A Beginner's Guide to AI Art

BY: RadioFM PATREON

With the help of Yoink#1234
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I. Introduction to AI Art
A.What is AI Art?
AI art is a form of art that uses artificial intelligence algorithms to create or
enhance artwork. It involves training machine learning models on large datasets of
images, which are then used to generate new images, manipulate existing images,
or create entirely new artworks. AI art can take many different forms, including
digital paintings, collages, animations, and even sculptures.

B. The Importance and Relevance of AI Art

The importance and relevance of AI art lie in its ability to push the boundaries of
traditional art forms, offering new ways of creating, interpreting, and experiencing
art. Using machine learning algorithms, AI art can produce unique, complex, and
even surreal artworks that are difficult, if not impossible, to achieve through
traditional means. Moreover, AI art can also challenge our preconceptions about
what art is and what it means, raising questions about the role of creativity,
authorship, and aesthetics in the age of automation and artificial intelligence.

In addition to its artistic and conceptual value, AI art also has practical applications
in various fields, such as design, advertising, and entertainment. For example,
AI-generated images can be used in product design, visual effects, or video games,
providing cost-effective and customizable solutions for businesses and consumers
alike.

C.Conclusion
Overall, AI art represents a fascinating and rapidly evolving field that merges art,
science, and technology, offering new opportunities for creativity, innovation, and
exploration.

II. How to Create AI Art

I will now help you start creating AI Art by using one of the most popular if not the
most used WEBUI for stable diffusion(By Automatic1111)

A.HOW TO RUN AUTO1111

1. ONLINE:
Colab is our original suggestion, but…
THIS GUY IS THE PRODUCT MANAGER LEAD OF COLAB

COLAB CHANGED ITS TOS, INDICATING THAT USING WEBUI IS PROHIBITED

IF YOU TRY TO RUN WEBUI, A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARS IF YOU DO,

PAID VERSION (COLAB PRO, COLAB PRO+) IS STILL ALLOWED TO USE WEBUI
You can still use it to try to bypass bans:
NOCRYPT'S COLAB REMASTERED
But I don’t recommend you to do it unless you are willing to bear the consequences
of being banned by the colab

USE RUNPOD INSTEAD

PROS:
-You don’t use any of your hardware resources
-You can run it on a potato laptop
-Easy to run/start (There are official templates to run Webui)
-Fast and very effective for running more demanding parameters/loads
-Multitasking can be done

CONS:
-Potential limitation that other users are using the GPU (You won’t be able to use it
when someone is using it)
-Connection to gdrive required to save images
-Services are pay-to-access

FULL TUTORIAL VIDEO (1 hour 45min long)

Image tutorial (made with help by Yoink#1234):

Runpod Tutorial Document

2. LOCAL:
PROS:
-Full control of the web UI and file
-Directly save files on your computer/laptop
-No wifi required
-No time limit

CONS:
-Hardware dependent (GPUs, specifically VRAM)
-NVIDIA GPUs > AMD GPUs
-Lots of downloading to do (Check DOWNLOADABLES)
-Can take up potentially hundreds of GB of space on a laptop/PC

WHERE/HOW TO:

GitHub page of AUTO1111: All instructions are there, just read

https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui#installati
on-and-running

Make sure the required dependencies are met and follow the instructions available
for both NVidia (recommended) and AMD GPUs.
Automatic Installation on Windows:

1) Install Python 3.10.6 (Newer version of Python does not support torch),
checking "Add Python to PATH".
2) Install git.
3) Download the stable-diffusion-webui repository, for example by running:
“git clone https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui.git.”
in command console
4) Run “webui-user.bat” from Windows Explorer as normal, non-administrator,
user. I suggest making a desktop shortcut for the .bat file for quick access

TUTORIAL VIDEO

THE VID IS APPLICABLE FOR BOTH AMD AND NVIDIA GPUS

III. LAUNCH ARGUMENTS (LOCAL AUTO1111):

"C:\Users\PC\stable-diffusion-webui\webui-user.bat" (EDIT W/NOTEPAD)

COMMANDLINE_ARGS: FULL LIST: GITHUB PAGE

FEATURES:
--autolaunch
Automatically open the WEBUI tab after it finished the startup

--dark-theme
As the name says, the dark theme in the WebUI tab

--update-all-extensions
 Automatically update the extensions you installed during the startup

PERFORMANCE:
--medvram
Only loads the model at the time when the WEBUI needs it, for 8GB VRAM
GPUs

