AIs like Dall-E, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney makes it possible to create close to photorealistic images of people.
The better you are at describing the image you want to see, the closer the image is to your inner vision of what you'd like to see.
This means that it is now possible to generate an image of your inner dream girl for free or for a relatively low price.
I have been testing out Midjourney version 5 for a day or so, and is impressed with the results. Midjourney can now produce images that are nearly photorealistic, or – if you prefer – art inspired paintings and drawings.
It is possible to make images where people change gender, although you have to work a bit harder to make that work.
Monika: Your YouTube vlog attracted almost 150 thousand subscribers. What inspired you to create the Miss Mako persona?
Erika: Oh, that’s a story from a long long time ago. When I was little and suffering from gender dysphoria… I was transfixed by fantasy stories of men transforming into women.I used to write stories and draw comics of this when I was a little kid and kept doing it when I became a teenager. It was when the internet came around in the mid-1990s that I found a website called The Transformation Graphics & Story Archive. It was the first time I found similar people like myself doing some of the same stories and art. To not use my real name at the time I picked the handle of MAKO (after my love of sharks).
Everyone had a handle then. I started to gain a bit of an underground following. I was pushing myself to do these stories in different mediums. So I started to do my own animated shorts. Comics. Live-action shorts culminating in a live-action feature called, “Paradox Alice”. I was asked to start my own YouTube Channel and I did so in 2006. I also started to do my own Vlogs and you can see me pre and post-transition on those.
Over the years… more and more people followed me. And many suffering from gender dysphoria from around the world and sharing their stories with me. I changed my handle to MISS MAKO after I transitioned. I don’t nearly post much on the channel anymore. As again… I’m trying to have a better balance of being able to enjoy life as much as I can now.
Miss Mako is using her experience from making MTF transformation movies to editing Disney movies!
Over at Crossdream Life Megan describes how you can use Faceapp and Remini to create an animated photo of the way you would look as "the other gender".
The implementation of Artificial Intelligence has made the new crop of smart phone apps so much better at manipulating photos and animations.
All you need is a clear photo of yourself (preferably your younger self), a smartphone and the apps.
In the forthcoming DC Pride anthology queer writers will write queer stories about queer superheroes.
Den of Geek explains that Lore, a non-binary artist with ADHD, has made a comic featuring the non-binary Flash of Earth 11.
Rosie Knight writes:
It was also the chance for Lore to tell a story about a non-binary hero who wasn’t defined by their appearance. That was something Lore could relate to as a non-binary person who loves makeup and colors but was worried about not being percieved as non-binary due to the connotation of those things being “femme.”
Freaky is a new gender bending body swap movie where Vince Vaughn, playing a psychotic mass murderer, swaps bodies with a high school girl played by Kathryn Newton.
The reviews are mixed, but many seem to find this horror slasher comedy worth watching. I have not seen it yet.
"Freaky" is a fun, frisky, and nostalgic ride that delivers laughs, various inventively bloody kills, and on occasion, even some 21st-century-appropriate observations on gender norms and sexuality. Just don’t expect to be surprised a great deal by it.
