Steampunk Girl #7

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 running on both Windows and Linux with minimal effort. While the included GUI is a nice convenience, the real appeal to me of this version was the fact that it was very easy to install though I have been using the GUI as well.

To get speedy results you need a decent GPU. However, you don't need a GPU to use Stable Diffusion UI. It's just that if you don't have one and use only the CPU, each image will take a long time to produce. Thirty minutes or more depending on your hardware and the settings you use. However, this is open source software so you can generate as many images as you want for free. The end result is that even with limited hardware, you can still produce unlimited images as long as you are patient.

This Steampunk portrait came out pretty well I thought. The one thing that seems more noticeable with the "steampunk" prompt vs. the "cyberpunk" prompt and a couple of others I have tried is how indistinct some of the details are. Gears show up as you might expect in steampunk imagery but they aren't necessarily well formed or symmetrical, especially when it comes to the teeth. The same things is true with clock faces and other details. These things aren't noticeable at a glance but become obvious when you look closely.