The Masquerade Ball of Failures! Can AI Capture Emotion?

2024-10-32025-3-10
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Introduction

Hello, this is Easygoing.

Today, I’m keeping it light again. While generating images, you often end up with quite a few failures. This time, I’ll be sharing some of those failures with you.

The Theme: Masquerade Ball

The theme for this article is a masquerade ball.

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Imagine a woman in a red dress and a man in a tuxedo, passionately dancing and becoming the center of attention.

However, capturing dynamic movement with AI image generation is quite difficult.

Depicting multiple people and the atmosphere surrounding them is even harder.

A lot of failed attempts came out of this challenge, so let’s take a look at them.

The Ball Begins

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The ball has started, and one couple begins a passionate dance that draws everyone’s attention.

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It’s a great dance, isn’t it?

Heating Up

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Their passion is building, and things are starting to heat up.

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This one’s really on fire!

Long Hair

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That’s some really long hair! I hope no one steps on it while they’re dancing, or there might be some neck-snapping action.

Uh-Oh!

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In a moment of passion, her mask flies off.

The Rival Appears

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The dance is so intense that a rival has appeared!

Unique Audience

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It seems tonight’s audience is made up of ghosts.

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Apparently, the aliens are fans too!

Great Expressions

Personally, I love the facial expressions this model produces.

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This is a great expression, isn’t it?

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Their faces look a bit doll-like, don’t they? But I still think it’s great.

A Final Favorite

Here’s my favorite shot.

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Her arm is a bit awkward, but the expression is so good I’ll take it!

Recently, I’ve noticed that my style is leaning more toward shojo manga vibes.

Challenges I Faced

  • It’s hard to keep the outfits consistent.
  • When I add "passion" to the prompt, things literally catch fire.
  • When I specify "lipstick," the men’s lips turn red too.

When you want to convey movement and energy, composition becomes really important. Even switching the positions of the characters from left to right can make a huge difference in the overall impression.

That’s it for today!

Model

anima_pencil-XL - v5.0.0 | Stable Diffusion XL Checkpoint | Civitai