Flux.1 character design experiments
Research of cartoon character designs within FLUX.1
2024
every character from the Simpsons, each character has unique traits from season 17 from The Simpsons by Matt Groening
As the current most powerful open-source text-to-image model, Flux.1 can be investigated at what character design it can reproduce.
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kirbyplufforonavirus in a betaing fight, motion blur 1973
all the characters from Spongebob hugging each other including: Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Squidwrads, Sandy, Spongebob, Marge, Minion, moo
It is very good at replicating the iconography of known characters. Given it many or not main character figures, it starts to break.
Sandy Cheeks from spongebob
Mr. Krabs
Still of Yoshi getting a divorce from the 1999 live-action movie
Still of SNL sketch from 1995 depicting Squidwards and Squirtle arguing
Hello Kitty serving you a burger at the local burger shop in finland 1903, big head costume, POV looking at you
teletubbies
teketubbies
felefubbies
telatabbies
Known characters can be broken down by slowly altering letters in the name. This gradually detaches the iconicity of a character into something else.
More popular IPs are stronger to stay recognizable with many alterations.
mickey mouse
mickey moose
iickey oouse
mickkkkkkkkkkey mouuuuuuuuuuse
danny phantom
cosmo & wanda from fairly odd parents
scene from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, three character sitting on chair in living room
Some characters are not faithful to their character design but still somehow recognizable.
This malicious character is a mix between Squidwards and Waluigi doing his silly evil shenanigans while looking at the camera, amazing villain fanart on Deviantart, screenshot from a Japanese anime (1993), wideshot angle
Roger from ”American Dad” is cheering at a pride parade, still from the Netflix Anime (2016)
Spongebob made out of Rugrats, Cover magazine photography for Forbes
more characters coming soon…
