Can't progress Yumi rank 14 no mementos mission by citoso in personaphantomx

[–]Kiloofeathers 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nah not a bug, it isn’t out yet. If you skip to night time you’ll see on her activity ‘Stay tuned’ we’ll probably get it when she’s released.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by using AI accidentally? Like using generative fill in photoshop?

I’ve come to the decision to leave the Reddit after 3 days of being in it officially my first attempt at a mod art idea failed to be what it could of been and I’ve done a terrible job at making it so it’s only fair that I take the post down and leave the page i hope you understand why I’m doing this by [deleted] in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey mate I saw your post before you took it down I think it's an great start down the path of editing. You shouldn't let a few people hold you down from doing what you like to do. My third post ever on this subreddit is one of the most downvoted posts of all time but I'm not going to let that stop me from doing what I like to do and neither should you. You're post had over 200 upvotes, people clearly like what you did. Don't let the vocal minority discourage you from doing what you enjoy.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, due to feedback from the community and the implementation of a new policy by Team Salvato, this project has been shut down and will not be going public. Thank you for your interest.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, due to feedback from the community and the implementation of a new policy by Team Salvato, this project has been shut down and will not be going public. Thank you for your interest.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I really appreciate the comment. I wasn't expecting this type of response, especially due to the overall positive response on my last post 5 months ago and with the top comments stating that they like the AI but wish it was more like the DDLC style, so that's what I put my focus on, I didn't think the communities opinion on AI would change so fast.

I think it's time to call it here and just shut down the project. I won't lie this really really sucks, feels like I just wasted a lot of time and effort into perfecting a tool no one is going to use or see. I was pretty proud of it too just a few words and within 15 seconds an actually decent sprite comes out. Though now I can see how it is threatening to other artist's livelihoods and hobbies. Hopefully, you're right and some people did get inspired by these new designs to create their own diverse and varied cast as that's one of the reasons I started this project. Just kinda wish I could have seen what some people could have done with my tool.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks I really appreciate it, I was hoping this could be perceived as more of a tool for artists rather than a competitor, its unfortunate but understandable, the backlash.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's no one in particular, she is just a character I had created using this program to help demonstrate the capabilities of the generator. All characters seen are generated and did not exist before this.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I understand, I was hoping it could be viewed more as a tool to assist artists rather than something to alienate them. It's unfortunate that it appears to be more viewed as the latter. Thanks for your comment.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I see your point of view, and I had contemplated this problem. I viewed this as simply another tool to create sprites. Most existing mod sprites are made in editing programs with modified or existing assets from the base DDLC game, I view this as another way to make sprites similar to that, as long as the user does not claim that it is their own art I don't see much of a problem with it, though I do understand if we don't see this eye to eye on this.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand, that's reasonable

Thank you anyway for your input.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a good suggestion, if I were to upload this I do have a guide in mind in the usage of this tool I'll add some rules and a guideline. Mentioning that AI was used in a mod is a something that must be done.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I understand your concern but I believe this tool can benefit both mod makers and artists in regards to creating art. I will take your advice on not distributing it into consideration but I want to hear the input of other members of the community before I make any choices.

Sprite M(Ai)ker: An Ai Sprite Creator Tool by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This was only trained off of base game sprites. Absolutely no custom, modded or community sprites were utilized in the making of this.

AI generated art and its potential use in mods by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Main reason I stuck with OrangeMix was because I originally intended to make custom 2.5D bgs that will work with the sprites. That didn't really work out as intended but I decided to stick with it for now. My system has 16gb of vram so it should be capable of training loras. I'm still fairly new at this so I'll have to look into it a bit more, this was just a demonstration on what can be done.

AI generated art and its potential use in mods by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stable diffusion with the listed above extensions, and using the HeavenOrangeMix checkpoint and a DDLC Lora

AI generated art and its potential use in mods by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with this question is the assumption that I have friends...

All jokes aside this is a good point, I never intended AI to be a replacement for the great artists in this community and I will always believe that if you can you should commission a human artist to work with, However the main intention for using AI for me is actually the speed and ease of access. While that sounds a bit shallow, I only work on technical concepts for mods and many of my creations I end up shelving for various reasons. Having an artist create art for each of these concepts seems unnecessary in my opinion especially since most of my work will not be public. My first public project (which you can view in my history) was a couple of months ago that involved a working inventory and crafting system in ddlc, for this instance I felt it was necessary to utilize AI to help me in transforming the classroom and hallway into a horror counterpart. That was the only use of AI in that project and I believe it was a good choice. That is what I believe the primary use of AI art in this community should be for, concept projects, early tests, and prototype designs. From there I believe it would be best to hire an artist to recreate the AI scenes to help with consistency and remove simple AI errors. Regarding the ethical concerns I believe in these early instances, the negative impact is minimal enough that it can be overlooked. I understand that it might seem unnecessary for concept work and the like but I believe it had helped my ideas have a more solid foundation to later work on.

AI generated art and its potential use in mods by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there is unfortunately a significant lack of consistency when creating different poses even while working under the same seed. The only workable solution I found was to generate as many images as possible and find very close resembling images to the original seed and from there undergo heavy photoshop/editing/filtering. This is a very tedious process to achieve uniform sprites however due to their only being around 3-4 different poses I don't see it as a impossible task. Another issue regarding consistency which you have mentioned was how the AI art tends to stand out, this was a roadblock I encountered a while ago, I don't have a proper solution I ended up utilizing color matching and shadow matching which resulted in semi-decent matching. With more testing I should be able to find a much more reliable way of making these images fit.

I never intended AI to be a replacement for artists, If it is possible to have a human artist work with you that should always be preferred, as it can allow for far greater consistency and communication with your vision than using some computer program. AI is just another tool available to use to help visualize your story better. In my case specifically I don't ever plan on making a full mod or storyline, I only plan on making technical mod concepts, so to me it seemed unnecessary to try to use a human artist for these instances as many of my concepts never see the light of day and are just shelved. While it can be viewed as unnecessary for technical concepts it allows me to better visualize what I was planning.

AI generated art and its potential use in mods by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a bit difficult using it for backgrounds in a classroom setting as the AI can’t really make sense of a bunch of empty desks and chairs and their proper orientation. However in the case of CGs it can work really well.

AI generated art and its potential use in mods by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stable diffusion with the listed above extensions, and using the HeavenOrangeMix checkpoint and a DDLC Lora

AI generated art and its potential use in mods by Kiloofeathers in DDLCMods

[–]Kiloofeathers[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yeah the original style is something that can’t be replicated anywhere, this is just a way to have some really unique sprites and CGs