Pep Pereza communicator from Cuenca, used his knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) to create unique characters, inspired by different cities in Ecuador. The images were created with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that allows users to create images from textual descriptions.

His creations show the characters, who could appear in series or films, with the background of the city he represents. The artistic work is the second performed by this communicator, he had done other villain themed arts before, These went viral on social media.

Midjourney has been working on improving its algorithms and releases new versions every few months. Version 2 of their algorithm was released in April 2022 and version 3 in July. The alpha version of version 4 was released to users on November 10, 2022. Artists and hobbyists will be able to create better designs every time.

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Pérez notes that while this program is an image generator, the instructions he enters to generate it are up to the user. You must provide a descriptive text of what you want to create and additional parameters such as style, quality, size, possibly based on an artist, etc.

Ecuadorian cities

Guayaquil. Photo: Pepe Perez

Guayaquil is depicted as a woman dressed in purple, with a costume very similar to the DC Comics superheroine, Batgirl.

Latacunga. Photo: Pepe Perez
beaks. Photo: Pepe Perez
Riobamba. Photo: Pepe Perez
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. Photo: Pepe Perez
Ambato. Photo: Pepe Perez
Portoviejo. Photo: Pepe Perez
Machala. Photo: Pepe Perez