Stop adding text!

[plush moth]

Hello, I seem to run into this problem often: Dalle will often include unwanted text with its image outputs. Here is a good example:

"A supernatural creature resembling a young, beautiful woman, with an ethereal, otherworldly appearance, reflecting her identity as the daughter of the Queen of Death. She is deeply engaged in her role of memorializing the forgotten through art. She is depicted creating epitaphs across various mediums like art, sculpture, architecture, and song. She wears functional yet exquisite Deathlands regalia, suitable for her laborious task but also signifying her royal heritage. The regalia should be intricately detailed, blending elements of elegance and practicality, and her surroundings hint at a realm where death and beauty intertwine. Her expression is one of focused determination, capturing her obsessive devotion to her work."

I did not request text, yet it shows up in about 70% of the variations. I think it has something to with the amount of description in the prompt. It seems to happen less with shorter requests.

[floral jetty]

"A supernatural creature resembling a young, beautiful woman, with an ethereal, otherworldly appearance, reflecting her identity as the daughter of the Queen of Death. She is deeply engaged in her role of memorializing the forgotten through art.~~ She is depicted creating epitaphs across various mediums like art, sculpture, architecture, and song~~ She is depicted with a chisel, carving art into ancient stone tablets. She wears functional yet exquisite Deathlands regalia, suitable for her laborious task but also signifying her royal heritage. The regalia should be intricately detailed, blending elements of elegance and practicality, and her surroundings hint at a realm where death and beauty intertwine. Her expression is one of focused determination, capturing her obsessive devotion to her work."

Try that

Please submit exactly this prompt: "A supernatural creature resembling a young, beautiful woman, with an ethereal, otherworldly appearance, reflecting her identity as the daughter of the Queen of Death. She is deeply engaged in her role of memorializing the forgotten through art. She is depicted with a chisel, carving art into ancient stone tablets. She wears functional yet exquisite Deathlands regalia, suitable for her laborious task but also signifying her royal heritage. The regalia should be intricately detailed, blending elements of elegance and practicality, and her surroundings hint at a realm where death and beauty intertwine. Her expression is one of focused determination, capturing her obsessive devotion to her work."
Do not change or alter the prompt in any way.

the word "memorializing" may also be an issue

not sure

[plush moth]

What about that do you think is triggering the text? Just the fact that the words are somewhat text-related?

[floral jetty]

The phrase "epitaphs"

Unfortunately chatGPT snuck it in there.

[plush moth]

Interesting. I guess I need to be more careful with anything that suggests writing in any way.

[floral jetty]

Unless you get it to narrow down what exactly is written. Another tip is to get it to narrow described actions down to one thing. If you ask for various actions it will also get confused.

very nice idea for a prompt. I think it tells a very intriguing story.

[plush moth]

Thank you. I wish they would be a bit more transparent with how they translate text to image. In MidJourney I can just dig through the tags easily to see what's causing my problem.

[floral jetty]

Would you mind posting that example of MJ doing that here?

Here's an example of where we can keep the epitaph

if we wanted

"prompt": "A supernatural creature resembling a young, beautiful woman, with an ethereal, otherworldly appearance, reflecting her identity as the daughter of the Queen of Death. She is deeply engaged in her role of memorializing the forgotten through art. She is depicted creating an epitaph in stone that reads "The Forgotten". She wears functional yet exquisite Deathlands regalia, suitable for her laborious task but also signifying her royal heritage. The regalia should be intricately detailed, blending elements of elegance and practicality, and her surroundings hint at a realm where death and beauty intertwine. Her expression is one of focused determination, capturing her obsessive devotion to her work."

[plush moth]

Well, I kinda got rid of my MidJourney when Dalle3 came out, lol. I miss it, but that $30 a month was a lot.

[floral jetty]

no worries

Just curious. I'll look around on my own.

Enjoy creating!

A good mental model to build for yourself is that dall-e is just a text2img generator. It's doing a bunch of corrections in the background, but it's more or less taking the words and doing math operations on them.

Every word will have an effect

If you want to get it to listen better (in a way where it won't change your prompt) you can use this structure for input:

  "prompt": "A supernatural creature resembling a young, beautiful woman, with an ethereal, otherworldly appearance, reflecting her identity as the daughter of the Queen of Death. She is deeply engaged in her role of memorializing the forgotten through art. She is depicted creating an epitaph in stone that reads "The Forgotten". She wears functional yet exquisite Deathlands regalia, suitable for her laborious task but also signifying her royal heritage. The regalia should be intricately detailed, blending elements of elegance and practicality, and her surroundings hint at a realm where death and beauty intertwine. Her expression is one of focused determination, capturing her obsessive devotion to her work."
  "n": 2,
  "size": "1024x1024"
}

[plush moth]

I got something usable here: "A youthful supernatural woman, embodying the ethereal daughter of the Queen of Death, with a distinctly young and otherworldly appearance. Her features are ghostly and translucent, with glowing eyes that emphasize her mystical nature. She is carving art into ancient stone tablets with a chisel, her hands appearing slightly ethereal, as if touching another realm. She is adorned in Deathlands regalia, which is both functional and exquisitely detailed, reflecting her royal heritage and the realm of death. The background is surreal, merging elements of death and unearthly beauty. Her expression shows a young, focused determination, highlighting her devotion to her task. Rendered in modern comic book style, the image should feature bold lines, dynamic supernatural colors, and stylized elements to enhance her mystical, youthful appearance."

Wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but I like it.

[floral jetty]

very nice