Alright, so I was messing about the other day, you know? Got my hands on one of these AI art generator things. Not ’cause I’m aiming to be the next Picasso or anything, far from it. Truth is, I was just plain bored, twiddling my thumbs, an old wrestling pay-per-view droning on in the background. Brock Lesnar was on, doing his usual beast mode thing. Then, out of nowhere, maybe I saw a glimpse of an old western on another channel, or maybe it was just a weird brainwave, but the words ‘Cowboy Brock Lesnar’ just popped into my head. Sounded absolutely ridiculous, which, naturally, meant I had to try and make it.
Kicking Things Off – First Stabs and Faceplants
So, I punched in the basic idea: ‘Brock Lesnar as a cowboy’. Simple, direct. What did I get? Well, it was Brock, sort of. Wearing a hat that looked like it had seen better days, probably after a brawl with a badger. Definitely not the intimidating plains drifter I was picturing. It was pretty clear this AI thing needed a bit more hand-holding than I thought.
I figured, okay, more detail. Started throwing in keywords: ‘Brock Lesnar, rugged cowboy, Stetson hat, leather chaps, dusty saloon background, intense stare.’ That whole spiel. It got a little closer. Sometimes the hat would be there, but it’d be levitating. Other times, he’d look like a confused farmhand rather than a fearsome enforcer. And don’t get me started on the extra limbs that sometimes appeared. AI, eh? Full of surprises.
Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty
This turned into a bit of a saga. I must’ve spent a good couple of hours, maybe more, just trying different prompts. It was a proper learning curve.
- I tried ‘photorealistic Brock Lesnar cowboy’.
- Then ‘gritty western film still, Brock Lesnar as gunslinger’.
- Even just ‘muscular cowboy, Lesnar face’.
Each attempt was a roll of the dice. One image gave him a six-shooter for a nose. Another had him riding what looked suspiciously like a very large, very angry badger instead of a horse. I’m telling you, some of the results were pure comedy gold, even if they weren’t what I was after.
I soon realized I was trying to get the AI to do too much all at once. So, I changed tactics. I started by trying to get a decent, intense-looking Brock Lesnar face. Just the face. Once I got a few that weren’t too nightmarish, I focused on generating ‘cowboy attire’ or ‘western scenes.’ The real challenge was then trying to describe to the AI how to convincingly merge that specific Brock Lesnar intensity with a proper cowboy outfit without it looking like a badly photoshopped Halloween costume. It was a lot of back and forth, tweaking words, adding ‘weathered’, ‘worn leather’, ‘dusty trail’ – anything I could think of.
The ‘Close Enough’ Moment
After what felt like an eternity of fiddling, I landed on a prompt something like: ‘Brock Lesnar as a stoic, formidable cowboy, silhouette against a prairie sunset, cinematic, detailed leather.’ And then, bam! Something pretty decent finally materialized. It wasn’t perfect, not by a long shot. The horse in the background still looked a bit off, like it was made of wood. But Brock? He actually looked like he could F5 a bull and then calmly order a whiskey. The intensity was there, the cowboy vibe was there. It was recognizably ‘Cowboy Brock Lesnar’.
For a silly idea born out of boredom, seeing it come to life, even imperfectly, was quite satisfying. It was a good reminder that sometimes just messing around, trying stuff out, leads to interesting places. Lots of trial and error, for sure, but that’s how you figure things out, right? And I got a good chuckle out of the whole process, especially those badger-riding moments.
