AI and Character Design

One thing I have to do ASAP for my novel writing project is to figure out some character and plot ideas. I don’t already have a story in mind, and I haven’t figured out any characters. I haven’t even picked a genre, so I’m really starting from scratch here. I’d love to have at least a basic sketch of what kind of story I’m going to write by November 1st when NaNoWriMo officially starts. I can lean on past role-playing experience to help with some details of character design, but I also prefer to trust in the flow of inspiration and see where that leads. One idea that randomly popped into my mind a few days ago was to leverage AI for some character design creative inspiration. I thought it would be cool to generate some random faces with ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com as a creative tool. Since humans are such visual creatives, myself included, why not start with figuring out a character’s appearance first? While I could start with abstract qualities or other character traits, there’s something about starting with faces that appeals to me. Imagine if you assembled a gallery of pics of all of your main characters. That alone feels like progress. Yesterday I used that site to generate lots of random faces, and I saved about 100 of them. Some of the images are a bit deformed, but most look very realistic. Now and then I’ll see a face that makes me curious. Who is this person? What is their backstory? Might this becom...
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