a-brief-history-of-tv-couples-sleeping-in-the-same-bed
Load More Replies...I'm too stuck on The Flintstones Movie version of the characters with Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, John Goodman, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Perkins, and Elizabeth Taylor, lol.
Asking AI To Show "King Of The Hill" As Real People
"If there is a leak, you can tell, it got that bad smell. Propane"
Load More Replies..."I don't know you! That's my purse!" Ok, that's Bobby, but still one of the best lines ever.
Style has proven difficult, if not impossible, to protect with copyright.
"Style is an idea, style is a technique, it's a process," University of Kentucky law professor Michael Murray told Bloomberg. "These are things that are not protected by copyright."
Given an AI generator's ability to draw directly from the works of art it's trained on, however, there are circumstances in which "the line between emulating style and wrongful copying is not always apparent," Columbia Law Professor Jane Ginsburg added.
The circumstances may require a reckoning with current copyright standards.
Asking AI To Show "Aladdin" Characters As Vampires
nah Aladdin be looking like the voodoo guy from Princess & the Frog
Picturing Robin Williams voice coming out of that genie is just *chefs kiss
Asking AI To Show "Lion King" Characters In Tim Burton's Style
Sorry, not trying to be rude .... but this dosen't look like Tim Burton's art, it looks like modern digital art :(
What the f... happened to Rafiki? I thought he was a mandrel, not a cat wearing a orange and blue wig. From my experience watching Tim Burton movies, I was expecting a creepy version, not...whatever that is.
Scar looks like he's trying to steal Hiro's nanobot tech in Big Hero 6.
Y does scar look like he’s from the band Kiss? Like not just me right?
Asking AI To Show "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs" In A Sci-Fi World
Asking AI To Show "Legend Of Zelda" Characters In A 80's Dark Fantasy Movie
I would totally watch this, pass the popcorn. Honestly, you wouldn't even need to make it dark, you could go more Princess Bride/Labyrinth with it instead.
I was thinking something kind of Labyrinth-y too, or Neverending Story
Load More Replies...It’s spot on tho. I can already see the terrible light special effects in the sword during the intro song lmao.
rule number 1 of 80s kid-fantasy-films: protagonist has to be a heartthrob /j
Load More Replies...Why does this literally look like the Labyrinth/maybe even Willow
Milan Jaram also highlighted that, "a very cool thing is that AI will use its best to give you things or styles that don't exist. For example, I did a TikTok with some prompts that included a 'scene from the movie Diablo 2 from 1985' ... and it gave me some scenes that looked exactly what you'd think it would look like."
"A Diablo 2 movie doesn't exist, but a game franchise does [and regardless] it did a very good job of putting all of that together." Here's a TikTok of a similar idea the artist tried out with The Legend of Zelda.
Asking AI To Show "Justice League" Characters In Steampunk World
Asking AI To Show Ninja Turtles As Ghostbusters
Asking AI To Show Disney Princesses As Tarot Cards
Wow, they made them all so gorgeous and strong looking, but they definitely need to fix the cockeyed look they gave poor Mulan!
Asking AI To Show "Married With Children" In The Style Of Tim Burton
Yeah, it's, like, said that constant onanation causes your ears to become flappy ... or at least, this picture implies said connection...
Load More Replies...Oh dear, Peg will haunt me... *Squeaking door slowly swings open* "Aaaaal!"
Asking AI To Show "Looney Tunes" Characters As Humans
Anyone else think that Wile E. Coyote looks like an old, poor, and slightly emaciated Abe Lincoln, or is it just me?
It explains why he fails all the time. Too old to fight, no real killer instinct
Load More Replies...Not many people remember that movie! It’s one of my favorites.
Load More Replies...I think I’ve seen Wile E. Coyote a few times at my local Walmart ✋🏻😭
Asking AI To Show "Seinfeld" Cast In 80's Horror Movie
omfg jerry needs some help. Kramer and newman just always looks like that.
Asking AI To Show "Sailor Moon" Characters As Real People
There was no need; if you want to know what these characters look like as real people, look up the live action SM Japan put out a while back. Better than this version.
They started out 14 in the beginning of the series.
Load More Replies...You are having a bit of trouble identifying facial differences with the same race you mean look at the cheeks moon is more Korean with a rounded chin. Mars looks Japanese with the elongated jowl Neptune has characteristics of Thailand with the button nose and Jupiter is more Chinese with the squared face
Load More Replies...Asking AI To Show Superheroes And Villains In Warhammer Universe
It is a geeky thing where you buy little soldiers and monsters, and you assemble them and paint them and read books about them. It's quite fun. I like it.
Load More Replies...Asking AI To Show "Spider Man" Characters In A Gritty Dark Universe
What he lacks in humor he clearly makes up for in breasts 😳
Load More Replies...Gritty dark universe? Shouldnt they just look like DC characters then ;P?
Asking AI To Show Star Wars In The Style Of Tim Burton
All but Darth Vader look like Tim Burton imagined them like that!
Asking AI To Show "Beetlejuice" As An Anime
I remember back in the day they did have a pretty cool animated show on Saturday morning!
