I am completely fascinated by AI art, and would like to try my hand at it. I know that most of this boils down to prompt engineering.

Can the community recommend a few resources that can help a complete beginner get bootstrapped quickly?

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Edit:

Resources I came across while researching.

  1. MidJourney - Produces much better results, but is a paid offering.
    1. https://docs.midjourney.com/
  2. Stable Diffusion - Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
    1. https://huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-diffusion
  3. Setting up Stable Diffusion locally using DiffusionBee - an easy to use wrapper over Stable Diffusion.
    1. https://github.com/divamgupta/diffusionbee-stable-diffusion-ui
    2. https://diffusionbee.com
    3. https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-use-stable-diffusion-mac/
    4. I used an M1 Pro with 32 GB, DiffusionBee produced images within 20 seconds at 25 steps, within 40 seconds at 50 steps.
  4. Alternatively, try automatic1111 which exposes more features to tinker with.
    1. https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui
  5. A quick read on prompt engineering: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/how-to-run-stable-diffusion-locally-to-generate-images/
    1. Refer to “Prompt Engineering” under “Tips and Tricks”.
  6. For inspiration/exploration: https://arthub.ai/

Thanks @Hyrulian@lemmy.world and @livedeified@lemmy.world!