The Eyes Have It! Simon Bishop

 For a long time, I've been writing a story called The Dream Stealer. The story became so complex that it threw me off, and taking part in NaNoWriMo with a new story each year didn't help. Once I stopped doing NaNo, I could better focus; however, several drafts of very good work constantly competed for 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 searched through images online to find someone like him. Toby Stevens resembled him closely. 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.

I researched AI and found a site that creates images. So, familiar with his features and given a descriptive box, I assessed the AI's potential. 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 on 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 collected. They're equally good. Similar in type, I think, but I don't want the facial hair shown in #4. 

They're also 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 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 chord in my head. The middle guy, that's actually the eyes. But he scares me! LOL