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CONFIC AI ART CON 2023

  • Writer: Confic Magazine
    Confic Magazine
  • Mar 15, 2023
  • 2 min read

Confic Art



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We recently held an AI art contest where entrants made their best adaptations of containment fiction & liminal fiction works. These are the entries. The winner was determined by popular vote, and aside from it being first, the rest are in no particular order. There is a variety of skill (model selection, prompting, upscaling, inpainting, embedding, & etcetera tweaking/detailing/doctoring) on display here, but as the winner shows, all it might take is a good knowledge of confic source material, plus an effective pairing with a focused image.


Click the images for full resolutions, and open the collapsibles below an image to see the prompt details and methods used.



Enjoy!


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1ST PLACE - JAMEBONTREESON

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Entry by JameBonTreeson

Prompt & Details

AI generated by Mid Journey

Prompt: red sun





EDITOR'S CHOICE - HARKPRIME

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SCP-096 "The Shy Guy" written by Dr Dan

Entry by HarkPrime

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion

Initial prompt : (samdoesart:1.2) dreamlikeart hairless pale skinny naked man, (horror), danger, masterpiece, intense shadows, illustration, thick outlines, highres, (Yoji Shinkawa:1.1), (kuvshinov:0.9), <kuvshinov>

Neg prompt : (ugly:1.5), (duplicate:1.3), (morbid:1.2), (mutilated:1.2), (mutation), [out of frame], (extra fingers:1.2), (more than two arms), (more than two legs), (missing arms), (missing legs), (poorly drawn hands:1.3), (poorly drawn face:1.3), (deformed:1.2), blurry, (bad anatomy), (bad proportions), (disfigured:1.3), extra limbs, (malformed limbs), mutated hands, (fused fingers), (makeup)

Model: daa6d37da2 (DreamLikeSamKuvshinov)

VAE: vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned

Sampler: Euler a

Seed: 550655066

CFG scale: 7

Image is heavily inpainted and edited with Gimp.




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Entry by DevilaN

Prompt & Details

Engine: Stable Diffusion

Prompt: a branch of tomatoes with the structure of (((ice cream balls))), very detailed structure, calm ambient, bokeh, stunning details, photorealistic, high resolution, award winning setup, (scoops of ice cream on a tomato branch)

Steps: 30, Sampler: Euler a, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1712909829, Size: 768x768, Model hash: 91d4d460e5, Model: 2.x_realisticVisionV13_v13VAEIncluded-0807-0869-1215


Then upscaled 2x with foolhardy remacri.



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SCP-003 "Biological Motherboard" by Xian, rewritten by thedeadlymoose.

Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion v1.5

Prompt: "A ((motherboard circuit)) (on a stone tablet), runes, composed of ((chitin, hair, and nails)) of unknown biology, xenomorphic, surrealism, macabre, eldritch, dystopian, bioluminiscent, dark, concept art, photorealistic, cgsociety, fully lit."



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Entry by G Mann

Prompt & Details

MidJourney.

Prompt: German World War 1 Soldier holding a scythe and wearing gasmask and dressed in black uniform standing next to a young girl with white dress, brown hair, and a white cloche hat. Monarch butterfly has landed on the girl's hat. The background is yellow wheetfield and blue sky.



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SCP-4666 "The Yule Man" written by Hercules Rockefeller

Entry by HarkPrime

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion

Initial prompt: (samdoesart:1.2) dreamlikeart point of view (from bed), old dark bedroom, window, (horror), darkness, masterpiece, intense shadows, illustration, thick outlines, highres, (Yoji Shinkawa:1.1), (kuvshinov:0.9), <kuvshinov>

Neg prompt: (ugly:1.5), (duplicate:1.3), (morbid:1.2), (mutilated:1.2), (mutation), [out of frame], (extra fingers:1.2), (more than two arms), (more than two legs), (missing arms), (missing legs), (poorly drawn hands:1.3), (poorly drawn face:1.3), (deformed:1.2), blurry, (bad anatomy), (bad proportions), (disfigured:1.3), extra limbs, (malformed limbs), mutated hands, (fused fingers), (makeup)

