In recent years, AI illustrations have become more common in various scenes. AI illustrations are illustrations automatically generated by AI, which has learned from the vast amount of data available on the internet, according to the keywords specified by the user. The evolution of AI is creating new possibilities in various fields, and its progress is also remarkable in the field of artworks.
Posted on March 6, 2023,Io Kenki @ studio Masakaki @studiomasakakiof“AI illustration has completely changed the game with the advent of Controlnet. It’s a really wonderful function to be able to color from the line drawing! You can either ‘just keep your own lines’ or ‘have AI correct them’.” The point is that you can also This does not specify the color, but if you specify “red hair, black clothes, yellow eyes”, you can also give directionality to the painting like this. ”The tweet was accompanied by an illustration in which the line drawing was colored with AI. The post has more than 10,000 likes and has become a hot topic on Twitter.
This time, we will introduce you to the details about this tweet and the various reactions received in the reply column.
What can ControlNet do?
Until now, AI illustrations with quality comparable to works drawn by humans have often been talked about on the Internet, but the poster, Io Kenki, tweeted, “AI illustrations are the appearance of Controlnet. It completely changed the game,” he said.
(The image is provided by “Io Kenki @ Studio Masakaki (@studiomasakaki)”)
(The image is provided by “Io Kenki @ Studio Masakaki (@studiomasakaki)”)
ControlNet is an extension that allows you to specify information such as the subject’s pose, contour, and depth by using it in combination with an image generation AI called “StableDiffusion”. It is possible to create an AI illustration that respects originality because it is possible to “just keep the line as it is” or “have the AI correct it”.
Strictly speaking, the coloring of the AI like an image is not coloring the line drawing itself, but using Controlnet to make the AI strongly aware of the line drawing itself and generate an illustration along the outline from scratch. It says. You can also specify the color by keyword, so you can finish the work in the direction you imagined.
The line drawings of tweets are automatically generated by AI! !
Twitter users who saw this tweet commented that they were surprised at the evolution of AI illustrations, saying, “With AI, you’ve become able to do this without even knowing it…!” There are rare people who are not good at painting, but this seems to be a good match.” Various comments were sent in the reply column, such as voices that it could be used as a technology that can cover areas that illustrators are not good at.
In addition to the previous tweet, the poster, Io Kenki, also said:
“The line drawings I introduced were not drawn by hand, but were generated using an additional learning model that is specialized only for drawing line drawings. It is already possible to start from a doodle like this and lead to a finished illustration.”
A must-see for those who want to learn AI illustration! !
This tweet introduces the latest AI illustration technology. Even people who are not very good at drawing can create works of their own liking as long as they master how to use AI illustration tools.
…… However, many people may have thought that learning an AI illustration tool from scratch would be unexpectedly difficult.
Io Kazuki has also published a free article for learning image generation AI in the shortest distance at the URL below. The necessary machine specs and basic knowledge of image generation are explained in an easy-to-understand manner for beginners, so if you are thinking of starting AI illustration, why not use it as a reference?
Also, Io Kenki has uploaded a separate video on Twitter that introduces AI’s retouching function, so if you are interested, please check it out as well.
●Catch up now! AI illustration super introduction→here
● AI retouch function introduction video →here
*Thumbnail image (Image: Provided by “Io Kenki @ Studio Masakaki (@studiomasakaki)”)
