Medusa turning to stone, ChatGPT4.
This was my first experiment in using chat GPT 4 to generate images.

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I want to test the limits of your image generation. I want an image of Medusa and the soldier that killed her. But I want the focus all on Medusa. I want the camera view behind Medusa over her shoulder looking down towards the shield so that we only see Medusa’s face through the reflection on the shield. Her reflection should show extreme fear and the parcel transformation into a statue

Chat GPT: Here is the image based on your request. It captures Medusa’s reflection in a shield, showing her expression of extreme fear and her partial transformation into a statue.

Who is the hero that killed Medusa?

The hero who killed Medusa in Greek mythology is Perseus. He was able to defeat Medusa, one of the three Gorgon sisters, by using a mirrored shield given to him by the goddess Athena, which allowed him to avoid Medusa’s gaze that could turn people to stone. Perseus beheaded Medusa while she was asleep and later used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon in subsequent adventures.

In your image it looks like she is holding up a mirror even though it is obviously a male hand in the picture, but it is a mirror and not a shield. I want to see the shield as a shield but see the reflection in the shield because the reflection is mirror like but it still needs to look like a shield. Her face also looks very masculine in the image you have provided. I need a very feminine, very beautiful but terrifying monster with snakes in her hair but at the same time very beautiful and feminine

Here is the revised image, focusing on Medusa as seen in the reflection of a traditional warrior’s shield. The image combines elements of femininity, beauty, and terror, with Medusa’s snake hair depicted in a menacing yet elegant manner. Her face reflects fear and the beginning of her transformation into stone.

I like the layout of the image but I want some improvements. I want her facial expression and frozen in two different states of fear. One state of fear is where her face is completely transformed into marble and it shows fear, the other part of her face that is still alive shows an even wilder greater expression of fear with a single glowing red eyeball. Part of the snakes in her hair seem marbleized in contorted expressions. The other parts of her hair are wild and riving with glowing red eyes in the snakes in her hair.

The updated image now features Medusa with a more complex emotional state reflected in the shield. It captures the contrast between the marbleized and living parts of her face and hair, with distinct expressions of fear and glowing red elements.

I want the camera pulled further back so we see more of her shoulders, I want the part of her that is still alive to be flesh, colored and alive with a vivid expression of fear and pain and her struggle to live while she knows she is in the immediate process of dying.

The latest image provides a wider view of Medusa, showcasing her struggle between life and impending doom. Her living flesh is depicted with vivid expressions of fear and pain, contrasting with the marbleized parts of her face and hair. The shield’s reflection captures this dramatic transformation.

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I like what you’ve done but once again you’ve depicted a man instead of Medusa. Got to make sure she’s feminine and attractive but at the same time a monster.

The updated image emphasizes Medusa’s femininity and attractiveness, while also highlighting her monstrous nature. It captures her fear, pain, and struggle, along with the contrasting states of her transformation.

I like what you’ve done but I want some fear. I want her screaming. But part of her face frozen in an earlier part of the screen. Like you have her need to be a very beautiful woman that would drive men to kiss her even if her hair was snakes. Beautiful eyes with dilated pupils in the style of a snake.

The latest image captures Medusa in a moment of intense fear, depicted as a beautiful woman screaming, with part of her face frozen in an earlier stage of the scream. Her eyes are detailed with snake-like dilated pupils, enhancing her allure and monstrous nature. The reflection in the shield vividly conveys this dynamic and tragic transformation.

Okay, I want to see what you’ve shown me, but I want to see it in the reflection viewing it from over her shoulder as I originally described the first time around

Give me a storyboard of three images telling this idea in a consecutive manner. Generate each picture. And don’t try to generate the next one until you successfully generated one before it

The final image of the storyboard captures the aftermath of Medusa’s defeat, showing her complete transformation into stone as reflected in Perseus’s shield. Her petrified state immortalizes her last moments of terror.