“The Day of the Locust” by Nathanael West

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The Day of the Locust, written by Nathanael West, is a darkly surreal novel published in 1939. It takes place in Southern California and explores themes of disillusionment, alienation, and the decaying Hollywood film industry. The book’s protagonist, Tod Hackett, finds himself caught up in a world where people become obsessed with false ideals, ultimately reflecting on the impact that this has on society as a whole.

Prompt
Book: The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West, Isaac Levitan style, Novel, Nathanael West, Southern California, Disillusionment, Alienation, Hollywood film industry, Protagonist, Tod Hackett, False ideals, Society. HD, sharp focus, stunningly beautiful, cinematic photo 35mm photograph, film, professional, 4k, highly detailed

Negative prompt
verybadimagenegative, bad_prompt_version2-neg, easynegative, FastNegativeV2, bokeh, drawing, painting, crayon, sketch, graphite, impressionist, noisy, blurry, soft, deformed, ugly, extra eyes, bad eyes, ugly eyes, imperfect eyes, deformed pupils, deformed iris, cross-eyed, poorly drawn face, bad face, fused face, ugly face, worst face, unrealistic skin texture, out of frame, poorly drawn hands, cloned face, double face, blurry, bad quality

This is how the PixelAlchemy image generation model “sees” the cover for “The Day of the Locust” by Nathanael West.

Text model: neural-chat

Image model: PixelAlchemy