Theme

This week’s theme is Retro Sci-Fi!
Specifically any science fiction from the 40’s - 60’s. It’s all about clunky robots, giant computers with dials, ray guns, and all the other old cheesy sci-fi tropes you can think of :)
There’s a bonus point if the image matches the media of that era, for example by including cheap effects, obvious costumes, blurry film or anything else you can think of.

Prompt for post image:

a 50s cinemascope movie still of a clunky robot with an blinking lights on it's chest, in a fake looking space ship, a pilot is flying the ship, scene is shot with 8mm film --ar 16:9 --v 6.0
The image turned out better than how I intended :)

Rules

  1. Follow the community’s rules above all else

  2. One comment and image per user

  3. Embed image directly in the post (no external link)

  4. Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)

  5. At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid

    Prize Points
    Most upvoted +3 points
    Second most upvoted +1 point
    Theme is clear +1 point
    OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point
    Most original +1 point
    Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
    Prompt and workflow included +1 point
    NEW Era appropriate effects +1 point

  6. Posts that are ex aequo (tied) will both get the points

  7. Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!

Past entries

  1. Dieselpunk
  2. Goosebump Book
  3. Deep Space Wonders
  4. Fairy Tales
  5. A New Sport
  6. Monsters are Back to School
  7. War and Peace
  8. Distant lands
  9. Unreal Cartoons
  10. Sustainable Ecumenopolis
  11. Masks
  12. Mascots
  13. Old Gods, New Jobs
  14. Winter Festivities
  15. High Tech, Low Life
  16. Character Limit
  17. Gatsby’s Jazz Hands
  18. Reel to Canvas
  19. Cruelly Cute Characters

This round’s winners:

Place Winner Points
1 @[email protected] 6
2 @[email protected] 5
2 @[email protected] 5
3 @[email protected] 4
3 @[email protected] 4
  • ϻеƌųʂɑ@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    71·
    10 months ago

    “Private iDetective” starring ai-Rick Rossum and Veronica Lake.

    I tried oh-so hard to get it with text, but I haven’t secured a contract with that particular demon yet… curses Midjourney

    spoiler

    "Private iDetective" film poster starring veronica lake, and a robot sidekick. in the style of sci-fi noir, graffiti-inspired illustrations, film noir, golden age, retro-futuristic, 1940s-1950s, medium shot, balanced, three-point lighting, high-key lighting --ar 24:36

    I added my own quick title just for fun afterwards

    spoiler

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      That looks really good! Too bad about the title, but I can definitely relate. I’ve been too often in the situation where the image is perfect but the text is wrong, or the other way around.
      Best you can do is to increase the stylize for a higher chance at an accurate text, but then you’ll lose out on the style you’re trying to emulate.

      I think you made the right choice with adding it in by hand :)

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago
      Category Points
      Theme is clear +1
      Workflow included +1
      Era approriate effects +1
      Total 3 points

      Again, too bad about the text. Still, I really like the style of your image. It’s very refined.
      Next time just add the text in by hand, I’m pretty sure some light post-processing is allowed. Especially if you are honest with it up front.