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[Community Challenge 39] Hybrid Animals

:::spoiler Prompt an animal that is a hybrid crossing of a badger a mushroom and a snake, in a green field --ar 4:3 :::

Theme

This week’s theme is hybrid animals! Anything goes, as long as it's a mix of an animal and some other organism (humans don't count :)

Rules:

  • Follow the community’s rules above all else
  • One comment and image per user
  • Embed image directly in the post (no external link)
  • Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun and learning)
  • Posts that are tied will both get the points
  • The challenge runs for 7 days from now on
  • Down votes will not be counted

Scores

At the end of the challenge each post will be scored:

PrizePoints
Most upvoted+3 points
Second most upvoted+2 point
Third most upvoted+1 point
OP’s favorite+1 point
Most original+1 point
Last two entries (to compensate for less time to vote)+1 point
Prompt and workflow included+1 point

The winner gets to pick next theme! As always, have fun everyone!

Previous entries

I’m currently enjoying a day out, so I will judge the entries a day later

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Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

Points: 13

CategoryPoints
Second most upvoted2
Prompt included1
Favorite1
Total4

Congratulations! You win this challenge and get to choose the next challenge!
You are hereby awarded the golden helix :)

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Prompt: A fantastical photo featuring a unique and whimsical hybrid creature. The creature has the head of a fluffy pomeranian, with bright, curious eyes and a playful expression. It has the powerful wings of an eagle, spread wide and ready to soar. The creature's tail is that of a sleek and agile cat, gracefully curling behind it. The overall atmosphere of the image is enchanting and surreal, with a hint of magical realism., photo (Ideogram)

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Points: 13

CategoryPoints
Second most upvoted2
Prompt included1
Total3

You made it to (shared) 2nd place! This one is really impressive, it looks so lifelike!
Here's your Silver Zygote trophy!

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Points: 14

CategoryPoints
Most upvoted3
Total3

You got a (shared) 2nd place! I love the way the cat blends with the flower, really nice work!
For 2nd place, you get the Silver Zygote trophy!

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Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

Points: 11

CategoryPoints
Third most upvoted1
Last two entries1
Total2

You got (shared) 3rd place! Such a gorgeous animal!
For you the Bronze Syringe:

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Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

Points: 9

CategoryPoints
Total0

No points but still, I like your animal! Is that a sloth penguin in the background? :)

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Points: 10

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

Though a felt puppet can hardly be called "some other organism", I will let it slide since the result is so good :)

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lemmy.world

I will not speak of the horrors I witnessed to generate this creature...

epiCRealism XL (chameleon (horned tiger cat antler) orange black cuttlefish legged hybrid creature:1.3), (under water coral reef tropical sea background), (high definition, ultra quality, high detail, deep shadows, depth of field, 4k UHD, HD, amazing artist, masterpiece)

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Points: 11

CategoryPoints
Third most upvoted1
Prompt included1
Total2

You made it to (shared) 3rd place! It's a very nice hybrid, I like the horns.
You have won the Bronze Syringe!

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Prompt: Giraffe mixed with tardigrade, waterbear micro organism, tardigrade body, full body view bumpy sectional body. Unstability.ai

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Points: 10

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

Definitely one of the more unexpected combinations, and it turned out so well! I love his two little front legs.

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Points: 9

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Last two entries1
Total2

That looks seriously terrifying, very nice choice of animals!
Oops, almost forgot. You get a trophy for reaching (shared) 3rd place!

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discuss.tchncs.de

StableDiffusionXL didn't want to create a hybrid in several tries. So... I went back to the drawing board and requested an image of a mouse and then used inpaint to replace the head with that of a cat.

::: spoiler Prompt Step 1:

{
    "prompt": "a (mouse:1.2) with the head of a cat in a corn field, autumn, golden hour, the mouse climbs on wheat to reach the ear of wheat",
    "negative_prompt": "",
    "prompt_expansion": "a (mouse:1.2) with the head of a cat in a corn field, autumn, golden hour, the mouse climbs on wheat to reach the ear of wheat, stunning, cinematic, full fiery, highly detailed, beautiful, striking intricate detail, symmetry, perfect, artistic, surreal, sharp focus, open composition, epic, atmosphere, professional, confident, winning",
    "styles": "['Fooocus V2', 'Fooocus Enhance', 'Fooocus Sharp']",
    "performance": "Speed",
    "resolution": "(1152, 896)",
    "guidance_scale": 4,
    "sharpness": 2,
    "adm_guidance": "(1.5, 0.8, 0.3)",
    "base_model": "juggernautXL_v8Rundiffusion.safetensors",
    "refiner_model": "None",
    "refiner_switch": 0.5,
    "clip_skip": 2,
    "sampler": "dpmpp_2m_sde_gpu",
    "scheduler": "karras",
    "vae": "Default (model)",
    "seed": "4689928431713000288",
    "lora_combined_1": "sd_xl_offset_example-lora_1.0.safetensors : 0.1",
    "metadata_scheme": false,
    "version": "Fooocus v2.4.3"
}

Step 2:

