# The beautiful magical enchanted golden Dall-e Mini is underrated

\[Showcasing some of the pictures that my daughter and I created with the open source generative model [Dalle-Mini](https://huggingface.co/spaces/dalle-mini/dalle-mini). No deeper insights, just an appreciation how well it works in some cases.\]

I have been aware of a small open source Dall-e version for some time now. My initial check left me with the impression that it was way worse than Dall-e or Dall-e 2 and not really worth engaging with. ![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/5a7106dc26abc970f4c6960a2b431bfcb9cf2a4825570bde.png)

However, recently I started to implore Dall-e Mini together with my little daughter who is less critical of machines that can create any picture she proposes. Originally we ended every prompt with " - a children's book illustration".

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/b08485504dc8160b1c89a1a1a76a1cddfcf6cee891a35b74.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/c082dd3fe2377f9699449d63ad7cffe35ada3ff031f87c52.jpg)

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We quickly got better at prompting and realized that there were some things Dall-e Mini couldn't do very well, like faces and animals and complex scenes, but also others where it wasn't as far behind of the SOTA-models as you'd reasonably expect from the model size. (Above a ship sailing through the clouds with a full moon, a castle in the clouds and a magical door in an enchanted forest.)

We switched to " - a beautiful fantasy illustration" to often get just that. These prompts all start with a version of "A beautiful magical enchanted golden ... ".

We created swords ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/a58790fa12a5c623616228577c1a5ef7911a90bcd607b000.jpg)![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/2fa2ef223d51832ce09954b76149383b23000d9e183b7c80.jpg)![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/345723b5b4a332cb0de4fa2b7999db1d79841a812c4bc2b2.jpg)

And magical artefacts ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/98bfa128819fa293a6132a11b3880aa11ea95e19baa77a44.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/aa38265a6ca308dc87a97525c54ae53ca42e335ee1662c7e.jpg)

Birds ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/cd713cf65a8522380de877987184f2f35f73d63deba641cf.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/2f260c6f23fed943b6217989289036587d2e85d3c296dde7.jpg)

And beautiful magical enchanted golden eyes ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/39d12c1cac6cb76c1a3ce8c4e83bc9c602b057c2b16d34c9.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/4901ff4cb2971d6ee8136e54dbd0309ee5e4e37d95916469.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/088fde5baec7d57d5b940a72913881418c186c8b7912ffb9.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/fd236bc89fb2a6d1632d673c33b60deac2c8a8f1f70176d9.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/485255e174ba9f06760295efde65ad1aafcb24ec58514b09.jpg)

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Flowers ... yes, magical, beautiful, enchanted ones.

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/58fa315ad36913554fb791c3acaee451997531b82607d7df.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/7720b7be38b6d20c94a49c86ab31aaa2beae53cd57d961b4.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/2ea928fba41f4e893c3a055c8efd5486b4c6d655d602ddbf.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/c5d165ed7945c86902dffc2e2ffd2192f3dfeb8cf6839013.jpg)

Magical, beautiful, enchanted, golden bananas ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/c3d21ee86169386cc60a00d3c03f1689787d2e679f86c3ea.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/29206e79b8cd1d66128baa8ce3d87af058fe564456e483c2.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/d8b7ec4737220b316092fefb8a9ee40ce288e1a6f3fdd40f.jpg)

Crowns ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/7532de2e4c98b413e206a8ae31378669b403360e3badacf3.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/cf28dd7dc6abd9a37e03a7270eb1eeffb5b6f1a9d110b547.jpg)

Magical, beautiful, enchanted, golden glasses ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/7dcb60d72b0560e8511fe8fdc3f3eb9cdae13f70b45f9e4c.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/f96f37c75f2fdf3afa2f176839a6e480b29635eff83fdb5d.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/cd88408fbc3540698b51615663f461a6801fedddf64beac8.jpg)

And other stuff ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/cc744883f69089af21c3e7d5b981f8856c2ae57e360f1e4e.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/a633fa9b85924e8c25094d1f434750abf3ab1b576c1937f6.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/8d5743a1377863c0906c7cbff0d8e2b0aa2c72d0f1eb872a.jpg)

I might also implore the generation of icons for the ubiquitous PPT. 

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/89234a4be432505958075cb5d79bbb227298e9a9005dd40a.jpg)

Angels taking walks with wild boars ...

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/d09d63b34dc7090544bdf6e213eccb3e924fa2793387d534.jpg)

![](https://39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/rQvD3VnunXZu34m86e5f/images/81b58c9b99056e8ec79eaf663e36f22e8aaa2c67f09d1810.jpg)

These are all cherry-picked of course. But the point remains that even this small open source model can create quite amazing pictures.