Your hands are so beautiful!

But, Hands off AI!

Ok, your hands are beautiful and I just can’t draw that. I have described your hands to an AI Generator, with such beautiful details that anyone can imagine, but read James Whitcomb Riley’s Beautiful Hands and see the images below my prompt has rendered.

When first I loved, in the long ago,
And held your hand as I told you so –
Pressed and caressed it and gave it a kiss,
And said “I could die for a hand like this!”
Little I dreamed love’s fulness yet
Had to ripen when eyes were wet,
And prayers were vain in their wild demands
For one warm touch of your beautiful hands.

Beautiful Hands
by James Whitcomb Riley

As a visual artist, and a continuing student of art anything visual, I still ask myself, are hands or feet harder to draw?

AI art generators are still struggling to recreate human hands because hands are complex and difficult to simulate accurately. Although AI has made significant progress in generating realistic images of people, hands continue to pose a challenge due to their unique complexity.

Human hands are incredibly complex anatomical structures with a wide range of movement and positioning. They contain a complex network of tendons, muscles, bones, and ligaments that allow for an almost infinite range of motion and dexterity. This complexity is difficult for AI to replicate, as it requires a deep understanding of human anatomy and how different parts of the hand interact with one another.

One of the reasons why AI struggles with hands is that they are often depicted in various angles and grips. Unlike the face, which is usually photographed from a frontal view, hands are often captured from multiple angles, making it challenging for AI to create a cohesive image. Additionally, hands are often shown holding objects, which further complicates the image-generation process.

Proportionate size of the hands is another issue. In most photos, hands are smaller than faces, which requires the AI to generate fine details accurately. AI finds it difficult to identify the proportion in generating smaller details and often produces blurry or distorted images of hands.

Moreover, AI lacks the ability to understand the function and movement of human hands, which further complicates the image generation process. Hands are dynamic and can take on many different shapes and forms based on the task at hand, which makes them challenging for AI to recreate.

AI art generators are struggling to recreate human hands because of their complexity, various angles, grip positions, small size, and dynamic nature.

Beautiful Hands! O Beautiful Hands!
Could you reach out of the alien lands
Where you are lingering, and give me, to-night,
Only a touch — were it ever so light –
My heart were soothed, and my weary brain
Would lull itself into rest again;
For there is no solace the world commands
Like the caress of your beautiful hands.

Beautiful Hands
by James Whitcomb Riley

While it has made significant progress in generating realistic images, it still has a long way to go in simulating the complexity of human hands accurately, and romantically as the poet writes.

For AI art generators, are hands or feet harder to render? I wonder!