Batman with Gargoyle Statue
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image + minor human finishes]
MUMBLINGS about whatever happens to trip-my-trigger this week. This might cover books, horror movies, new music I have discovered, photo edits, tweaking panel art from a graphic novel, technical tips for your PC/mobile devices, or any other random topic.
Batman with Gargoyle Statue
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image + minor human finishes]
Does anyone remember the late 1970s/early 1980s, when you watched reruns of Super Friends on TV and then made your own LEGO sets to go with it?
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image, rest of human work within Affinity for fixing the instruction manual, adding the four LEGO set characters, adding laser beams to Superman, adding the fire from the table, and adding The Flash running so fast we see him blurred across the screen. Additional background cleanups as needed.]
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Statues of Red Tornado, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman.
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image + human finishes for logos, water bubbles, lighting, and background mergers]
I created a possible YouTube intro screen for Pete Bickford's (mostly) weekly ComicBaseTV livestream channel. Pete is even wearing Roddy Piper's clothes from the cult classic THEY LIVE movie.
[Workflow: Nano banana for helping provide elements to expand the poster, then everything else done by hand in Affinity for fonts, face mapping, poster merge, etc.]
Snapple Real Facts Illustrated #49 - Despite its hump, a camel has a straight spine.
[Workflow: Prompt experimentation using Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the basic illustration. Lots of Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer activity to create the magazine layout, created logo, date/issue masthead Fx, designed beaker wallpaper, the future is fruity emblem, etc.]
I created another variant splash loading page for the new ComicBase 2026 that features two young kids dressed up for Halloween.
[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the base look. I then imported it into Affinity Photo to finish the store logo, added an octo-creature, fixed other background elements, and I also used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some flow as needed.]
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splasher loader as seen during ComicBase startup |
Charlie Brown in 3D was created while in a Slack discussion forum with Robbie Weinberg.
[Workflow: I fed Peanuts sample art into Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create a 3D version. I then imported it into Affinity Photo to clean up a few issues found while creating the background elements (poster, toys, etc), and I also used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some elements of the image flow as needed.]
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trade dressed image (currently unused in CB2026) |
Created another variant splash loading page for the new ComicBase 2026 that features the Metropolis robot girl (Maria aka Maschinenmensch) with a romance comic book. This splash loader is currently unused.
[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the base look. I then imported it into Affinity Photo, finalized background elements (books, poster, sky, etc), and I also used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some flow as needed.]
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trade dressed image (currently unused in CB2026) |
Black Canary (Dinah Lance) Statue
[Workflow: Nano banana prompts for base image, rest of human work within Affinity for making 3D logo, and other minor fixes.]
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Superman and Krypto Kenner action toys sitting on a bookshelf
[Workflow: Nano banana prompts for base image, rest of human work within Affinity for minor fixes on this simple artwork.]
Hi-rez image link [2160px tall]