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Bold saturated colors, mid-century design, latex shorts, men in the style of J. C. Leyendecker, layout of a liquor poster, tapas bar. Rendered with Stable Diffusion, Virile Fusion v2.

gymdreams8.com/blog/liquor-pos…

One of the funnest aspect of AI art is the remix of subject matters and styles, and turning them into new works that are both familiar and unexpected. These illustrations are remixes of a combination of things: the layout of a liquor poster, the body type of men by J. C. Leyendecker, the bold and saturated colors, the mid-century designs that reminds you of the past, and the men wearing polished latex, a clothing material in modern times. All of these together create a unique signature that mix so many aspects that feel both old and new together.

If I had come up with this unique blend fo visual excitement, I would be so proud. Yet I couldn’t take all the credits for the combination of creation. A lot of the keywords which inspired this series of images came from the AI ping-pongs a Discord server, where members of channel took text prompts from the images posted by each other and breath new lives into each other’s works.

AI Ping-Pong

If these images remind you of the “Man Tart poster” posted by mid_bi_west or a “risograph print” by Zakalwe404 , that’s because these were not coincidences at all — parts of my text prompts were based on images that they had posted, though I’ve added my own blend of twists to the prompts.

Where they were riffing on how to make illustrations with flat colors, I responded mostly to the bold colors and settings — tapas bar, mid-century style, and liquor poster. Who knew that would be a combo?
Where they removed detail by using negative numbers on the Add Detail Lora to get figures that are void of shading, I dialed up mine so they go into another direction. Where they portrayed a single person sipping liquor at a tapas bar, I decided to portray couples having a by-chance meeting at the bar.

Community

Text-prompt ping-pongs like these happen all the time on Discord. It’s part of what makes it such a great community — with members who are so generous with their time and creativity.

I dare say that I would not have gotten so far with Stable Diffusion had it not been the thoughtful and helpful discussions with the people who are active on the men-only channel, both publicly on the server and privately through DMs.

I’m also really glad to have been able to chat with the creators behind many of the popular checkpoint models that are used by so many gay AI artists you see on Instagram and Twitter — Scratchproof, Virile Fusion; Airfuck, Airfuck’s Wild Mix.

People

You know what the greatest part is? Besides the fact that everyone is so creative and inspiring, these are the funniest guys I’ve ever met on the internet. So even when I get a bit busy, I would often go to the channel just to see what they’ve been up to, and what crazy creations that they have shared.

Based on prompts by a few friends on Instagram and Discord: Zakalwe404 and Czachk.

Text prompts in Stable Diffusion.

- Virile Fusion v2, 30 steps, DPM++ SDE Karras.
- ADetailer mediapipe_face_full
- Hires upscale: 2 (1024x1024), 15 steps, 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k
- Post: Topaz Gigapixel HQ, 2x (2048x2048) + 2x (4096x4096), Adobe Lightroom (color correction)

Liquor Poster, Kiss.
August 18, 2023.

56 images.

- gymdreams8.com/blog/liquor-pos…
- www.instagram.com/p/CwFdpcZrPp…
- www.instagram.com/p/CwFSOkhLdI…
- www.instagram.com/p/CwFJZF1LNa…
- twitter.com/GymDreams8/status/…

Description
Bold saturated colors, mid-century design, latex shorts, men in the style of J. C. Leyendecker, layout of a liquor poster, tapas bar. Rendered with Stable Diffusion, Virile Fusion v2.

gymdreams8.com/blog/liquor-pos…

One of the funnest aspect of AI art is the remix of subject matters and styles, and turning them into new works that are both familiar and unexpected. These illustrations are remixes of a combination of things: the layout of a liquor poster, the body type of men by J. C. Leyendecker, the bold and saturated colors, the mid-century designs that reminds you of the past, and the men wearing polished latex, a clothing material in modern times. All of these together create a unique signature that mix so many aspects that feel both old and new together.

If I had come up with this unique blend fo visual excitement, I would be so proud. Yet I couldn’t take all the credits for the combination of creation. A lot of the keywords which inspired this series of images came from the AI ping-pongs a Discord server, where members of channel took text prompts from the images posted by each other and breath new lives into each other’s works.

AI Ping-Pong

If these images remind you of the “Man Tart poster” posted by mid_bi_west or a “risograph print” by Zakalwe404 , that’s because these were not coincidences at all — parts of my text prompts were based on images that they had posted, though I’ve added my own blend of twists to the prompts.

Where they were riffing on how to make illustrations with flat colors, I responded mostly to the bold colors and settings — tapas bar, mid-century style, and liquor poster. Who knew that would be a combo?
Where they removed detail by using negative numbers on the Add Detail Lora to get figures that are void of shading, I dialed up mine so they go into another direction. Where they portrayed a single person sipping liquor at a tapas bar, I decided to portray couples having a by-chance meeting at the bar.

Community

Text-prompt ping-pongs like these happen all the time on Discord. It’s part of what makes it such a great community — with members who are so generous with their time and creativity.

I dare say that I would not have gotten so far with Stable Diffusion had it not been the thoughtful and helpful discussions with the people who are active on the men-only channel, both publicly on the server and privately through DMs.

I’m also really glad to have been able to chat with the creators behind many of the popular checkpoint models that are used by so many gay AI artists you see on Instagram and Twitter — Scratchproof, Virile Fusion; Airfuck, Airfuck’s Wild Mix.

People

You know what the greatest part is? Besides the fact that everyone is so creative and inspiring, these are the funniest guys I’ve ever met on the internet. So even when I get a bit busy, I would often go to the channel just to see what they’ve been up to, and what crazy creations that they have shared.

Based on prompts by a few friends on Instagram and Discord: Zakalwe404 and Czachk.

Text prompts in Stable Diffusion.

- Virile Fusion v2, 30 steps, DPM++ SDE Karras.
- ADetailer mediapipe_face_full
- Hires upscale: 2 (1024x1024), 15 steps, 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k
- Post: Topaz Gigapixel HQ, 2x (2048x2048) + 2x (4096x4096), Adobe Lightroom (color correction)

Liquor Poster, Kiss.
August 18, 2023.

56 images.

- gymdreams8.com/blog/liquor-pos…
- www.instagram.com/p/CwFdpcZrPp…
- www.instagram.com/p/CwFSOkhLdI…
- www.instagram.com/p/CwFJZF1LNa…
- twitter.com/GymDreams8/status/…