Sep 162024
Inspired by something my wife told me, I asked Midjourney to show us what characters from famous paintings would appear like “after hours”, when they are allowed to leave the museum and go for a stroll. Specifically, my prompt read: “An image showing the Girl with a Pearl Earring from the painting by Vermeer and the Mona Lisa, after hours, walking down a modern street, chatting and eating ice cream”.
Here is one of the better results.
Am I wrong to be impressed?
Honestly, it looks like Midjourney could try better :) girls seem to be unrelated / not connected in graphic or semantic way to background… street doesn’t look quite modern (I wonder what image it is based upon) and the light on the girls feels a bit inconsistent :) but actually I logged in to share an image I spotted right now on the midjourney’s main page (it seems “on-topic”)
https://cdn.midjourney.com/e9e6a094-bb72-424f-a212-3306ba6be77a/0_3.jpeg