Hero Forge vs DALL-E 3

In theory I have more control over Hero Forge models, but sometimes they don't quite turn out like you want. The reality is that you have limited assets to use and sometimes it's harder than you think to get the look you want.

Meanwhile with AI you have limited control over the results and sometimes can't get what you want either, but that often leads to serendipitously cool results.

Here's Stilton Kingsfax and Guarg Dreghu in both Hero Forge and DALL-E 3 versions. These are interesting because the former was an AI image first, which I've had some limited success in recreating as HF, whereas the other went the other way and had now been somewhat modified to better match some details of the AI model.