Men in leather uniforms

Tom of Finland did this sketch in 1987. He drew six booted and uniformed cops, some more detailed than others. AI turned the sketch into a finished drawing but left out the sixth officer and interpreted nr. 4, who is clearly intended as a black man, as a white male. I only noticed that after having done dozens of images and videos with the five (later seven) white clones. Here's an image to compensate for overlooking that and to honour Tom's original intentions.

The five cops I continued to work with gradually got leathered up and then leathered down again. In the end I decided to go for just one leathercop and four 'regular' cops in fabric uniforms.

After I had made the leathercop and the cop with the open shirt sit down on a steel cage, I knew I was on the right track. It resulted in a little video in which AI decided seven cops was better than five. Here are a few stills from that video.

This leathercop has been practicing with his bullwhip on the grounds of the police academy. Now he's looking for someone to practice on. Can you resist that smile?

This signed Tom of Finland sketch dates from 1988. The images demonstrate some of the possibilities AI provides for turning a sketch like this into whatever you fancy. The last image is almost like a photograph. That's where it stopped being interesting for me.

A young lad sees his dream come true and poses on a police motorcycle for a photo with two leather-uniformed CHiPs. The young man is slightly nervous but brightens up when one of the cops puts a hand on his shoulder.

In case you're wondering where this particular California Highway Patrol unit that is hiring is based: it's in Horny Kake City. Must be somewhere in California.

This is an undated Tom of Finland sketch of an American-style motorcycle cop. AI turned him into a leather-uniformed California Highway Patroller (CHiP).

I wanted to enlarge the image and add another patroller. AI didn't mind that but kept turning their leather uniforms back to fabric. I ended up photoshopping elements from different AI-generated images. There is also a video of the two cops posing with a young lad.

Tom of Finland's sketches continue to be a great source of inspiration. This undated sketch shows 4 or 5 youths assaulting a police officer, perhaps with a plan to tie him up. I developed the rough sketch with AI. Because the editor I use refuses to tie people down, I had to come up with something else. So I gave him a police baton which one of the youths is trying to snatch from him.

Below some snapshots from a failed video based on the same sketch. This was when things deteriorated. It started with one of the attackers vanishing. In the end the police officer had not only lost his baton but also his boots and the 'balloons' of his breeches.