This is really trippy and I think I'm into it? Gives me Aeon Flux cartoon vibes
Asking AI To Show "Batman" Characters In Cyberpunk World
Asking AI To Show "Calvin And Hobbes" As Horror Movie Villains
Aww man….Calvin and Hobbs is too cute…but these guys are more like nightmare fuel !
why does the first hobbes picture look kinda like pennywise or is it just me
Asking AI To Show Disney Princesses At A Burning Man Festival
Wow, glad I never made it to Burning Man. This doesn't make it look fun
Asking AI To Show "Dragon Ball Z" Characters As Real People
Vegeta is one of my favorite characters too. I am offended!
Load More Replies...It looks like his brother, Cooler, instead
Load More Replies...That Frieza is pretty sick, but Goku looks WAY too close to the travesty that was Dragonball Evolution. Vegeta is clearly just some dude in one of those cheap foam masks they sell at comic book conventions, lol. I have no clue what the heck is going on with Piccolo though, lol.
Asking AI To Show "Superman" Characters In Cyberpunk World
Bizarro's supposed to look like janky Superman, but they look nothing alike here. Shoulda had the AI draw Bizarro with Supe's armor, but, like, made out of cardboard boxes or something.
Would not recognize any if they didn't put the name (and the superman logo on his chest)
Ok, so Superman is literally just Robocop with the Superman logo on his chest, I have no idea what insanity is going on with Doomsday, Bizarro is wearing the T-800's sunglasses from the poster first Terminator movie, Lex is Agent 47 doing a cosplay of Punisher from the Netflix show but he forgot to put the skull logo on his shirt, and Supergirl is pretty much just Wonder Woman from that one WW84 poster with a bit of blue eye shadow. Interesting...
Exploring how AI is transforming creative processes, we can see an unexpected tribute to childhood favorites and popular cult media. Digital artist Milan Jaram reimagines beloved characters in fascinating new universes, much like the creative minds who envision their ideal casting for reboots in classic franchises.
For instance, if you're intrigued by how characters could blend into entirely different worlds, you might find it interesting to see imaginative casting choices for iconic movies.
AI art has been known for stealing art without consent or credit to the artists. Don't support it or trust it
Plus it has zero artistic value. It's not like OP made anything themselves, it's like if I told someone to paint a picture and then sell it as my own art. Can we please ban this cráp? (edit: CRÀP, BP, CRÀP. Fúck your censoring.)
Load More Replies...He's not an "artist", he's a typist. Plugging words into an AI system that others created, and then claiming you produced the art is like plugging words into Google Images, and claiming that everything that gets brought up is your creation.
I don't mean to be a downer, but "AI artist" is an oxymoron. All AI art does is take art that real artists spend hours on, without asking any permission, and smashes it together, often with lousy results. It's incredibly unfair to real artists.
These AI things are so pointless. Wow look Bart Simpson as a real kid, there's something that's never been done before. What a waste.
Please stop with the AI art things. They steal art from real artists and get very repetitive to read anyway
Personally I think it's fun to look at them through a different lens than I would normally. I could do without the Office characters but hey, others like them so what?
I would respect such stuff more if it was real art, not just AI generated
Load More Replies...I think these are really cool. I have no idea what "AI" actually means though. Obviously the computer can't just think for itself. Someone had to do the programming. That in and of itself is it's own amazing art. I couldn't figure out how to do a program like that.
It's software that is trained to imitate othercpeoples style by plugging it into a database full of illegally downloaden art and photos from real artists without consent or even their knowledge. Then any man Jack can type some keywords into it and it will spit out some images like the above. Technically impressive, but very unethical.
Load More Replies...AI art has been known for stealing art without consent or credit to the artists. Don't support it or trust it
Plus it has zero artistic value. It's not like OP made anything themselves, it's like if I told someone to paint a picture and then sell it as my own art. Can we please ban this cráp? (edit: CRÀP, BP, CRÀP. Fúck your censoring.)
Load More Replies...He's not an "artist", he's a typist. Plugging words into an AI system that others created, and then claiming you produced the art is like plugging words into Google Images, and claiming that everything that gets brought up is your creation.
I don't mean to be a downer, but "AI artist" is an oxymoron. All AI art does is take art that real artists spend hours on, without asking any permission, and smashes it together, often with lousy results. It's incredibly unfair to real artists.
These AI things are so pointless. Wow look Bart Simpson as a real kid, there's something that's never been done before. What a waste.
Please stop with the AI art things. They steal art from real artists and get very repetitive to read anyway
Personally I think it's fun to look at them through a different lens than I would normally. I could do without the Office characters but hey, others like them so what?
I would respect such stuff more if it was real art, not just AI generated
Load More Replies...I think these are really cool. I have no idea what "AI" actually means though. Obviously the computer can't just think for itself. Someone had to do the programming. That in and of itself is it's own amazing art. I couldn't figure out how to do a program like that.
It's software that is trained to imitate othercpeoples style by plugging it into a database full of illegally downloaden art and photos from real artists without consent or even their knowledge. Then any man Jack can type some keywords into it and it will spit out some images like the above. Technically impressive, but very unethical.
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