Warning: I compared two AI art prompts for a fantasy castle and the results were night and day

I tried making a castle image with the prompt 'fantasy castle' and got a generic, blurry mess. Then I tried 'ancient elven fortress, glowing moss on stone, misty sunrise, fantasy art by Greg Rutkowski' and the AI produced a detailed, atmospheric scene. The specific artist name and lighting details made all the difference. Has anyone else found that adding a single artist reference completely changes the output quality?

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derek9391mo ago

Wait you got a blurry mess from just "fantasy castle"? I mean that's the most basic prompt ever, I can't believe it still messes that up. It's wild how just adding one artist's name flips a switch in the AI's brain. Makes you wonder what the heck it's actually doing with the simple stuff.

wendy6741mo agoProlific Poster

Adding "towers" and "moat" to my prompt fixed that exact blurry castle issue.