--lowvram
Only load the PART of the model at the time when WEBUI needs it, for </=
6gb VRAM GPUs

--reinstall-xformers
(FOR INSTALLING XFORMERS, ONLY USE ONCE)

--xformers
(INCREASE THE SPEED AND REDUCE THE VRAM USAGE SIGNIFICANTLY,
BUT NON-DETERMINISTIC [CANNOT REPLICATE IMAGES EXACTLY])

--no-half-vae
(FIX THE ERROR WHEN WEBUI TRIES TO LOAD THE MODEL WITH THE
METHOD NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE GPU)

--opt-sdp-attention
(SAME AS XFORMERS, EVEN FASTER, BUT WON’T REDUCE VRAM USAGE)

--opt-sdp-no-mem-attention
(DETERMINISTIC, SLIGHTLY SLOWER)
IV. Resources and Tools for AI Art

Downloadables:
YOU CAN FIND MORE HERE: https://civitai.com | https://huggingface.co

Place models here: C:\Users\PC\stable-diffusion-webui\models\Stable-diffusion

Model(s)
Green ones are the ones I use the most

Meina models:
MeinaMix, MeinaPastel, MeinaUnreal
https://civitai.com/user/Meina

Mods13 models:
ExpMix, NabiMix, CamelliaMix
https://civitai.com/user/Mods13/models

Prime Milo models:

PrimeMix, NoxPrimeMix
https://civitai.com/user/Prime_Milo/models

Counterfeit:

Cetus-mix:

Anything:

[Remember to use preferred settings of the model, if there are any, usually
located in the description]
Vae(s)
C:\Users\PC\stable-diffusion-webui\models\Vae

Waifu Diffusion (kl-f8-anime2)

https://huggingface.co/hakurei/waifu-diffusion-v1-4/tree/main/vae

NAI(the one with like 800mb) aka orangemix.vae

https://huggingface.co/WarriorMama777/OrangeMixs/tree/main/VAEs

NOTE: SOME MODELS HAVE VAEs “BAKED” INTO THEM, SO THERE WOULD BE
NO NEED TO USE THE VAE SINCE IT INCORPORATED IN THE MODEL ITSELF

(C:\Users\PC\stable-diffusion-webui\models\VAE)
Lora(s)

C:\Users\PC\stable-diffusion-webui\models\Lora
These are some that I use often:

For characters, just search for whoever you want

Light and shadow:

https://civitai.com/models/13239/light-and-shadow

LightLine Art:
https://civitai.com/models/19068/lightline-art-lora

Blacklight:
https://civitai.com/models/15898/blacklight

Graphic design (2 versions):

https://civitai.com/models/24234/graphic-design
https://civitai.com/models/30976/graphic-design20

Fashion Girl:
https://civitai.com/models/8217/fashion-girl

For art styles: (can also search up artist)

Yoneyama Mai:
https://civitai.com/models/11701/yoneyama-mai-style
https://civitai.com/models/21722/vivid-impactful-style-yoneyama-mai-style-liken
ess-loralocon
Sky Freedom:
https://civitai.com/models/32271/sky-freedom-or-style
Textual Inversion / Embeddings:
C:\Users\PC\stable-diffusion-webui\embeddings

EasyNegative:
https://civitai.com/models/7808/easynegative

DeepNegative:
https://civitai.com/models/4629/deep-negative-v1x

Bad Hands:
https://huggingface.co/yesyeahvh/bad-hands-5/tree/main

Bad Artist:
https://huggingface.co/nick-x-hacker/bad-artist
https://civitai.com/models/5224/bad-artist-negative-embedding

Bad Quality:
https://huggingface.co/p1atdev/badquality
https://civitai.com/models/19968/badquality-negative-embedding-for-wd15

Bad Image:
https://huggingface.co/Xynon/models

Extensions (RECOMMENDED TO DOWNLOAD ALL):

