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Sunday, September 6, 2026

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.

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Isis: No Goddess is an Island AI Animation


...And @disney says they can't make a Black Disney Princess Movie. Made this scene with ChatGPT and Komiko AI. If only I had the money to make movies, you'd get movies like this featuring my characters. Or if I had better skills with AI.

Here's a AI scene adapted from the upcoming 2027 Isis series book Isis: No Goddess Is An Island. Set in 1910, it's a story about Isis' return to America to start her service to mankind. As she attends Spelman College, she's out to learn more about serving people as part of the New Heliopolitan gods. In this scene she's coming off the train with her new friend Alma, a Native American woman who she met on the train to Atlanta in New York. And she's wondering how they're gonna get to the Spelman campus.

Isis: No Goddess is an Island is coming in 2027. It's a flashback story about Egyptian gods, Black colleges, Black culture and giant killer robots. You don't want to miss this one. Model sheets coming soon!

 

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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Spinsterella AI Animation Invitation to the Party


Made with Komiko AI generator! 


A scene from my novel #Spinsterella Where she invites The Quiet Man to the Christmas Party from Chapter 4! Would you love to see a Spinsterella movie?

Get #Spinsterella here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013CXYEHG?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026




Used Komiko AI Animation to animate the scene where Matilda makes her debut as the Black Widow in Spellbound.

Check out the book where this scene is in on amazon.com


 

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Spinsterella AI Animation!


Spinsterella AI Animation!  If I made a Spinsterella Movie, This Is What It might look like!
This clip is from the scene in Spinsterella at the end of Chapter 16 where she's face to face with The Quiet Man...

Made With ChatGPT and Komiko Animation!



Check out the Goth N' Lovely Romance Spinsterella to see this scene come to life in your imagination! 


 

Sunday, August 9, 2026

ChatGPT Versions of SJS DIRECT Characters

 Had a little fun with ChatGPT making versions of SJS DIRECT Characters. Not an expert in AI, but these are pretty close to the descriptions of each character I present in my books. From these images, I could easily see these as frames for a movie or a TV Series!

First up is John Haynes. Looks just like I described him in the Morris Phillips Penthouse. Everything here fits the dark mood of John Haynes stories. Looking at this pic, I can see how people say John Haynes has a Buffy/Angel Vibe. It kinda feels like that show!

Next up is John Haynes and E'steem. This is how I imagined them going out for a night with John's car, The Deuce. Got to say live action E'steem looks HOT. I know The AI got the car wrong, it looks more like a 1970-1973 Deuce and a quarter, not a 1976 one, but it looks cool.

Next up is Isis. Got to say the Goddess next door is beautiful bubblin brown sugar in this pic! If she were on TV she'd look fantastic!

And, here's AI Spinsterella. This image of Matilda looks like it was RIPPED straight out of my imagination! It's like my words come to life She looks spook-Tacular.

Finally, here's Matilda as she first appeared as The Black Widow in Spellbound. She looks just like a frame from a Spellbound movie.

Now I'm no fan of AI, and I wouldn't use it for covers or anything commercial. I look to support indie artists when it comes to my commercial projects. But it was just fun to see what my characters would look like if they were given a chance to come to life. And from the looks of things many of my concepts would work well if they were translated to the screen for a live-action version.