How To Use Artbreeder

Using Artbreeder To Create Your Characters (Version 2.0)

Something I have always needed in my writing was to be able to see what I wanted my character to look like. If I didn't, I noticed I accidently kept changing things about thier appearance. About a year ago, I came across something called artbreeder that for the most part works really well when it comes to creating characters.

*Disclaimer artbreeder does not control the AI generated pictures.

With Artbreeders new updates, I have now found two different ways I like to create my characters. Do not go to characters and try to make one there because otherwise you get images that look like this:

It's not very nice looking is it? Go to create and choose either splicer 2 or splicer protraits. If you choosing to use splicer protraits, You need to look at the top and chose at least one parent. There are tons of community pictures you can remix just choose one from there.

Once you decided on your parents, fiddle around with the sliders until you're happy with what your character looks like. Here's an example of what my splicer looked like:

Now, if you're happy with it you can leave it like that but I find ususally this is a great start but its not exactly like my character yet. So my next step is to go back to create and choose poser. Hit the little picture with the plus and add your splicer. Remove the default picture and add in your prompt. For example it might be: A girl with a school uniform, smiling. Choose the number of pictures you want AI to generate (Beside the generate button), and hit generate. If it has generated something you like you have to it save for it to be kept in your profile! Do keep in mind that if it requires AI to generate something it'll cost you what you call credits.

We'll talk about credits later, but after you've tried out to first pose, you can switch it. Find the black picture with the lines and dots in it. Under it you'll find a picture with a plus to it, which is indentical to the one we used to put in your splicer. Click that and you'll see new options to what pose you can have your character do.

After you're happy with your characters, make sure you save them and exit using the home button on the top of your screen. If you still can't get your character how you want I suggest trying out prompter or composer. They work pretty much the same way and there is instructions if you hit the question mark on composer.

Now, back to credits. Credits are something you can earn by doing different tasks daily. If you vote, you'll get 1 credit for every voting milestone you hit; there is 3 of them. You get one credit for entering an image in a remix party. If you're lucky you can earn credits for doing well in a contest. For example, if you get voted in the top 50% in a contest you'll recieve one extra credit. Credits will expire in one month of you don't claim them right away.

If you wanted to use the splicer 2 method, that's great! Splicer 2, is newer and honestly my new favourite tool. You can add prompts and parents same as before but this is more accurate, has different positions you can use and it understands all of those extra details better. I always had a diffuclut time getting AI to get the age of my characters right and when they came out with splicer 2, it actually got it correct. And the images are such a good quality too! Play around with it! I've also noticed that if you can't get your picture the way you want it to, hover over prompt and hit the plus button. It has default prompts you can add to your own prompts to help you get what you want. Here's what my splicer 2 Images look like:

Verus, what my previous pictures turned out from my first method:

That's the basics of artbreeder! I really recommend it's honestly great for writing. If you have any questions, let me know!