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The Artist Spotlight is your inside look into the influences, collaborations and prompts that drive the NightCafe community.

We catch up with some of our most original creators to find what inspires them, who their favorite creators are, and how they use image generator algorithms as part of their work.

NC: WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR WORK?

In the terms of "what", two of the most complete opposites one could have — lovely beautiful magical fantasy landscapes, and apocalyptic Lovecraftian Horror. 

In terms of "why": boredom and too much time to my thoughts.

NC: MOST UNDERRATED ARTIST ON NIGHTCAFE?

There are several I've come across while surfing the Explore page, but the first one that comes to mind is /u/creativeseed. They make some awesome things and seem to experiment with a lot of styles.

NC: PROMPT THAT MOST SURPRISED YOU?

Those I use for my cosmic landscapes in Coherent. The combo of colorful, dream-like vistas makes for a beautiful mess.

NC: ANY TIPS FOR PROMPT WRITING?

Honestly, I'm not great at prompts. I don't use a lot of different ones, mainly combining a few regular go-to's.  

If you have an idea of what you are wanting to make, just remember to include details of the mood and style you are wanting to get across. 

In all my Lovecraftian works I make sure it has "hyperdetailed" and "Sinister & Dark color" to set the mood and look of the image. 

Also, the order of the prompts can drastically change the output image.

NC: WHAT LED YOU TO USING NIGHTCAFE?

I wanted to know what my username would look like to an AI.

I came across NightCafé by luck and saw how easy it was to use. I started to make things using Coherent, and it spiraled out from there. 

I started by making some of the most random things at first, then trying to make landscapes, then more apocalyptic landscapes. 

It's fun when you're a chaos monkey like me and start trying to make random things just because.