Bryla loved reading about human language when she had a moment to spare from her court duties. Which wasn’t all that often. The Sea Throne demanded much of the Fae princess’s time, though today she was enjoying a rare few hours to herself.
As she sat by the water’s edge in her favorite spot, she read about a thing humans called a vacation. Her etymology book said it stemmed from French, but ultimately from Latin. The Latin word was vacare, which meant to be unoccupied. Apparently, seaside resorts were a favorite location for these vacations.
For Bryla, the sea and its beaches were simply home. But she liked the idea of getting away from it all. She determined that she would present her case to her mother. After all, it wouldn’t do for the princess to burn out—she so loved these human words and concepts—would it?
Determined to seek her mother out and demand a few days away, perhaps visiting their forest kin, Bryla smiled to herself. She would even insist that the queen come with her. If anyone needed a vacation—no, a Feycation—it was her mother!
Sometimes the simplest prompts return the most fun images. I had the idea for a vacation for Fey. The image prompt was: Fey vacation. A fantasy Fey-cation. Concept art. The image I used for this story was my favorite, but honestly, all the images returned from this were lovely.
I talked with Chippy of Humans of Generative Art about this prompt when we were discussing my sharing a prompt for a profile on me (as a generative artist) for the publication. He also really liked this image and the simplicity of the prompt that generated it. So I decided to give it a story. I hope Chippy (and my other paid subscribers) enjoyed “Feycation.”
Feycation
Sometimes all I need is a homemade sandwich and cookie while sitting in a park. It's free and easy to plan. Getting away from it all ❤️
Chippy has come to hate the "KISS" principle for it's overuse and underutilization--but the idea of it, paring things down to simple prompts, or story bits, is valuable for identifying building blocks in a fruitful way. In our prompting practice, sometimes we get overly complicated trying to get results we want. The story here was love, Dascha, fun, simple, and the message was perfect too--well done!