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Designing Characters With AI
You can use AI to design new characters — what they look like, what they wear, what their world is like..
Explorers · Creative AI · ~7 min read
Designing Characters With AI
You can use AI to design new characters — what they look like, what they wear, what their world is like.
Tell AI: 'Design a hero who is half-cat, half-wizard. Give her a name and a magic power.' AI does it.
Three things AI is good at for character design
- Coming up with creative looks
- Suggesting fun powers
- Mixing things you wouldn't think to mix
Key terms in this lesson
The big idea: AI is a brainstorm partner for designing characters. The character is still yours.
Practice this safely
Try this with a low-stakes example and a trusted adult nearby. The goal is to notice how AI talks about character design, not to let it make the decision for you.
- 1Ask AI to explain character design in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Designing Characters With AI" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check backstory against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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