Can AI be a TOOL for ARTISTS? My workflow + Pros & Cons

We will see HOW I use AI as a TOOL to create exactly what I want. And review AI to see it's PROS and CONS. Mainly from my point of view, as a beginner artist. Since this workflow has been developed to cover for my shortcomings. Though I'll share tips and ways to use AI that can be helpful to EVERY skill level. Feel free to discus what you think in the comments! Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/csznKv8yuT ------------- Links used in the VIDEO ---------- Main checkpoint used: https://civitai.com/models/997769/naixlmmmmix Lora Used: https://civitai.com/models/654564/sung-jinwoo-solo-leveling-ponyxl AfterDetailer Extension: https://github.com/Bing-su/adetailer.git Download the Ultimate SD Upscale: https://github.com/Coyote-A/ultimate-upscale-for-automatic1111 Download main CN Models: https://huggingface.co/lllyasviel/ControlNet-v1-1/tree/main Download CNXL models: https://civitai.com/models/136070/controlnetxl-cnxl Download Controlnet for Illustrious models: https://civitai.com/models/929685/noobai-xl-controlnet ControlNet Extension: https://github.com/Mikubill/sd-webui-controlnet.git ------------- Useful links ---------- Similar workflow with less drawing: https://youtu.be/E_-z0ed46Nc Older but useful info: https://github.com/lllyasviel/ControlNet ------------- Social Media ---------- -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/not4talent_ai/ -Twitter: https://twitter.com/not4talent -------------- Explanation for AI beginners --------------- I'm using Stable Diffusion, a free, opensource, uncensored gen-AI for images. More specifically the Automatic1111 UI, and Forge UI whenever I need to use FLUX (You can use just Forge UI, since it's basically an upgraded version of A1111). Stable Diffusion is the base AI, and it has 3+ variations that people use. -Sd 1.5 (the oldest version, low prompt comprehension and generates at low resolutions, but has the largest amount of extensions and trained LORAs) . -SDXL (the second oldest version. The base is