Model: daa6d37da2 (DreamLikeSamKuvshinov)

VAE: vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned

Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras

Seed: 1290799008

CFG scale: 10

DarkPrime: "The Yule Man - at the 7th night"

(inpainted mainly with prompt: ||[...] dreamlikeart monster looking through the window, snow, forest, (horror) [...]||)


HarkPrime: "you are welcome [for the nightmare fuel]"



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SCP-999 "The Tickle Monster" written by ProfSnider

Entry by DevilaN

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion

Prompt: funko pop blobby squid jelly figurine, made of transparent orange plastic, product studio shot, on a white background, diffused lighting, centered

Steps: 20, Sampler: Euler a, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1743414997, Size: 512x512, Model hash: 92970aa785, Model: 1.x_dreamlikePhotoreal20_dreamlikePhotoreal20


DevilaN: "Plastic figurine of SCP-999 is looking forward to cuddling."




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​SCP-5000 "Why?" written by Tanhony

Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion v1.5

Prompt: ((16-bit pixel art)) of a man in a mechanical suit (((holding a briefcase in his hand))), (HD), sci fi gadgets helmet mask, intricate detail, (LEDs on armor), intricate abstract, mid length, kodak ultra max 800, 85 mm, symmetrical composition, stunning photo, masterpiece, centered composition, cinematic lighting, (in the corner of a science fiction containment chamber as a background).

Negative prompt: blender, cropped, lowres, poorly drawn face, out of frame, poorly drawn hands, blurry, bad art, blurred, text, watermark, disfigured, deformed, closed eye

Steps: 20, Sampler: Euler a, CFG scale: 10, Seed: 2353210147, Size: 704x1024, Model hash: 1e35e6bf, Denoising strength: 0.7, Clip skip: 2, ENSD: 31337, First pass size: 0x0




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Entry by Salt Blossom

Prompt & Details

Engine: Stable Diffusion

Model: Vectorartz

prompt: masterpiece, highres, demonic, pink ethereal eldritch light shining within science facility containment chamber, metal box in chamber, eldritch, sci-fi, horror



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SCP-3560 "All Robots Go to Limbo" written by Jacob Conwell

Entry by HarkPrime

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion

Initial prompt: (samdoesart:1.2) dreamlikeart soldiers with armors and rifles in a (dark) forest, (horror), darkness, masterpiece, intense shadows, illustration, thick outlines, highres, (Yoji Shinkawa:1.1), (kuvshinov:0.9), <kuvshinov>

Neg prompt: (ugly:1.5), (duplicate:1.3), (morbid:1.2), (mutilated:1.2), (mutation), [out of frame], (extra fingers:1.2), (more than two arms), (more than two legs), (missing arms), (missing legs), (poorly drawn hands:1.3), (poorly drawn face:1.3), (deformed:1.2), blurry, (bad anatomy), (bad proportions), (disfigured:1.3), extra limbs, (malformed limbs), mutated hands, (fused fingers), (makeup)

Model: daa6d37da2 (DreamLikeSamKuvshinov)

VAE: vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned

Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras

Seed: 1290799008 (3rd image in the batch)

CFG scale: 7/10

Upscaling: Foolhardy Ramacri (x4, linear, denoising str: 0.5, tiles width: 512px, mask blur: 8px, padding: 32px) (same neg prompt, prompt: [...] dreamlikeart a (dark) forest, (horror), darkness [...])


Inpainted downscaled and upscaled versions, and merged two upscaled versions





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"Crimson Fields" by knafflad

Entry by JameBonTreeson

Prompt & Details

Mid Journey

Prompt: a dark and repressive field of tall red grass with brambles and tangles of weeds in darkness.





