Remembering the father of "Dragon Ball" through AI drawings

Recently, the comic book community around the world received sad news when Japanese comic artist Akira Toriyama passed away at the age of 68.

In Vietnam, Akira Toriyama's name is widely known for his comic works associated with the childhood of many generations of Vietnamese people such as "Dragon Ball" (Vietnamese name is 7 dragon balls ), "Dr. Slump" (Dr. Slump).

In response to Akira Toriyama's passing, French President Emmanuel Macron even shared a social media post featuring a piece of art painted and signed by Akira Toriyama himself. In China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning also expressed "sincere sympathy" to the family of the talented Japanese artist.

Young artist Akira Toriyama (left) and "little monkey" Goku - the comic character that made his name. Photo: Jiji & Bird Studio/Shueisha/Kyodo

Not only politicians, the comic book fan community around the world has had many activities to commemorate the father of “Dragon Ball”. In Vietnam, recently, a photo series created by artificial intelligence (AI) with the theme “Dragon Ball” has also attracted the attention of many Vietnamese people.

Sharing with VietNamNet , Mr. Hoang Dinh Thanh, the author of the photo series, said that since he was a child, he has been a "hardcore fan" (fan - PV) of the comic series "Dragon Ball".

A photo from the "Dragon Ball" photo series created with AI by author Hoang Dinh Thanh.

“ When I heard the news of the death of Akira Toriyama, I felt sad, as if a part of my childhood had been lost ,” Thanh said. This was also the reason why he decided to try making a photo series about Dragon Ball with AI drawings to share his feelings.

According to Mr. Thanh, the photo series was created using Midjourney, a popular AI photo creation tool. To complete the photos, he also used Adobe Photoshop photo editing software.

After being posted on groups discussing experiences in applying AI, Mr. Thanh's photo series attracted thousands of interactions and comments.

According to members of the "AI Addict" forum, the reason Mr. Thanh's photo series is highly appreciated is because of the meticulousness and smoothness in the process of giving commands to AI to execute.

With carefully crafted commands, the photo series created by Mr. Thanh with the help of AI is considered “ very attractive and soulful ”, completely different from many AI photo series with similar themes. Therefore, many people even asked the author for instructions on how to do it.

The author of the photo series then did not hesitate to publicly release the prompts so that "Dragon Ball" fans could use AI to create their own photo series.

Below is a photo series on the theme of “Dragon Ball” created by author Hoang Dinh Thanh with the help of artificial intelligence:

Toriyama Akira died on March 1, 2024, according to his family. He was a Japanese artist and manga writer, best known for his work Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball . His drawings were influenced by the manga Astro Boy (Osamu Tezuka) and the animated film 101 Dalmatians (Walt Disney).

In 1984, he launched the Dragon Ball manga series and created a huge shock, with over 35 million copies sold in Japan alone. The work became a best-seller with over 500 million copies printed worldwide. Dragon Ball also became one of the best-selling manga (comics) series of all time.

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