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did this go on short haitus or something? Cause its been close to a month since the last update with nothing said. Just curious cause this was very consistent for the longest time then started to hit random intervals of posting and now its been as i said about a month since the last update.

That updated image does seem like a vast improvement over the old one. Looking at it I'm really curious about the model and process involved, and I wonder how well faces and varied expressions would turn out, as another mentioned. Personally I've always been a bit baffled by the degree of general animosity towards gen AI when I see so much potential for niche and even personalized content being released significantly more often than it otherwise would be, across all types of media, but figured most people would come around once the output progressed to being undeniably as good or better than most traditionally made content. I've experimented on and off with LLMs and image generators mostly just to periodically get a sense of the pace of improvements in their capability, and I've grown increasingly convinced that they will get there eventually, but the wait for them to get good enough for my taste has been excruciating. I wasn't sure there was anything that I would consider ready for this sort of project at this point. There's also the obvious annoyance of tiptoeing around guardrails in the censored corporate models to consider, and that's another thing that has me curious about the process behind this output. Also, I'm not normally one to comment on this sort of thing publicly, but the fact that I see almost nobody voicing my perspective on this openly for the past few years has kind of made me feel like either I'm taking crazy pills or most everyone else is .

When the site loads, I briefly see some blue text. What is that for? Am I supposed to see it?
It reads:
"Poster for Lessirova, a multipath story. A nude woman stands with her back to the viewer on a coastal rock ledge, both arms raised, facing a sunset over the Pacific. The lettering reads: Lessirova, A Multipath Story, Coming 2026. Script and code by Daphne, art by Zen. mindcontrolcomics.com"

It's the alt text. It's for search engine indexing and screen readers. Basic part of the web. Some browsers display it while the image is loading.

When the site loads, I briefly see some blue text. What is that for? Am I supposed to see it?
It reads:
"Poster for Lessirova, a multipath story. A nude woman stands with her back to the viewer on a coastal rock ledge, both arms raised, facing a sunset over the Pacific. The lettering reads: Lessirova, A Multipath Story, Coming 2026. Script and code by Daphne, art by Zen. mindcontrolcomics.com"

I've updated the Lessirova Coming Soon page with an example of what the art might look like.

As somebody who said "I only object to AI images if they look like AI images to me" my response to this sample art is "I dunno."  There's a lot of ways to get a face wrong, not to mention a series of images of the same face with different expressions. Not to mention constructed objects and locations, buildings and furniture and such that need to look correct. This piece here I find unobjectionable (I completely respect the opinions of those who disagree) but it doesn't totally sell me on the concept.

I can definitely see the appeal of wanting to be able to use AI images as they are/were sold to us, for a project like this. Lots of pictures of women in various outfits, various poses, various sex acts, various expressions, and the AI generating a bank of twelve options to choose from in moments instead of an actual flesh-and-blood artist with other priorities doing their best to get back to you before the end of the month. There doesn't seem to be a large pool of artists whose work this would be replacing, the opposite in fact. Maybe this type of software will be capable of doing it, maybe soon, maybe it already is? Maybe it's a technological dead end and any attempt to improve issues inevitably worsens other issues. I dunno!

I've updated the Lessirova Coming Soon page with an example of what the art might look like.

This is much better than the old one.

im not against ai but also not for it. Like others have said im ok if it is used as a place holder and replaced later. Im also in favor of the idea benhur over said.

Would people be willing to have things like... idk just lineart and it gets colored later kinda deal? I understand thats a less finished product but I dont need it to be a full color spread to find it enticing. Take a page out of the Manga industry standards? I suppose thats a poor comparison as they are razor thin profit margins.

Yeah, totally agree. It’s pretty much the same thing RawlyRawls does. They put out the text version first, then the sketch, and finally the fully illustrated comic.
Not only does that give you extra content to enjoy, but it also works like progress updates on the project, which is always a big plus for me. I love getting as much info as possible about any ongoing project I’m into.

I've updated the Lessirova Coming Soon page with an example of what the art might look like.

My opinion of AI imagery is that Pandoras box has been opened and not making use of the technology is a fruitless resistance. The artists that were gonna be fucked by it, have been, and so long as people are responsible with it moving forward it greatly diminishes the negative stigma associated with it. That said... I would still prefer no art and inserting human made artwork later over the use of AI at all, even for temporary imagery.

It feels sad that despite years of direct financial support to this site it's still not enough to fund such a project properly.

Would people be willing to have things like... idk just lineart and it gets colored later kinda deal? I understand thats a less finished product but I dont need it to be a full color spread to find it enticing. Take a page out of the Manga industry standards? I suppose thats a poor comparison as they are razor thin profit margins.

Just my two cents