November 14, 2023

Character work: Body

Welcome to the second part of the fourth practice lesson! In this lesson, we will look at working with body parameters.

Body composition: purpose and impact on outcome

This parameter very often goes side by side with the age parameter. In turn, it gives us the opportunity to specify the basis for the body that will be drawn. It is necessary not to paint everything (from head to toe), but to specify the basis for the type of physique. After that you can finalize individual parts of the body, for example, to make the shoulders wider. But you need to be very careful so that you do not end up with a "Frankenstein" or disproportionate person.

Practice

Here are the physique parameters I personally use and can recommend to you:

  • scrawny
  • slim
  • thin
  • big body
  • large body
  • chubby
  • muscular
  • buff
  • sexy
  • gorgeous
  • elegant

For demonstration I will use this prompt (separately marked what was changed)

  • realistic, elegant: 1.5, girl single, gray hair, red eyes, glowing eyes, parted lips, blush, off-shoulder, sitting

You can also work out the parameters of the physique on your own. To do this, use this link to a ready algorithm.

Results

If you want a proportionally correct body, try not to change individual body parts much. The best option would be to play with as simple body elements as possible after determining the composition, age and situation. For example, you can try to enlarge your hips or breasts.

big body
chubby

You can also make your shoulders wider or add muscle if you don't have enough volume after applying the "muscular" parameter. In turn, you can reduce the volume of any part of the body that you think is too big and not suitable for your design.

muscular

You can also change the proportions of your character with the parameters "buff", "sexy", "gorgeous" and "elegant" . These parameters will make your character look sexier. The AI interprets these two parameters in a similar way.

gorgeous
elegant
buff
sexy

Or you can make your character as skinny as possible. For this purpose, such parameters as "scrawny", "slim" and "thin" are suitable.

thin
scrawny
slim

Homework

Your homework assignment will be to try different body parameters on your own. You can use this prompt for this purpose

  • realistic, elegant: 1.5, girl single, gray hair, red eyes, glowing eyes, parted lips, blush, off-shoulder, sitting

Or you can go straight to the link and start generating.

You can also see examples of how to use prompts in my telegram group, where I share ready-made algorithms and image creation tweaks every day.

Download the results of your experiments and share them within the course. Remember that the main thing is your creativity and imagination! Good luck, and enjoy the process of creating unique images with artificial intelligence.