Okay, so I’ve been messing around with AI art generators lately, and it’s been a wild ride. I stumbled upon this idea to create tarot cards inspired by Salvador Dali, you know, the surrealist painter with the melting clocks? I thought, “This could be really cool or really weird,” and it turned out to be a bit of both!
First, I gathered some images of Dali’s work. I just wanted to get a good feel for his style – the dreamlike landscapes, the bizarre figures, all that good stuff. I spent a good hour just browsing, totally lost in his art.
Then, I fired up one of those AI image generators. There are a bunch of them out there, that I have been testing for some time.
The real trick was figuring out the right prompts. I started with something simple like, “tarot card, Dali style.” The results were… interesting. Some were kinda cool, with that signature Dali strangeness, but others were just a jumbled mess. It was clear I needed to be more specific.
So, I started experimenting. I added details like “The Fool tarot card, Salvador Dali style, melting clocks, desert landscape, elongated figures.” That helped a lot. The AI started to get the idea. I played around with different card names – The Lovers, The Hermit, The Star – and tweaked the prompts each time, trying to capture the essence of both the card and Dali’s style.
- Tried “surrealist tarot card, Dali influence, high contrast” – got some decent results, but a bit too abstract.
- Used “dreamlike tarot, inspired by Dali, fantastical creatures” – these were getting closer to what I imagined!
- Experimented with adding specific colors, like “deep blues and oranges, Dali-esque tarot card” – this made a big difference in the mood.
It was a lot of trial and error. I generated tons of images, and most of them were… well, let’s just say they weren’t quite tarot card material. But every now and then, I’d get one that was just perfect. It had that unmistakable Dali vibe, but it also felt like a genuine tarot card, with its own unique symbolism.
I even tried different aspect ratios. Settled on a more vertical, traditional tarot card shape, I generated the rest of the cards, iterating the prompts, until I got one good example.
Honestly, it’s still a work in progress. I’m not sure I’ll ever get a full deck that I’m completely happy with. But the process itself has been so much fun. It’s like collaborating with a crazy, unpredictable artist who lives inside my computer. And who knows, maybe one day I’ll have a complete set of Dali-inspired tarot cards that I can actually use!
