Tutorial: How to get GPT image 2 to tell a story from start to finish by (more or less) using a single prompt

Hi Friends, This was one of the moments where I was really, really blown away by the capabilities of AI, or GPT Image 2, to be more specific. Generating "still" images is all fun, but sometimes we need to create a series of images that have a progression, for example for telling a story from start to finish. we need to add the "fourth dimension" to our images - time.

Usually, this is done by the user. you need to think up your story, flesh it out in detail, and then you try to truncate each part of the story into small segments, that could fit into one single prompt. and then you try to come up with the right prompt for each. For example: one prompt for creating an image of a character that walks to a spaceship, one prompt for lift-off... and so on.

But wouldn't it be nice if we could delegate this task to AI? And find a prompt that generates sequential images, without needing to change the prompt too much?

For this example, I want to create a futuristic pixel art short story. So I use this prompt:

"i am working on a short story in pixel art style. the story should have 7 pages. it should tell a sci fi story beginning on earth, explore strange and alien planets, and finally end on earth again. please generate page 1 out of 7 now."

Now all i need to do is to increment the number for each new image. by changing the last line to "please generate page 2 out of 7 now.", "please generate page 3 out of 7 now."... you get the point.

If somehow, an image that get's created does not fit too well, we can re-use the same prompt, until we are happy with it.

I am using Leonardo.Ai for this, and GPT Image 2 is one of the models they have available.

https://preview.redd.it/vvrmweg440ch1.jpg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0cd2cc87bd282d7b1ec7bd387a8280d7439b7f6

https://preview.redd.it/fkpv9pu440ch1.jpg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6782bbeb8cba33d34415a21b5e979b12e653ec1e

https://preview.redd.it/wifr527540ch1.jpg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1e49e7b6b8391d660db2077043e18f4daf21db0

https://preview.redd.it/6mruo0k540ch1.jpg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7cabcd4c49062dd57dae8dda74f3b981a329e59

https://preview.redd.it/jddg5gx540ch1.jpg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eee262d83ae2543537e4d74eddbd13b8faf741b2

https://preview.redd.it/focc9wd640ch1.jpg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97c19d90183b4631b71035b8aac39a964c42b600

https://preview.redd.it/c1k6gkp640ch1.jpg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4b931851db6d0455231ca2a97fc3ff2707f204c

Isn't this stunning? All these images were created by repeating the prompt, and just increasing the number each time. I did not change anything else with the prompt, nor did I add things, or more specifications. You could say some elements are slightly off and misalign a bit. Personally, I think the art style could be even more coherent. But this is just a test run, and with some tweaking, this problem could be solved, too.

And, once again, "there is more out there", and this technique can be enhanced and researched even more!