Matt Wolfe tests whether AI image and video tools can generate content in Rick and Morty's visual style. He explains why you can't ask directly, shows workarounds that hint at the style instead, and runs them through tools like Sora to see how close the results actually get.
The problem is you can't really prompt in the style of Rick and Morty. It'll. It'll slap it down. You'd have to probably do something like ask an AI how would you describe Rick and Morty? How would you describe Rick and Morty's animation style without using the words Rick and Morty? All right, that's a little too long. Convert this into a prompt. Create an animated series using a loose, sketchy art style with simple character designs featuring bulging eyes, invisible drool. Use bright, saturated colors and embrace distorted, exaggerated movements, especially action scenes. Balance ordinary suburban backgrounds with surreal alien landscapes full of glowing elements and geometric patterns. So if I did something like this and pulled it into VO Throw this prompt in here. We'll try it inside of Sora as well. Okay, so this is what it came up with when I tried to give it a Rick and Morty style. I mean, the one on the right isn't horrible. I wouldn't say either of them are good. So here's what VO gave us. I'm just going to play them all here so we can look at them all at the same time. I mean, those not too bad. Actually, this kind of Rick and Morty vibes kind of.
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