Fantasy World #1

Like the rest of the world, I've been playing around with AI generated art. In my case, I've been using Stable Diffusion UI. Stable Diffusion UI is an easy to install variation of Stable Diffusion that also includes a GUI. I was able to get it running on both Windows and Linux without much effort. The easy install was what appealed to me the most though I have been using the GUI as well. It's been a while so I don't know how it has changed but the original version of Stable Diffusion could be a pain to get up and working sometimes.

To get reasonably fast results you need a decent GPU. However, you don't actually need a GPU at all to use Stable Diffusion UI, as long as you are not in a hurry anyway. If you don't have a GPU, each image will take a much longer time to produce as the CPU is much less efficient for this sort of thing. It can take thirty minutes or even much longer depending on your hardware and the settings you use. However, this is open source software so you can generate as many images as you like without worrying about signing up for anything or paying a subscription fee. The end result is that even with limited hardware, you can still produce unlimited images as long as you have a little patience.

Previous subject matter has included images generated with a steampunk or cyberpunk theme. I've also tried to generate some fantasy themed imagery and this is one such attempt. This one came out reminding me a bit of the artwork in The Last Unicorn. At least the face of the girl has that look anyway. I've been more disappointed with the results I've achieved so far trying to generate fantasy artwork but then I haven't made as many attempts at that either.