They Eyes Have It! Simon Bishop

 For a long time I've been writing a story called The Dream Stealer. It became so entailed that I was thrown off and it didn't help that each year I was doing NaNoWriMo with a new story. Once I stopped doing NaNo, I was able to better focus but I also had several drafts of very good work to constantly snag my attention. But The Dream Stealer is still something I'm very attached to, honestly, I think I fell in love with the main character, Simon Bishop. 

Over the years, I had this image of Simon and even searched through images online to find someone even remotely like him. Toby Stevens one of the people that strongly resembled him. Unfortunately, he's too fair. Simon is dark haired and his skin tones are less pink. The resemblance to the image in my head is close but no cigar.

Recently, I was researching some things regarding AI and ran across a site that would create an image for you. So, since I knew what he looked like and there was a box to describe him, I decided to see what AI could make of it. I wasn't completely disappointed. 

Simon Bishop: The Dream Stealer
& Where Dreams Begin

This would be the closest I think I can get to the main character of Simon. The only thing is the eyes are the wrong color. I mean dramatically wrong. Simon has sapphire blue eyes. 

👈🏼 I rather like the image to the left. The image below would be the right color eyes but the hair is all wrong.  

However, those sapphire eyes are the trait that sets him apart. 

Then, there are the other images I've rounded up. They're equally good. Similar in type, I think, but I don't really want the facial hair shown in the #4. 

They're also a bit younger or I'm old and they look like kids. That's probably it. 

In the Dream Stealer, Simon is around 40. He has a grown child. So this third handsome gent would be a younger version of Simon. 

And the  final version is below. He's a bit older because I ask it to age it a bit but I don't think AI has quite got the hang of it. Or I really am old. 

Still, these all bear striking resemblance to the Simon in my head. The first and third ones are the closest to what I see.

 But the eyes in the second and 4th are closest to Simon's eyes, with #3 being nearest. 

And then there are the non-contenders AI tossed at me. I've put them below. Not that they're terrible, but they don't strike a cord in my head. The middle guy, that's actually the eyes. But he scares me! LOL