Guided design generation

A computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to, responsive to receiving a plurality of positive image samples and a plurality of negative image samples for an intended design, generate a first plurality of images by providing a positive latent vector to a first layer out of a plurality of layers and a negative latent vector to remaining layers out of the plurality of layers;
• program instructions to, responsive to receiving a first image selection out of the first plurality of images, identify the first layer out of the plurality of layers generated the first image includes a feature of interest for inclusion in the intended design;
• program instructions to determine a feature expression variation for the feature of interest in latent space based on a ranking of a first plurality of generated sample images, wherein the first plurality of generated sample images includes the feature of interest;
• program instructions to receive a first image out of a second plurality of images representing a first base feature out of a plurality of base features and a second image out of the second plurality of images represent a second base features out of the plurality of base features;
• program instructions to display an adjustable slider for setting a first instance of a level of expression for each base feature out of the plurality of base features;
• program instructions to receive the first instance of the level of expression for each base feature out of the plurality of base features;
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• program instructions to, responsive to receiving the second plurality of images for the plurality of base features of the intended design, generate an initial design based on the feature of interest and the plurality of base features.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to, responsive to receiving a plurality of positive image samples and a plurality of negative image samples for an intended design, generate a first plurality of images by providing a positive latent vector to a first layer out of a plurality of layers and a negative latent vector to remaining layers out of the plurality of layers;
• program instructions to, responsive to receiving a first image selection out of the first plurality of images, identify the first layer out of the plurality of layers generated the first image includes a feature of interest for inclusion in the intended design;
• program instructions to determine a feature expression variation for the feature of interest in latent space based on a ranking of a first plurality of generated sample images, wherein the first plurality of generated sample images includes the feature of interest;
• program instructions to receive a first image out of a second plurality of images representing a first base feature out of a plurality of base features and a second image out of the second plurality of images represent a second base features out of the plurality of base features;
• program instructions to display an adjustable slider for setting a first instance of a level of expression for each base feature out of the plurality of base features;
• program instructions to receive the first instance of the level of expression for each base feature out of the plurality of base features;
• and
• program instructions to, responsive to receiving the second plurality of images for the plurality of base features of the intended design, generate an initial design based on the feature of interest and the plurality of base features.