Description
Our local karate club is called "Kölyöksárkány" which translates to "Dragon Kid" in English.
Since it is 2025 and AI image and video generation is all the rage these days, I wanted to create some concept art to experiment with and learn cutting-edge AI image tools. As a result, I developed an anthropomorphic child-like dragon and a classic 3D cartoon-style dragon.
The anthropomorphic child-like dragon represents a "Dragon Kid", wearing a karate gi and obi. First, I drew the line art version of it and then I used AI image generation to transform it into a colorful, somewhat 3D-like image. However, many manual retouches had to be applied to the AI-generated image to achieve the desired result.
As a starting point, I used some vaguely similar images to feed the AI tool in order to generate different variations in both style and character. After numerous iterations and manual image editing adjustments, the dragon I envisioned was brought to life.
This classic 3D cartoon-style dragon was chosen as the mascot for our summer camp, and the first banner for social media can be seen above.
Next, I used an AI video generation tool to rotate the dragon by using the following prompt: "A cute Pixar-style 3D dragon model is showcased by being rotated 360 degrees on a turntable platform".
The result is quite good, I think. Despite some minor issues, the animation is pretty usable as a starting point to generate even more images of the same character.