I turned myself into a fairy (and I’m not even sorry)
Okay, friends. I sat down to test one ChatGPT skill, and twenty minutes later I was standing in a lantern-lit pear orchard. In jeans. In a pink hoodie. With purple fairy wings.
The skill is GlamourFashionMuse, one of the Muses in the works by Jo of KryptaKitty Creative. I filmed my first try, so you can watch along or follow what I did here. If you’re new to ChatGPT skills, you can take this one step at a time.
How I uploaded the skill to ChatGPT
I started with the thank-you PDF that came with the kit. It had download links for the skills. Here’s the path I followed:
- Open the thank-you PDF. It offered a zip of the skills.
- Download a zip. My link opened in Dropbox, where I downloaded it to my computer.
- Open Skills in ChatGPT. I clicked Customize, then Skills, then Add, and chose Upload a skill.
- Upload the skill. I dropped the zip or skill file into the upload box. After that, glamourfashionmuse appeared in my Installed list.
- Start a new chat. I typed @glamourfashionmuse and asked it to show me what it could do.
Those are the buttons I saw during my recording. If your ChatGPT screen looks different, follow the labels you see rather than worrying about matching mine exactly.
Before making my portrait, I asked the Muse to invent an example and run through it. It came up with birthday invitation photos for a woman turning 45: a deep plum velvet suit, a museum staircase, and the building closed for the evening. Then it showed me its main menu.
My trip to the Lantern Pear Orchard
I chose number 6, Fantasy, Celestial and Dreamworld. From there, I picked the Enchanted Orchard: a misty path under old pear trees, with amber lanterns tucked into the branches.
The Muse offered two ways forward. Write my prompt would give me a photoshoot brief to use elsewhere. Create my photo would make an image in the chat. I chose Create my photo and uploaded a picture of myself.
The first portrait kept my plum glasses, wavy hair, and smile. I was wearing a moss-green silk gown with a tiny gold pear brooch. Lanterns glowed behind me in the blue evening mist. The Muse called it The Lantern Pear Orchard.
It was lovely. It was also a little dark for my eyes, and a silk gown is not exactly what I wear to sit at my desk. So I asked for changes in plain words.
- I asked it to brighten the picture and change my dress to jeans and a pink hoodie. The shadows softened, and my face and the lantern path became easier for me to see.
- Then I asked it to add purple fairy wings. They came back shimmery, with lilac edges catching the lantern light.
That version felt more like me: the glasses, the hoodie, and the wings I may never take off. I even misspelled a couple of words while asking for changes, and the Muse understood what I meant.
When I was done, I typed restart, and it took me back to the main menu.
Fourteen places to take your photoshoot
You can pick a number from the GlamourFashionMuse menu or describe the scene you have in mind. These were the choices I saw:
- Luxury Runway and Fashion Editorial
- Romantic and Soft Glamour
- City Streets and Rooftops
- Coastal, Tropical and Resort
- Heritage, Royalty and Period Fashion
- Fantasy, Celestial and Dreamworld
- Seasons and Festive Occasions
- Monochrome, Vintage Film and Cinema
- Elegant Boudoir and Confidence (adults only)
- Celebrations and Milestones
- Couples, Friends and Family
- Custom Creative Director
- Wedding Photography Studio
- Surprise Me
Why I enjoyed playing with it
Having my picture taken can make me notice every little thing I’d rather not notice. This felt different. I could try a storybook setting, look at the result, and say, “A bit brighter, please. And make the outfit mine.”
For me, the fun was in making small changes until I could recognize myself in the picture. The pear orchard stayed dreamy, but I didn’t have to become someone else to visit it.
Watch the orchard come together
You can watch each step in the video:
If you’d like to explore the Muse yourself, you can find it soon at KryptaKitty Creative here: https://ko-fi.com/kryptakitty/shop
Which world would you step into first? You’re welcome to tell me in the comments. I’ll be over here in my pink hoodie, fluttering around the pear trees.
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