CHATGPT's Take on SJS DIRECT Morgan Le Fay

 Asked ChatGPT to help me design the SJS Direct version of Arthurian antagonist Morgan Le Fay. This is what it thought she looked like.

Wanted to go for a more contemporary look for the medieval sorceress. A simple green dress and pointed ears. With Morgan being part faerie, I wanted something that would make her visually distinct in a contemporary setting.

My take on Morgan Le Fay was supposed to be based on British actress Elizabeth Hurley. I loved her work in Austin Powers and Bedazzled and thought she’d be perfect for the voice and visual design for Morgan Le Fay. And Elizabeth Hurley Vs. Salli Richardson-Whitfield was a catfight most guys dreamed of watching in a movie.

Morgan Le Fay made her debut in E’steem: Faerie Tale in 2013. And in that story Morgan Le Fay sought out revenge on E’steem by going after John Haynes. That story chronicled how E’steem crippled Morgan Le Fay in a Sorceress’ duel and that put her on a road to look for revenge in a story that was filled with medieval action, adventure and a little jiggle.

I had plans for Morgan Le Fay to come back in another E’steem story. E’steem: Magical Murder Mystery was a book I planned to write years ago. But I didn’t feel I was capable of writing another mystery after Isis: All About the Goddess in 2013. However, I decided to take the risk and wrote it last year. However, as I was writing that story, the story was feeling like more of a John Haynes story. Morgan was working for Morris Phillips and John was dealing with Morgan and Lucretia Dracula as he found out who killed Gordon Razzy, the host of the Morris Phillips livestream show.

The fun thing about having a universe is that when a villain’s story doesn’t fit in one lead characters’ book you can follow up that villan’s story in another characters’ books and possibly make new readers for that series.  For example, Lucretia Dracula made her first appearance in Isis: Escape from Transylvania. And her follow up story in E’steem: Horror in the Hamptons sold well. I’m hoping Morgan’s appearance will lead to some sales on John Haynes books and E’steem: Faerie Tale the way it did for Horror in the Hamptons.

John Haynes: Magical Murder Mystery will be out hopefully in spring of 2027. In the middle of final edits on that story and conceptualizing the cover right now! 

CHATGPT Lady Diabolique from Spellbound

Having more fun with CHATGPT creating AI SJS DIRECT Characters. This time I’m rendering Matilda’s best friend Olivia Cherry, also known as Lady Diabolique from Spellbound. Lady Diabolique is the Black Goth attending Columbia University who inspired Matilda to become the Black Widow.

When I was writing Spellbound I imagined Lady Diabolique as a Gothed up version of Sondra Huxtable from the Cosby Show with Siouxsie Sioux makeup. This what she’d look like if she were a live action character in 1989!

And here's a picture of an older Matilda and Lady Diabolique on the Columbia campus!

ChatGPT Lucifer & E'steem From The Temptation of John Haynes

 Having a bit more fun with CHATGPT and decided to make some AI renderings of what a live action Lucifer and E'steem from The Temptation of John Haynes. If I made a Temptation of John Haynes movie this is exactly what they'd look like in the library scenes at the beginning of the novel!

Got to say their designs look devilishly good! As bad guys they have great visual design and really POP. I think they'd really get people's attention onscreen. 

What ChatGPT thinks Lucifer Would Look Like in The Temptation of John Haynes

 

creating more designs of SJS DIRECT Characters with ChatGPT. This time decided to see what Lucifer from The Temptation of John Haynes would look like.

Actor Keith David was the inspiration for Lucifer. I always heard his baritone voice every time I wrote his narration and dialogue in the novel and the John Haynes books. And I thought his burly frame give him a powerful presence. With him being a Juliard trained actor, I always thought he would give a great performance as The Devil seeking to take John Haynes' soul in a Temptation of John Haynes movie.

This image from ChatGPT is literally ripped from my imagination! It's exactly like I'd draw the character if I could draw. 

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Isis: No Goddess Is An Island AI Concept Art made with ChatGPT

 Roughing out some character designs for Isis: No Goddess is an Island with AI.

Decided to use CHATGPT to do some concept art for my upcoming 2027 book Isis: No Goddess is an Island. Normally I’d be drawing out these concepts. However, I can’t draw that well. And with this story being set in 1910, I don’t have that great a handle on drawing clothes from the Gilded Age.

Now I’ve been writing my stories for over 35 years without any digital assistance. It comes straight from my head. But I got some digital assistance for this art so I can draw out my own concept art. With this being a different kind of Princess story I decided to do the art in a Disney Animated style.

First up is a concept of 1910 era Isis. The goddess is dressed in a custom-tailored walking suit and hat in her favorite color of periwinkle. In her mortal alias as Andrea Thomas Robinson, she’s a freshman college student on Spelman’s campus. She’s working under the cover a Black woman from a wealthy Black Bourgeoise family. As she begins her service to mankind as a goddess she’s looking to learn about life as a Negro woman and the struggles of Negro people.

Next up is a concept of Isis’ best friend Alma Blackfoot. A well-educated Native American woman from New York’s Iroquois nation, A Chieftain's Daughter, (what White people would call an Indian Princess) Alma speaks the king’s English but is proud of her tribal heritage. Alma meets Isis on the train ride to Spelman College. There they talk about the plights of the Negro and Native Americans during Jim Crow and their plans to help their people as they get their educations.

For Alma’s design I wanted to go for a working class look. So she’s wearing a black walking suit and a black hat. I wanted the hat to pay tribute to the late Tom Laughlin’s Billy Jack, and her demeanor and presence to pay homage to that character in the design.

Now a Princess movie wouldn't be complete without a prince. And the perfect prince for a Spelman woman is a Morehouse Man. A descendant of slaves and the son of a sharecropper Earl Travis is the first one to go to college. As a freshman student at Morehouse, Earl is a working class Black man who is dressed for his future success. He's ready to move past a life of backbreaking work on the plantation to building a better life for himself as he goes out on his own. Could a relationship with Isis be in that future?

For Earl's design I wanted to show him as a young handsome working class man in his best suit. Wanted to show how many Black men in that time looked their best doing work about town.

Following that is a concept of the girls together as they stand outside of the Atlanta Train station waiting to go to the Spelman Campus. How will they get to the college? You’ll have to read Isis: No Goddess Is an Island in 2027!

Like E’steem: The Sands of Time, Isis: No Goddess Is an Island is a different kind of Princess story. Egyptian Gods, Black History, Black College life, and big Black killer robots named LEON come together for a fun story featuring the Goddess next door in the Gilded Age.