In your webui, go to “Extensions” tab > “Install from URL” > copy-paste the
link and install, go to “installed” and apply and restart UI

https://github.com/kohya-ss/sd-webui-additional-networks
https://github.com/KohakuBlueleaf/a1111-sd-webui-locon

https://github.com/Mikubill/sd-webui-controlnet
https://github.com/hako-mikan/sd-webui-supermerger
https://github.com/DominikDoom/a1111-sd-webui-tagcomplete
https://github.com/Gerschel/sd-web-ui-quickcss
https://github.com/adieyal/sd-dynamic-prompts
https://github.com/NoCrypt/sd-fast-pnginfo
https://github.com/ashen-sensored/sd_webui_stealth_pnginfo
https://github.com/catppuccin/stable-diffusion-webui
https://github.com/davehornik/sd-discord-rich_presence

https://github.com/etherealxx/batchlinks-webui
https://github.com/pkuliyi2015/multidiffusion-upscaler-for-automatic1111
https://github.com/hnmr293/posex
https://github.com/mcmonkeyprojects/sd-dynamic-thresholding
https://github.com/hnmr293/sd-webui-llul
https://github.com/hako-mikan/sd-webui-regional-prompter
https://github.com/ashen-sensored/sd-webui-runtime-block-merge
https://github.com/camenduru/sd-webui-tunnels
https://github.com/aka7774/sd_filer
https://github.com/aka7774/sd_images_browser
https://github.com/bbc-mc/sdweb-merge-block-weighted-gui.git
https://github.com/opparco/stable-diffusion-webui-composable-lora
https://github.com/klimaleksus/stable-diffusion-webui-fix-image-paste
https://github.com/Zuellni/stable-diffusion-webui-image-filters
https://github.com/AIUlkesh/stable-diffusion-webui-images-browser
https://github.com/arenatemp/stable-diffusion-webui-model-toolkit
https://github.com/ilian6806/stable-diffusion-webui-state
https://github.com/opparco/stable-diffusion-webui-two-shot
https://github.com/Coyote-A/ultimate-upscale-for-automatic1111.git
https://github.com/yoinked-h/yoinked-style-adder
V. Working with AI Art Tools
My Prompts on AI ART
ANIME FOCUSED
DON'T JUST CTRL C + CTRL V (EXPERIMENT AND BE CREATIVE)
PROMPTS SHOULD TYPICALLY BE SHORT AND CONCISE ON WHAT YOU WANT
SHORTER = BETTER

PROMPT HELPER
NovelAI Anime Girl Prompt Guide – LUNAR ★ MIMI
A. CAMERA:
MOST USED IS “cowboy shot”

B. CHARACTER FEATURES:

NEED | RECOMMENDED | OPTIONAL | READ/NOTE | SPECIFY | DOWNLOAD REQ

REMEMBER TO PICK DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT/THE SITUATION GIVEN

1girl/1boy

length hair, color hair,

Hair types: ponytail, twintail, braid, updo, etc.

color eyes,
Eye types: heterochromia, fox eyes, etc.

breasts size
Large, medium, small, etc.

clothing/outfit tags

other descriptive tags:

beautiful, cute, evil, naughty, short, tall, mature, skin tone, busty, slim, fit,
muscular, etc.

Example:

1girl, long hair, orange hair, ponytail, green eyes, large breasts,
 C. CLOTHING/OUTFIT:

Try describing what your character is wearing and what you want to be seen in the
image, so adding something like boots will make the image generate a full body to
include the boots on the character.

Tops: This category includes clothing designed to cover the upper part of the body,
such as shirts, blouses, sweaters, and jackets.

Bottoms: Clothing designed to cover the lower part of the body, such as pants,
shorts, skirts, and leggings, fall under this category.

Footwear: This category includes shoes, boots, sandals, and other types of footwear
designed to protect and support the feet.

Underwear: Clothing worn under other garments to protect, support, or cover

intimate body parts, such as bras, panties, and undershirts.

Accessories: This category includes items such as hats, scarves, belts, gloves, and
jewelry that are worn to complement an outfit or provide additional functionality.

Generating without outfit tags can either generate random outfits depending on
the model you are using.

Prompt outer to inner, top to bottom

ie: baseball cap, hair ornament, earrings, choker, jacket, turtleneck, skirt, thighighs

EXAMPLES:

Casual: baseball cap, leather jacket, turtleneck, necklace, suspenders, pleated skirt,
thighhighs, garter straps,
Student: school uniform, gakuran, white shirt, serafuku, armband, plaid skirt, watch,

Teacher: teacher, long sleeves, button down polo, shirt tucked in, pencil skirt,
thighhighs, garter straps

Gym: ponytail, hair scrunchie, criss-cross halter, sports bra, athletic shorts /
leggings, sweat,

Sports (tennis/golf): visor cap, polo shirt, shirt tucked in, plaid skirt,

Dress: collarbone, bare shoulders, hair ornament, jewelry, choker, black dress,
criss-cross halterneck, gloves,

