SD2 Artist Reference: Zdzisław Beksiński

I think stable 2.0 so far is an epic diffsaster! Just about as terrible as that pun!

Putting silliness aside momentarily, this is a set of early proofs for various artists to see what aesthetics they produce in the new stable diffusion 2.0 model. So far the results are … perplexing, to speak politely.

SD always was terrible at Beksiński, so that’s nothing new. 1.5 and below did this weird smooth texture thing. At least they got the color palette right though - this one is gaudy and basically nothing Beksiński or even remotely Beksiński-adjacent.

But don’t take my word for it - check out all of the refs in this collection right here:

All SD2 trash talking aside, please form your own opinions instead of listening to me complain - we are always so much better off when the greatest number of folks think for themselves, and we have a resulting diversity of views!