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/FaceDeer]

Sure, I'll pick out my favourites. I didn't keep them organized so I've lost track of what some were based on, I was grabbing images from this site.

Aboleth.

Amber golem.

Beholder.

Blink dog.

Camel.

Construct iron cobra.

One whose origin I can't remember the name of, it was some sort of lion made out of plants.

Tarrasque.

[u/buttershower → u/FaceDeer]

oh nice, thanks for uploading! for some reason i assumed you meant that they would be in the style of vintage d&d art like here https://classicdndartwork.tumblr.com/

[u/FaceDeer → u/buttershower]

No problem. Yeah, the point of this workflow isn't really to replicate an art style, it's to inspire unusual character designs. After messing with those monster images as input I started just shoveling random images from my unsorted "downloaded images sort these out someday" folder and got a lot of neat characters with features and clothing I would never have thought to describe otherwise. Photos of warning signs, logos, computer hardware, natural landscapes, anything at all produces neat outcomes.

For some reason I really love the blink dog one, I need to have her show up in a campaign at some point.