Suit (Formal): tuxedo, trousers

Suit (Business): business suit, blazer, vest, white shirt, necktie, pants,

Bunny Suit: playboy bunny, rabbit ears, fake animal ears, collar, bowtie, wrist cuffs,
navel, rabbit tail, thighhighs,

Swimwear: criss-cross bikini, sarong,

Many variations, search “bikini” on Civitai for more samples

Military:
1) military, military uniform, peaked cap, coat, shirt, necktie, gloves, pants,
2) military, military uniform, It consists of a navy blue double-breasted tailcoat
with standing collar faced white with gold edging worn with gold shoulder
boards and gold laced blue trousers,

Police: police, police uniform, peaked cap, blue shirt, breast pocket, necktie,
armband, gloves, blue pencil skirt, holster,
 D. POSE/ACTION:

Describe what is happening, precisely what the character is doing like where is it
looking at, are they standing/sitting, are they holding something, what is it that
they are doing, and what pose are they striking?

E. SETTING/SCENE:

For scenes/setting/background, describe what you want in a scene, so for a room,

you would describe the light source, what furniture is seen, the kind of floors and
walls, etc.

EXAMPLES:

Street: tokyo, city, street, building, lamppost, crosswalk,

School: classroom, window, chalkboard, chair, table,

Gym: gym, window, ceiling light, treadmill, elliptical trainer, dumbbells, barbells,
exercise bike,

Casino: casino, lobby, poker table, chair, cards, poker chip,

Party:

Room:

F. QUALITY:
Quality tags are to be placed after or before your main prompt
Yoink’s Quality and Negative Prompt (I often use this)

QUALITY: weird atmosphere, (best quality:1.1), (masterpiece:1.2), high quality

shadow, beautiful detailed, (high detailed skin, skin details), (wide_landscape, 8k),
beautiful face, detailed eyes, depth of field, dramatic light, best quality, highres, best
shadow, best illumination,

NEGATIVE: watermark, text, ((background characters)), realistic, (extra digits:1.4),

(worst quality, low quality:1.4), (malformed hands:1.4), (poorly drawn hands:1.4),
(mutated fingers:1.4), (extra limbs:1.35), (poorly drawn face:1.4), EasyNegative:1.2,
bad-hands-5,

LONG QUALITY: extremely detailed CG unity 8k wallpaper, ultra-high-definition,

(masterpiece:1.2), (best quality), (ultra-detailed), highres, sharp focus, clarity, fine
textures, fine details, clear foreground, mid-ground, background elements, crisp
edges, best illustration, an extremely delicate and beautiful, ultra-high color quality,
high contrast, no watermark signature, painted by greg rutkowski makoto shinkai
takashi takeuchi studio ghibli,

G.NEGATIVE EMBEDDINGS:
A small archive of different negative prompt

STANDARD NEGATIVE: (worst quality, low quality:1.4), monochrome, zombie,

(interlocked fingers),

WITH NEGATIVE EMBEDDINGS: (bad-hands-5:0.8), EasyNegative,

ng_deepnegative_v1_75t,
OTHER NEG EMBEDDINGS: bad_prompt_version2, badv3, (by bad-artist-anime),
(by bad-artist-anime:0.8),

H. PARAMETERS:
 I. MY WORKFLOW/SAMPLES

cowboy shot, 1girl, short hair, blonde hair, braided updo, red eyes, (hair ornament,
jewelry), (choker:1,2), (dress, sleeveless dress, halterneck, halter neck), (bar, classic
bar, scenery, indoors, light, reflection, table, chair, cup, stool, ceiling light, drinking
glass, lamp, chandelier, alcohol, wooden floor),

Negative prompt: watermark, text, ((background characters)), realistic, (extra

digits:1.4), (worst quality, low quality:1.4), (malformed hands:1.4), (poorly drawn
hands:1.4), (mutated fingers:1.4), (extra limbs:1.35), (poorly drawn face:1.4),
EasyNegative:1.2, bad-hands-5,

Here are the parameters:

Steps: 40, Sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 3963069043, Size:
512x768, Model hash: eac6c08a19, Model: meinamix_meinaV9, Denoising strength:
0.4, Clip skip: 2, ENSD: 31337, Hires upscale: 2, Hires steps: 20, Hires upscaler:
R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B
 With ControlNet

cowboy shot, facing viewer, 1girl, long hair, black hair, ponytail, messy hair, green
eyes, sweat, scrunchie, sports bra, leggings, gym, indoors, light, window,

