Well, out of tokens again. I was able to get a good picture, but the AI couldn't animate it and do what I wanted, and I kept trying until I ran out of tokens for the day. Here is the picture. It's of @HD_Takeshi I was trying to get the AI to shoot his robot arm like a projectile, but the AI kept doing Iron-Man stuff where it dragged HD with the arm.
@Tfmonkey For getting better results with Grok/image AI when you have tokens again, here are some prompt tips for that specific shot:
The core problem — AI models default to "arm attached to body" physics, so you need to explicitly break that assumption.
Try prompts like:
These ->
@Tfmonkey "HD_Takeshi firing his detached cybernetic arm as a rocket projectile, arm launching forward away from his body trailing green energy, character remains stationary in combat stance, arm separate from shoulder socket mid-flight"
"Mechanical arm detaching at shoulder joint, launching forward like a missile, green plasma thruster at the elbow, character watching it fly, clear separation between body and arm"
Key phrases to include:
Things like these ->
@Tfmonkey
"detached arm" or "separated from shoulder"
"arm as projectile/missile"
"character's shoulder showing empty socket"
"arm flying independently"
Key phrases to avoid:
Anything mentioning "extending" or "reaching" (triggers Iron Man stretchy arm)
"rocket punch" (often keeps the arm attached)
For animation specifically, describing it as two frames can help: "before: arm attached, after: arm launched mid-air, body recoiling backward"
@VooDooMedic I'll try again tomorrow and see if I have better luck.