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Cute 5-panel comic of an ostrich trying to be graceful, slipping — AI art by @CaylaCatz

@CaylaCatz · 10/24/2026

Entry in the Maximum Mayhem and Comedy theme on BudgetPixel.

My previous post was based on image to image with the start image a beautiful painting made from sketch. These are the same prompts but made directly from my sketch. I wanted to see what difference working directly from my sketch made. You can see my sketch #1 on the link below https://budgetpixel.com/p/98472 My sketch is my character, an ostrich with big beautiful eyes and a lovely hat. Well, I hope you think it's a lovely hat, lol. Each prompt I wrote the vibe of the comic book page. I didn't write the dialogue. The experiment is to see how my sketched character is used in the different types of comic books. So we are looking at the visuals and the vibe. If you compare these to the previous same prompts in the previous posts, what differences do you see? Ready? https://budgetpixel.com/p/98514 # 3 All GPT 2.5 Sunburst. Prompts are as listed. 1. create a hilarious whimsical 5 panel comic book page with this character in image 1 2. create a witty intellectual 5 panel comic book page with this character in image 1 3. create a chaotic surreal absurdist 5 panel comic book page with this character in image 1 4. create a noir hardboiled 5 panel comic book page with this character in image 1

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NielsCarlsen

love it