Negative prompt: watermark, text, ((background characters)), realistic, (extra

digits:1.4), (worst quality, low quality:1.4), (malformed hands:1.4), (poorly drawn
hands:1.4), (mutated fingers:1.4), (extra limbs:1.35), (poorly drawn face:1.4),
EasyNegative:1.2, bad-hands-5,
Here are the parameters:
Steps: 40, Sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1082226396, Size:
512x768, Model hash: eac6c08a19, Model: meinamix_meinaV9, Denoising strength:
0.4, Clip skip: 2, ENSD: 31337,

ControlNet 0: "preprocessor: openpose_full, model: None, weight: 1,

starting/ending: (0, 1), resize mode: Crop and Resize, pixel perfect: False, control
mode: My prompt is more important, preprocessor params: (768, 64, 64)", Hires
upscale: 2, Hires steps: 20, Hires upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B
 With Lora and Inpaint (Inpaint area: only masked)

cowboy shot, st. louis \(luxurious wheels\) \(azur lane\), 1girl, hair ornament,
earrings, necklace, turtleneck, tucked in, pleated skirt, thighhighs, winter coat,
aurora, snow, winter, (best quality:1.1), (masterpiece:1.2), high quality shadow,
beautiful detailed, (high detailed skin, skin details), (wide_landscape, 8k), beautiful
face, detailed eyes, depth of field, dramatic light, best quality, highres, best shadow,
best illumination, <lora:st louis epoch5:0.7>
Negative prompt: watermark, text, ((background characters)), realistic, (extra
digits:1.4), (worst quality, low quality:1.4), (malformed hands:1.4), (poorly drawn
hands:1.4), (mutated fingers:1.4), (extra limbs:1.35), (poorly drawn face:1.4),
EasyNegative:1.2, bad-hands-5,

Here are the parameters:

Steps: 40, Sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1543274719, Size:
1024x1536, Model hash: eac6c08a19, Model: meinamix_meinaV9, Denoising
strength: 0.4, Clip skip: 2, ENSD: 31337, Hires upscale: 2, Hires steps: 20, Hires
upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B, Mask blur: 4, Denoising strength: 0.6

Wide landscape

1girl, long hair, brown hair, twintails, blue eyes, baseball cap, racing suit, pants, race
queen, motorcycle, riding, racetrack,
Negative prompt: watermark, text, ((background characters)), realistic, (extra
digits:1.4), (worst quality, low quality:1.4), (malformed hands:1.4), (poorly drawn
hands:1.4), (mutated fingers:1.4), (extra limbs:1.35), (poorly drawn face:1.4),
EasyNegative:1.2, bad-hands-5,

Here are the parameters:

Steps: 40, Sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1338017985, Size:
1536x1024, Model hash: eac6c08a19, Model: meinamix_meinaV9, Denoising
strength: 0.6, Clip skip: 2, ENSD: 31337

VI. Sharing and Promoting Your AI Art

A.Building an Online Presence for Your AI Art

Sharing on Social Media

1. Choose the right platform: As with any type of art, it's essential to choose the
right platform for your AI art. Pixiv, Instagram, and Twitter can be great for
sharing images and short videos, while YouTube and Vimeo can be great for
sharing longer videos or tutorials. Consider which platform best suits your
content and target audience.

2. Showcase the process: One of the unique aspects of AI art is the process
behind it. Consider sharing images or videos that show the process of how
your AI art is created. This can help your audience understand and
appreciate the complexity and uniqueness of your work.
 3. Highlight the technology: AI is fascinating, and people are often interested in
learning more about how it works. Consider sharing information about the
tools and techniques you use to create your AI art. This can help build
interest and engagement with your work.

4. Use Tags/hashtags: Tags can help your AI art reach a wider audience. Do
some research to find relevant tags in your niche, and include them in your
posts. Platforms such as Pixiv have a wide variety of tags, you can search for
the most popular/used tags in Pixiv

5. Be consistent: Consistency is key on social media. Make sure to post

regularly, and try to stick to a consistent posting schedule. This will help you
build a following and keep your work top of mind for your audience.

B. Collaborating with Others in AI Art

Joining AI Art Communities and Groups

I SUGGEST JOINING MEINA’S DISCORD SERVER, COMPLETELY OPTIONAL,
BUT THE PEOPLE THERE CAN AND USUALLY WILL PROVIDE HELP WITH
ANY* QUESTIONS. IT'S ALSO THE DISCORD SERVER I'M USUALLY POSTING
MY GENERATIONS IN.

INVITE LINK: https://discord.gg/meinaverse

Contact and Support

MY DISCORD: RadioFM#1369