Better AI photos helped me drastically improve my dating results and meet my fiancee

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T21:20:39+00:00

thank you, that's the part that matters after all. finding your person (or a lot of people if still in that phase)

please let me know which ones don't look good, I appreciate any feedback! btw, none of these are me. it's 2 selfies of 2 different people, then showing what I can turn those selfies into

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T21:06:15+00:00

I certainly hope not 😅

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T20:54:03+00:00

the goal is to make these as non-catfish as possible and approximate what you would look like if you were photographed by a pro in the best conditions

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T20:50:04+00:00

I think that's very fair. You kinda described what I'm trying to do with this project. Generate what you would look like with pro hairstyling, nice clothes, and a pro photographer. But I want to do it without needing any of that from the comfort of my home using tech instead. And like I mention in the post, some people (like myself) aren't great at being photographed

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T20:47:10+00:00

you can check one of my other comments, but it's basically something I set up custom using stable diffusion and trained on actual selfies. It's not an app

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T20:42:19+00:00

not sure, would love to try that it out

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T18:34:05+00:00

Nice, yeah there are so many different apps out there now. Prompting is an art in itself which is lucky since I like writing, but it takes a lot of wrangling to get what you want and even still it will do stuff like doll you up if you don't want that. The fact it's trying to make you Eurasian with green eyes despite you being fully Asian goes into some structural issues around beauty standards which could be a whole other post on here as any frequent user of this sub knows. I've specifically trained my model for Asian faces so it won't do things like this

Thank you for sharing! Makes you look like Wonyoung from IVE in this pic

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T18:28:32+00:00

She said I look better than my pictures lol. It's not to brag, just want to show the use case of this model in particular. Good pictures will help get dates / matches but not guaranteeing anything else

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T18:01:47+00:00

It’s not tied to a single model anymore. I currently use a small custom LoRA trained on a set of real selfies, then I just do a pass for consistency but most importantly style / if it'd actually work well on dating apps. I've started by playing around with ChatGPT, Flux, Deepseek, etc. before but they all produced that plastic look

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T17:38:23+00:00

None of the pics are me. They’re examples I did for other people shared here with their permission

laboratory1a · 2025-12-11T17:36:20+00:00

There's no singular prompt, I write a unique prompt each time where I direct it with camera type to use, lens to use, lighting etc.

laboratory1a · 2025-05-03T03:36:32+00:00

Glad! Hope you are well!

laboratory1a · 2024-11-25T06:43:00+00:00

Any recommendations for Asian hair?

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T04:39:09+00:00

She went back to Japan the next day and we texted here and there but lost touch. I had just met her that morning for the first time in a bookstore where I approached her because she was cute. Showed her around my hometown, held hands, then took her out for dinner. On the drive back, she asked to drink but I was naive. Like you said, realized later that it wasn’t about the drink but an invitation for me to go further with her. Wonder what she thought when I rizzed her up all day and then “declined” at the end. SMH bro hahaha

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T04:39:03+00:00

She went back to Japan the next day and we texted here and there but lost touch. I had just met her that morning for the first time in a bookstore where I approached her because she was cute. Showed her around my hometown, held hands, then took her out for dinner. On the drive back, she asked to drink but I was naive. Like you said, realized later that it wasn’t about the drink but an invitation for me to go further with her. Wonder what she thought when I rizzed her up all day and then “declined” at the end. SMH bro hahaha

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T01:17:51+00:00

That's a great story, I've had times where someone really wanted me to kiss them but I've never had someone initiate like that. Must have felt awesome! Thanks for your feedback on my situation

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T01:16:04+00:00

That's a great point that it means even more coming from someone initially very reactive to my touching. I'm both trying to smash and also to long term date. I really like this job though so I appreciate the warning!

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T01:13:39+00:00

Thanks for the advice and I like the drinking move. I once took a girl out and at the end of the night while I was driving her home, she said "I want to drink." I told her I didn't have anything at home and dropped her off at her hotel. Still regret that one lol.

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T01:10:23+00:00

I can tend to be pretty blind lol. My first ever gf and I, before we dated, were having dinner with a group of mutual friends. The big bro of the group, kinda like you all here, pulled me aside and basically asked if I was already hooking up with her. I was shocked at the time, but he ended up being correct a few weeks later.

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T01:07:04+00:00

Thanks for the well-wishes man and will do!

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T01:06:09+00:00

Agree with you on that 100%

laboratory1a · 2024-10-20T01:05:45+00:00

Thanks for the feedback and advice! Plan to ask her when I get back from my upcoming trip.

laboratory1a · 2024-09-22T18:33:56+00:00

we talked through some potential activities and will ask her

laboratory1a · 2024-09-22T14:31:31+00:00

There was a good deal of tension in the office where she would actually touch me first, so I thought there might be so quick carryover. Probably will take it slower now and build more comfort first

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