Getting started with PhotoMaker – Stacked ID Embedding

Getting started with PhotoMaker – Stacked ID Embedding

PhotoMaker is one of the new AI tools that many people say is going to replace LoRA training and IPAdapter when it comes to re-creating a face consistently. It does not require any training like a LoRA and can re-generate the reference face with ease, so they say!! In...
10 RunwayML Multi Motion brush examples

10 RunwayML Multi Motion brush examples

2024 is accelerating the movement of video tools that can animate and create motion in still images using AI. RunwayML has releases some new motion brushes, yes “es”. There are multiple motion brush – 5 to be precise that you can use to select...
Custom SDXL LoRA – Newspaper Collage

Custom SDXL LoRA – Newspaper Collage

Inspired by some collage images I saw on Midjourney which emulates newspaper clippings which are glued to form shapes or characters, i was inspired to create a SDXL LoRA (Low Rank Adaptation) style that would emulate this to some degree. As I have documented by...
Where’s Waldo Illustration by Framer

Where’s Waldo Illustration by Framer

I came across this very talented artist @0xFramer who has made some really amazing illustrations and animations I have reviewed the artist’s X feed. Framer created their own version of Where’s Waldo style illustrations and then has shared their process on...
Softly Lit Headshot

Softly Lit Headshot

Softly lit headshot of a young woman in everyday clothes against a white background, exuding warmth and understated elegance Prompt credit: @ralphlentjes – Created using: Leonardo.ai
How I re-created a T-Shirt design with Midjourney

How I re-created a T-Shirt design with Midjourney

On a recent trip to Queenstown, New Zealand I came across this cool T-shirt at one of the downtown stores of Global Culture and took a photo of the T-shirt design. I realise now as I write this the image was also available on their website. I ran the image through...
A Distressed Illustration

A Distressed Illustration

A distressed illustration with chipped paint, obvious brush edges, artefacts, a defiant Ronin, surrounded by shadows of Samurai, azurite and copper colors, tenebrism, sgraffito, parchment :: sword ::-0.2 Prompt credit: @theartofweb – Created using: Midjourney v6...
SDXL LoRA Training using RunPod.io

SDXL LoRA Training using RunPod.io

I wanted to train a LoRA style this time but as I had done before in my post Training my first SD LoRA, this time I was struggling to get it going. The issue was I for style training which was an aesthetics I wanted I had to have large data set 100+ images for SDXL...
Review of Midjourney v6 Alpha

Review of Midjourney v6 Alpha

Midjourney has been making small incremental increases since last few version but the expectation with version 6 is that is a bigger leap and change coming up. In some of the shares the Midjourney team have highlighted several aspects will improve such as: Prompt...