Recently I have been posting quite a bit about our “radio play” series called Chronicles of the Grand Inquisitor, which sets up the lore and background narrative for the dark world of Deadhaus Sonata.
The series is illustrated using an extensive AI-assisted workflow, utilizing Leonardo AI with a custom-trained model, a lot of guidance images, extensive multi-stage seed recycling, and a considerable amount of compositing done in good old Photoshop.
One of my favorite aspects of the process is the evolution of these techniques and the quality of the resulting output through the episodes, particularly with the character of Amarax the Lich.
The gradual increase in fidelity, as well as the consistency of detail we managed to achieve across different shots and angles is pretty cool:
