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4-panel black and white noir comic following detective Philip Marlowe… — AI art by @DavidP

@DavidP · 7/28/2026

Entry in the Storytelling #01 theme on BudgetPixel.

**Marlowe cracks the case** --- QT: Storytelling Images - @EternaSky - https://budgetpixel.com/p/64953 --- Followed the brief and the prompt included no details, just enough to try and achieve some continuity from image to image

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DavidP

tvm. Have been thinking about a nior story. Time the challenge. And if I do I will take control to make it all flow better. But like the Davydos blogs in the Zone it takes so much time to do properly

DavidP

tvm. As Antares said, not the best set, but this was all GPT's imagination

JMN

True, but if you just use this as an anchor you wouldn't even need to write it all out, just the little extra bits in the middle that you think would streamline the narrative. I've been enjoying that kind of layout with my latest series, maybe you will too. Then again, your graphic novel style holds a lot more info than my meager amount of slides.😅

antares

The style of the illustrations is interesting and intriguing, perfectly in line with the noir atmosphere. The uniformity of the panels and the fonts used in captions and speech bubbles are unprofessional, due to how the AI works. This is where Comic Life could make a difference! 😎

DavidP

Thanks. Agreed. The spin on this QT from Eternasky was to use the most minimalist prompt possible and really leave it all in the hands of AI.

JMN

WOW! This is so dang good David! #4 & 6 had such a good kick to it😎👌 You gotta put this in a blog dude!

DavidP

Fair call. GPT's continuity without much prompting not 100%. Remember I stuck to your brief to allow GPT to write the story.

EternaSky

Hmm between 5 and 6. Something feels missing. The rendesvous that should have happened but did not?

CaylaCatz

with your direction, I'm sure. I've seen you do this noir graphic art style before

EternaSky

Yea. Pretty good though. my experience is GPT plateaus out and enters a loop eventually