Aug 25Two ComfyUI Additions Useful for Stable Diffusion AI ArtWith SDXL, there’s a lot going on in the ComfyUI world. There are many nodes and complex workflows. There are two things I’ve added to my basic SDXL workflow lately that have improved my results: The “Wrong” SDXL LoRA. Less-bad hands. The Ultimate SD Upscaler custom node. I have a…Stable Diffusion5 min readStable Diffusion5 min read
Aug 7Stable Diffusion SDXL Wildcards and ComfyUII like kicking off large random wildcard runs with Stable Diffusion — this consists of the prompt for the image generation being comprised of random text pulled out of specific files. I’ve written about this several times so far: Making Wild Images With Stable Diffusion Since my last post, I’ve been indulging in generating thousands and thousands of Stable Diffusion images with…ericri.medium.com The X/Y Plot to Eliminate Some Stable Diffusion AI Art Models I discuss the X/Y Plot script for a practical task: I analyze the 50+ models I have in my Stable Diffusion and promote…ericri.medium.comStable Diffusion7 min readStable Diffusion7 min read
Aug 1AI Art with ComfyUI and Stable Diffusion SDXL — Day Zero Basics For an Automatic1111 UserSo, with a little bit of effort it is possible to get ComfyUI up and running alongside your existing Automatic1111 install and to push out some images from the new SDXL model. I’m going to discuss the few foibles I went through to get it going should you want to…Stable Diffusion6 min readStable Diffusion6 min read
Jul 30Stable Diffusion — A Few Thousand Images LaterI’m going to discuss things that I learned and relearned doing thousands and thousands of AI art image generations with Stable Diffusion over the course of almost half a year. Wow, it’s kind of hard to read the words I just typed. To re-emphasize what I discussed in part one…Ai Art12 min readAi Art12 min read
Jun 24Making Wild Images With Stable DiffusionSince my last post, I’ve been indulging in generating thousands and thousands of Stable Diffusion images while playing around with the wildcard extension coupled with the X/Y/Z plot script. I had started this journey in a previous post: The X/Y Plot to Eliminate Some Stable Diffusion AI Art Models I discuss the X/Y Plot script for a practical task: I analyze the 50+ models I have in my Stable Diffusion and promote…ericri.medium.comAi Art11 min readAi Art11 min read
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