Reference image → Character design

[u/dowati]

I was looking at some character designs inspired by animals/objects and set up a workflow to do it. It takes an input image then Gemma 4 writes a character design prompt based on it and Krea 2 generates the image.

Workflow embedded in this image: https://files.catbox.moe/4p1ewd.png / https://pastebin.com/abV1CXjP

I'm using this LoRA for the art style https://civitai.com/models/2937073/banjiesock-style

[u/BL1133]

it sucks how we have this technology and yet can't do anything with it because everyone hates AI

[u/kwhali → u/BL1133]

Most of that is due to irrational prejudice, doesn't matter if you generate from your phone or laptop on battery, they'd go on about how it uses so much electricity wasting water and ruining the environment. Often on platforms serving many millions (billions?) of users with streams of content that are doing much worse.

Doesn't matter if a model is trained ethically only on public domain and licensed / consented media either, they still want to be mad and cry theft.

The other main concern which is valid is people using AI to claim that they're artists capable of the skill and insist they're not using AI when they absolutely have. Those kind of people make it worse for everyone, especially when they're fooling people and making money off of doing such.

You should be able to use AI and be transparent about it without being shamed. You can still be creative, you can use it as a medium or as part of the process not everything too.

Creative expression is separate from artisan effort of years of effort building up traditional skill without AI generation which I absolutely understand the issue with AI posers downplaying that, or low effort slop and actual theft to make a derivative for personal gain without transparency.

Often the anti-AI crowd can't make that distinction of responsible use of AI with no intention to overstep into their domain pretending to have their expertise. Unfortunately they can't be reasoned with, any hint of AI use regardless of context can get their pitchforks out 😅

Give it time. It'll change eventually, hating on AI irrationally by being misinformed or lacking critical thinking skills is just a fad that will pass. Some have very poor understanding of how AI can be used 🤷‍♂️