Jan 22The X/Y Plot to Eliminate Some Stable Diffusion AI Art ModelsSummary: in this post, I discuss the X/Y Plot script for a practical task: I want to analyze the 50+ models I have in my Stable Diffusion install to find any treasures I’ve missed and to bury models that I don’t like. I also study the impact of steps and…Stable Diffusion11 min readStable Diffusion11 min read
Jan 7Smile! Get Wild with Stable Diffusion — Wildcards and Facial ExpressionsThis is a quick share of two techniques: (1) using wildcards for variety in your prompt and (2) having specific expressions for anyone you’re creating images of. Getting Wild with Wildcards Another way to pump out a lot of variety in Automatic1111 is to use wildcards. This allows a random line from a specific…Stable Diffusion6 min readStable Diffusion6 min read
Dec 24, 2022Stable Diffusion AI Art — a Tweak to Technique / New Models / PontificationsI’ve been generating way more images from Stable Diffusion than I need. But I’m having fun mixing up technique and models and seeing what kind of ability each model has. All of this has fed into a story that is short on words but long on pictures that I’ve been…Ai Art7 min readAi Art7 min read
Dec 3, 2022Stable Diffusion — Investigating Popular Custom Models for New AI Art Image StylesWhile I’m currently ignoring Stable Diffusion V2, I did decide to look at some other models that people have been sharing that are trained to have different styles or impact. Okay, let’s talk about these models. My goal, and maybe yours, is to come up with something that has amazingly…Stable Diffusion12 min readStable Diffusion12 min read
Nov 30, 2022Stable Diffusion + Improved Prompt Matrix = Crazy Loads of AI ArtIn this post, I discuss how to create a large, varied number of images using a script with Automatic1111, and how to modify the script for even more large-batch variety. You’ll have the power to step away from your local Stable Diffusion UI while it creates hundreds of images for…Stable Diffusion9 min readStable Diffusion9 min read
Nov 16, 2022Horkey Chaos! 16 (53?) More Artists In Stable Diffusion AI Art — Plus ScriptingFirst I discussed 25 artists for one prompt. Then I discussed sixteen more. In my pending directories of artists I have… let me count… 53 more artists. No, uh-uh, that’s too much to cover in detail and neither of us have the energy to get through all of them. …Stable Diffusion11 min readStable Diffusion11 min read
Nov 10, 2022Sixteen More Artists Studied in Stable Diffusion AI Art… and a Happy AccidentIn my previous post (Stable Diffusion AI Art and Twenty-Five Artists | by Eric Richards | Nov, 2022 | Medium) I wrote about how I studied the effects of 25 different artists on one prompt. Well, I’m still studying, and learning a bit along the way. I came back to…Stable Diffusion9 min readStable Diffusion9 min read
Nov 4, 2022Stable Diffusion AI Art and Twenty-Five ArtistsLet’s take a deep dive into artists, given that my intentions for this week got a little derailed. It all started with Halloween. I decided to first experiment with making spooking images in Stable Diffusion (so easy with its current inability to render hands and arms well at all!) and…Stable Diffusion11 min readStable Diffusion11 min read
Oct 29, 2022Artful AI Visions of My SweetheartFor this post I have: Interesting resources I’ve seen lately. Notes on rendering my wife’s image in Stable Diffusion, between DreamBooth and embedded textual inversions. Recent Resources Starting out: okay, anyone creating Stable Diffusion art should totally read this one. It’s a visual book that goes through the various aspects of crafting…Stable Diffusion5 min readStable Diffusion5 min read
Oct 29, 2022Sidetrip — WSL While You Work — Getting DreamBooth to Run on Windows with 8GB VRAMOr not. Well, for my next experiment it’s time to try to get Dreambooth to run locally on my Windows machine. Oh wait, is it Dreambooth or DreamBooth? DreamBooth? Oh. I’ve been writing it wrong. Okay, DreamBooth then. Got it. Carrying on. This could be a total failure. One reason…Stable Diffusion4 min readStable Diffusion4 min read