Keep it simple, stupid

Follow the rule of KISS, try to create something simplistic, minimalistic, and reductionistic.

They do not have to be line drawings like the example image, but they can be if you want.

Prompt for post image:

Rules

  1. Follow the community’s rules above all else

  2. One comment and image per user

  3. Embed image directly in the post (no external link)

  4. Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)

  5. At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid

    Prize Points
    Most upvoted +3 points
    Second most upvoted +1 point
    Theme is clear +1 point
    OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point
    Most original +1 point
    Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
    Prompt and workflow included +1 point

  6. Posts that are ex aequo (tied) will both get the points

  7. Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!

Past entries

  1. Dieselpunk
  2. Goosebump Book
  3. Deep Space Wonders
  4. Fairy Tales
  5. A New Sport
  6. Monsters are Back to School
  7. War and Peace
  8. Distant lands
  9. Unreal Cartoons
  10. Sustainable Ecumenopolis
  11. Masks
  12. Mascots
  13. Old Gods, New Jobs
  14. Winter Festivities
  15. High Tech, Low Life
  16. Character Limit
  17. Gatsby’s Jazz Hands
  18. Reel to Canvas
  19. Cruelly Cute Characters
  20. Retro Sci-Fi
  21. Get Your Bard On!
  22. Busy Bees: Animals with Jobs
  23. Mad Royalty
  • Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Copilot

    Prompt: create a sketchbook drawing of the great pyramid of giza. make it lightly drawn with black pencil only with short steady strokes of the pencil. make it look like a drawing on a notepad.

  • Trollivier@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Not as simplistic as I wanted. I tried loads of prompts and my instructions for simplistic, crude drawings, even stick figure drawings were all ignored. Here we go anyway.

    Here’s the prompt that generated this particular image.

    A charcoal cartoonish drawing of a tree holding a brush and a color palette in a forest. Next to the tree, there is an easel and a canvas with a portrait of Bob Ross.

  • Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Single line Kiss

    Prompt: draw a picture of a kissing lips symbol in the style of Picasso’s single line drawings. it should illustrate the KISS design principles (KISS = “Keep it simple, stupid”). the picture should follow the kiss principles itself and therefore should be very simple and straightforward.

    • Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Add on: something funny from the prompt history

      During the creation process, I went through several attempts, because in the beginning, the Image Creator did not really produce minimalist graphics.

      In one of the iterations, instead of creating another picture as prompted, Bing came up with a pun about “one-line drawing” which I screenshotted. I found it quite clever:

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Niji Journey: midjourney V6 model Prompt: A minimalist line drawing of a woman in a string bikini full body view, holding a tame pangolin, in the style of Aleksandra Gruszczyk

    A couple Bonus

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Sorry you didn’t win this time, but eye I enjoyed how despite being a detailed image the concept itself was simplistic and worked well. (If you shared your prompt you’d be able to a free point)

  • ItsAFake@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    minimalistic representation of a face smiling in the style of monochrome minimalism --v 6.0

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Congrats on coming third. I feel like it must have taken a fair few generations to get the dual imagery to work well.

  • M0oP0o@mander.xyzMEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Final prompt In the Bingilator: “Sailor moon drawn in a an etch-a-sketch the drawing is done with only one continuous line. one line that does not stop. Bing, THE LINE MUST NOT STOP OR LIFT OFF AS THAT IS HOW AN ETCH-A-SKETCH WORKS!” So many tries, so many.

    Bonus not in the running (I think the bingilator was making fun of me a bit):

    • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I’m split on that one. It’s amazing, and I really like the idea, but on the other hand you didn’t kept it simple, neither in term of artwork nor in term of prompt. Take my upvote anyway :)

      • M0oP0o@mander.xyzMEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I swear it started simple! I just wanted a little sketch, but I got upset…

  • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Not really sure what we’re supposed to here, so I went simple minimalist

    Prompt : A red circle over a gradient background, a filled half-circle represents a smile Model RealVisXL V3.0

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Sorry you didn’t win this time, and also sorry if I made the theme challenging for you. You did get the execution of the concept perfectly though!

  • Quexotic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Couldn’t get it to not do shading. Dall-e

    Prompt:A simple black and white line drawing of ‘Kilroy was here’, featuring the iconic long-nosed, bald-headed character peeking over a wall with just the fingers of his hands visible over the edge. The drawing should capture the essence of this World War II graffiti symbol in a minimalist style, focusing on clean lines and clear depiction of the character’s peeking gesture. The background should be plain to keep the attention on Kilroy.

    My actual prompt: Make me a Kilroy was here black and white line drawing. Keep it simple

  • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nzEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Keeping it KISS:

    Created in Bing (I even kept the prompt minimalistic): a minimalist black and white photo of the band Kiss

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Sorry you didn’t win this time. I like your literal interpretation of the theme however, and the bnw fits well with the band and the theme.

  • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Went back and forth with Bing experimenting with different styles and landed with something I liked.

    A pop art image done with lines only, depicting a serene moonlit night with auroras and permeating lines, with more surreal and minimalist style, more evocative than literal details

    Runner ups

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Sorry you didn’t win this time. I like how your final version feels like one of those scratchy-paper sheets that have the colour underneath, interesting style.