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SCP-3000 "Anatashesha" by A Random Day, djkaktus, & joreth

Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

DreamStudio (Stable Diffusion 1.5)


Prompt: Art of giant infinite underwater sea serpent moray eel head with fangs and glowing eyes, towering above a deep sea diver, low light, wide angle lens, fantasy, horror, intricate, bleak, Greg Rutkowski, muted colors, low visibility, lowres, centered in frame.

Steps: 35


Upscaled





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SCP-049 "The Plague Doctor" by Gabriel Jade, rewritten by Gabriel Jade & djkaktus

Entry by DevilaN

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion

Prompt: plague doctor closeup portrait, intricate, torn clothes, robe, (arms at the sides), (black leather bag), medieval times, year 1600, alchemy, crow white mask with long beak, medieval city, elegant, grey mist, beautiful, highly detailed, dark dramatic lighting, sharp focus

Negative prompt: out of frame, duplicate, watermark, signature, text, crossed arms

Steps: 30, Sampler: Euler a, CFG scale: 7.5, Seed: 719905135, Size: 704x896, Model hash: 92970aa785, Model: 1.x_dreamlikePhotoreal20_dreamlikePhotoreal20


DevilaN: "SCP-049 is such adorable object!"






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Entry by JameBonTreeson

Prompt & Details

Mid Journey

Prompt: The red fire tower within the forest



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SCP-002 "The Living Room" by Unknown Author

Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Stable Diffusion v1.5


Lack of Lepers: "prompt was the description from the file"




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"Entity 140" by SnomWriting

Entry by JameBonTreeson

Prompt & Details

DreamStudio (Stable Diffusion v1.5)

Prompt: a young pale woman with a long blond hair and light blue eyes wearing white dress and sapphire pendant sitting in the large library.





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RPC-099 "Random Occurrences and Case MARZANNA" by KaiserXI, Von Pincier, Fortunae.

Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Engine: DreamStudio

Prompt: A massive underground giant worm beast seen from the lunar surface, debris field, ejecta, explosion, astrophotography.

dimensions: 512 x 512

steps: 30

sampler: (automatic)

seed: 1197638814

cfgScale: 8

model: Stable Diffusion v1.5

CLIP enabled: true


Black & white filter added.





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SCP-054 "Water Nymph" by Unknown Author, rewritten by SimpleCadence

Entry by DevilaN

Prompt & Details

Prompt: <hypernet:waterElemental_10:1>, water elemental (nude) transparent woman made of water, marble fountain, white room", "all_prompts": [" <hypernet:waterElemental_10:1>, water elemental (nude) transparent woman made of water, marble fountain, white room"], "negative_prompt": "", "all_negative_prompts": [""], "seed": 1411296753, "all_seeds": [1411296753], "subseed": 1104400298, "all_subseeds": [1104400298], "subseed_strength": 0, "width": 768, "height": 768, "sampler_name": "DPM++ SDE", "cfg_scale": 7, "steps": 15, "batch_size": 1, "restore_faces": false, "face_restoration_model": null, "sd_model_hash": "91d4d460e5", "seed_resize_from_w": 0, "seed_resize_from_h": 0, "denoising_strength": null, "extra_generation_params": {"ControlNet Enabled": true, "ControlNet Module": "openpose", "ControlNet Model": "control_openpose-fp16 [9ca67cc5]", "ControlNet Weight": 1}, "index_of_first_image": 0, "infotexts": ["<hypernet:waterElemental_10:1>, water elemental (nude) transparent woman made of water, marble fountain, white room\nSteps: 15, Sampler: DPM++ SDE, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1411296753, Size: 768x768, Model hash: 91d4d460e5, Model: 2.x_realisticVisionV13_v13VAEIncluded-0807-0869-1215, ControlNet Enabled: True, ControlNet Module: openpose, ControlNet Model: control_openpose-fp16 [9ca67cc5], ControlNet Weight: 1"], "styles": [], "job_timestamp": "20230221092732", "clip_skip": 1, "is_using_inpainting_conditioning": false}a





