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Comment · 2 years ago
where are you building them? How much does it cost to build?
Comment · 2 years ago
Thank youuu we’ll definitely do!
Comment · 2 years ago
You can use it for free and I can give you unlimited usage, although not licensing for now! Didn't see your email. Send me an email at [email protected]
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm a woman and ex-creator on an app like this. AI matters as a productivity tool as all content platforms struggle with getting more content, but yes there's a bunch of other important things
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for the insightful comment. All the above is true! C.C is an artist we recruited from a Chinese manhua app. We're reproducing and repackaging some killer tropes in Asian markets for the west
Comment · 2 years ago
contact info & identifiers, same as most apps (tiktok, instagram etc)
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
we actually removed most of the tracking because they're not necessary, should be updated in a new release
Comment · 2 years ago
Thank you for checking out the app - more will be there! We thought we'd launch early and learn what people like before committing to too many projects
Comment · 2 years ago
It’s webcomic romance stories. And the-billionaire-spends-all-his-money-on-me romance is a popular trope, out of others. There’s long been a market for this for late night binge read. 50 shades of gray also came out of this market. It is a bit different from the Pulitzer and NYT bestsellers.

You might also underestimate how many of your favorite writers ghostwrite stories like this for a side income.

Comment · 2 years ago
It’s a tool for human creators. The stories are written by writers we found from platforms like Wattpad, Kindle and Chapters. Then the art is made by artists using the AI Studio where they control the characters’ pose and facial expressions. That’s the production process.

So if this works, all creators get profit. It should enable more human creators to make money, since previously they couldn’t complete a finished product alone.

Comment · 2 years ago
G point - kinda did that for HN so people don't expect Marvel stuff, but might be overdone
Comment · 2 years ago
bit buzz wordy yes. The actual speed up is now 1 artist does what used to be 1 main artist + 1 line artist + 1 colorist + postprocessing. So they can make a nice finished product alone.
Comment · 2 years ago
Great point - thanks!! Yes, we should put better material out there.

The real value would be to help these creators make money from making comics, which is not known as the most money grabbing career, so the shortbread app site is consumer focused and like you said, should attract them to read the content

Comment · 2 years ago
We struggled quite a bit trying to create an attractive non-white male lead, and ended up with this face that was stable. In most stable diffusion models trained on OSS datasets, keywords like "middle-age African man" "30 year old Asian man" will deform the face and head shape somewhat

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