Recent AI Transforms Your Illustrations into Cosplayers

You are an illustrator struggling to gain recognition (we’re starting a bit dark today, huh), and you imagine the day you’ll have a fan base and maybe see your characters come to life in the real world with cosplayers dressing up as your creations.

Thanks to AI, it’s now possible to imagine that feeling (which probably leaves a hollow in your heart once you realize it’s all fake). AI allows you to take an illustration and create a version where a girl is cosplaying your character at an event like Comiket.

Recent AI Transforms Your Illustrations into Cosplayers

The result looks like this:

I must admit, it turned out very well, and if it weren’t for a few minor details, I wouldn’t even realize it was AI-generated. Here’s another example of an illustration brought to life in the same way:

The AI making this possible is called “Nano Banana”, and it’s quite fun to imagine your illustrations as cosplayers.

I think the fox one is the hardest to spot as AI-generated (at least for me). If I hadn’t known, I might have thought it was real.

Here are two more examples of cosplayer images generated with this AI:

The Japanese have embraced another evolution of generative AI in the industry.

• It’s impressive… especially the green shade of the skirt, which looks exactly like real fabric, the golden trim is very accurate, and the way it falls feels incredibly realistic… Hard to believe it was generated.

• Could there be anything Nano Banana can’t do…

• At first glance, you wouldn’t even notice it’s AI-made…

• Even the wig’s frizz was reproduced; the resolution is extremely high. I wish this part looked more “dreamy” (laughs).

• Incredible! So cute!

• Nano Banana truly has an impressive capability.

• If it can even create cosplay, all otakus will be thrilled.

• Now it’s impossible to tell… I thought it was a high-quality cosplay.

Scary, isn’t it? AI will only continue to evolve, and its creations will become more and more realistic.

via Otakomu