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Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Produced via Lexica.art (Stable Diffusion)

Model: Lexica Aperture v2

Dimensions: 3072 × 2048 (upscaled)

Prompt: masterpiece wide shot painting of three white horses running in an apocalyptic desert, god rays behind, lens flare, mud towns, mirage, warm tones, sand, dust, dry, unbearable heat, surrealism, art deco, brush strokes, rain clouds in the distance, impending rain

Negative prompt: deformities, multiple heads, lowres, extra heads, extra hands, text, watermark, logo, humans, people, extra legs, saddles, frame






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"Time Travel Tesla" by ThePaperMask

Entry by JameBonTreeson

Prompt & Details

DreamStudio (Stable Diffusion v1.5)

Prompt: Tesla traveling through time





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SCP-049 "The Plague Doctor" by Gabriel Jade, rewritten by Gabriel Jade & djkaktus

Entry by JameBonTreeson

Prompt & Details

Prodia (AI Art and Music)

Prompt: Plague Doctor in the empty office room




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Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Engine: DreamStudio

Prompt: A 4k 2d matte painting of a vaguely humanoid abstract sculpture constructed from concrete and rebar with traces of green and maroon Krylon brand spray paint, ominous, eerie, creepy, horror, spotlight, backlight, DeviantArt, backdrop of a containment chamber, reddish brown substance on the floor, Utamaro, Ron Walotsky, Wayne Barlowe.

dimensions: 512 x 640

steps: 31

sampler: Euler

seed: 3200560740

cfgScale: 6

model: Stable Diffusion v2.1

CLIP enabled: false




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RPC-990 "Mother of the New Flesh" by Sinaticus, Prototype_Toaster, ieatcrepes

Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Prompt: Dark souls concept art of a tall ((bloated pale humanoid female)) composed of partial human beings, in a concrete cell, insanely detailed and intricate, extra limbs, multiple faces, distorted anatomy, fleshy, scabs, arachnid hairs, pimples, pus, insects, mold, deformities, horror, disgusting, biomorphic, dark surrealism, spooky, (in the style of Stephen Gammell, Andre Kohn, Antonio Mor, Tim Burton).

Negative prompt: blender, cropped, lowres, out of frame, blurry, bad art, blurred, text, watermark, cropped.

Steps: 25, Sampler: Euler, CFG scale: 9, Seed: 3629957796, Size: 704x960, Model hash: aafb8b56, Denoising strength: 0.7, Clip skip: 2, ENSD: 31337, First pass size: 0x0






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Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Engine: DreamStudio

Prompt: An ethereal illustration of a massive crimson eldritch entity wearing a golden crown, scarlet, chains, sceptre, sacred geometry, ritual, alter, massive scale, wide lens, in the style of Wayne Barlowe and Scott Listfield, cosmic horror, centered in an elaborate ornate golden picture frame.

dimensions: 512 x 640

steps: 42

sampler: auto

seed: 617121982

cfgScale: 10

model: Stable Diffusion v1.5

CLIP enabled: true



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Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Engine: DreamStudio

Prompt: A vast monastery tympanum above the entrance to a cathedral depicting drowning of fifty individuals. Inside, murals and stained glass patterns, whales, grey, deep aqua, eye, fin, humanoid grey whale creature, ritual, centered, 4K, whale skull.

dimensions: 704 x 704

steps: 30

sampler: automatic

seed: 2623493158

cfgScale: 12

model: Stable Diffusion v1.5

CLIP enabled: true





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SCP-999 "The Tickle Monster" written by ProfSnider

Entry by Lack of Lepers

Prompt & Details

Engine: DreamStudio (Stable Diffusion 2.1)

Sampler: Heun

Prompt: A prison photo 3d render of a very cute yellow jelly blob slime monster, isometric, dreamworks style, tilt shift, smiling, centered, against a concrete backdrop.






Thank you to all who submitted and voted! This was a unique, challenging, successful, and most of all incredibly fun contest!




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