{
    "prompt": "head of a cat\na (mouse:1.2) with the head of a cat in a corn field, autumn, golden hour, the mouse climbs on wheat to reach the ear of wheat",
    "negative_prompt": "",
    "prompt_expansion": "head of a cat, background dramatic light, gorgeous flowing intricate detailed shining futuristic color glossy full set, formal, elegant, rich deep vivid colors, symmetry, great composition, sharp focus, cinematic, classic, fine detail, ambient, highly saturated, composed, epic, stunning, magical, striking, iconic, sublime, extremely inspirational, very creative, inspiring, beautiful, artistic",
    "styles": "['Fooocus V2', 'Fooocus Enhance', 'Fooocus Sharp']",
    "performance": "Quality",
    "resolution": "(1088, 960)",
    "guidance_scale": 4,
    "sharpness": 2,
    "adm_guidance": "(1.5, 0.8, 0.3)",
    "base_model": "juggernautXL_v8Rundiffusion.safetensors",
    "refiner_model": "None",
    "refiner_switch": 0.8,
    "clip_skip": 2,
    "sampler": "dpmpp_2m_sde_gpu",
    "scheduler": "karras",
    "vae": "Default (model)",
    "seed": "1090125553965878613",
    "lora_combined_1": "sd_xl_offset_example-lora_1.0.safetensors : 0.1",
    "metadata_scheme": false,
    "version": "Fooocus v2.4.3"
}

:::

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Points: 10

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

It's looks very cute :) And the inpainting is a clever way of doing this.

2

The infamous turpig.

Prompt : a pig inside a turtle's carrapace, walking on its hindlegs, realistic.

11

Points: 10

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

Pigs are always cute, turpigs included :)

2

Prompt: Create an ultra-detailed dark, ominous, image of a steampunk inspired cat from Cheshire with the neck of a giraffe. In a dilapidated urban setting. Use Samyang/Rokinon Xeen 50mm T1.5

Had to use “cat from Cheshire” because “Cheshire Cat” wasn’t allowed in Dall-E lol

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Points: 8

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

I don't understand why Cheshire Cat is not allowed, since I'm sure the first illustrations should be in the public domain by now. It's not like you specifically asked for the Disney version. Anyway, this is still a good likeness.

3

The puppy is the powerhouse of the cell

I wanted something radically different, combining things we dont even think of as organisms. I struck upon the idea of having an animal be a cell organelle, and I just had to try. I think it turned out decently, although as an organelle you don't get the typical visual blending of the organisms, it's more of a conceptual blending.

::: spoiler copilot prompt hyperrealistic image of an amoeba in a microscope with the face of a puppy :::

10
Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

I love the idea and couldn't resist to try and make one as well, hope you don't mind :)

10

Had some other decent results too, but I loved the transparency of the cell in the one I picked in the end

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Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

Points: 9

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Most original1
Total2

I really love the idea of mixing an animal with a microscopic organism.
You got to (shared) 3rd place! Here's a Bronze Syringe trophy :)

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lemmy.world

My thought process was, which two animals would make a completely nonsensical combination? My first attempt trying out SD 3, I believe it's better at animal hybrids than humans sitting on a bench TBH.

Prompt: fantastical hybrid creature combining an elephant and a butterfly. The creature has the body of a small, rounded elephant with iridescent scales. Its head features a long trunk and large eyes, with vibrant butterfly wings extending from the sides. The legs are slender with intricate patterns, and the tail ends in colorful, feather-like appendages. Place this creature in a lush, green forest with colorful flowers and sunlight filtering through the trees, creating a magical and enchanting atmosphere. Photorealistic and cinematic

Model: SD 3

9

As proof that it's better at animal hybrids then humans sitting:

::: spoiler Tests

First 4 attempts at a hybrid. (Rodent with a cat's head inspired by one of the submissions here by @[email protected] )

First 4 attempts at a man on a bench. (These are the most coherent humans the model has created for me so far 😅)

You can interpret these results however you want.

:::

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Points: 8

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

That looks adorable, and definitely a better use for SD3 than humans sitting at a bench :)

2

Bull Shark

Prompt: movie still, of an animal that is a hybrid crossing between a shark and a bull, in the style of a cronenberg horror movie --ar 4:3

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sh.itjust.works

An aww dog with swan wings, shiba inu, flies in the park, at sunset, happy people in the background, tilt shift photography using Bing images creator

*Feel like there is tho possibility to do crazy stuff, but I kept it "simple" and common

(Edit formatting)

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mander.xyz

In the bingilator:

"A banana that is part Banana and also part banana that contains no money" one try since I meant to type "monkey" but this is better.

7
Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

Points: 6

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

So there's a banana, and more banana, and no money... And a pig?
I still don't understand, what is it you were trying to make here? Regardless of the prompt, in normal human language?

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I was trying to trick the bingilator into making something I did not expect. Also I was just told to pick up bananas if I had the chance.....

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::: spoiler The Pugaroo of New Guinea prompt: "32k UHD photo professional wildlife photography, diffuse lighting, funny meme awkward ugly, short kangaroo arms, kangaroo body, forelimbs with small claws, muscular hind limbs for jumping, strong tail, upright, pug wrinkly flat muzzled face, pug ears folded with the front edge against the side of the head, fat wrinkly skin throughout, depressed expression, upright hopping awkwardly, off balance mid air, in the overgrown remote wild of New Guinea, side view"

neg: dog body, photoshop, fake, shadow, clothing, harness, large forelimbs, (nipples breasts)

The full ComfyUI workflow and prompt is attached to the image: https://files.catbox.moe/z3b0bx.png

Edit: Correct "New Zealand" to "New Guinea" in title to match prompt. :::

7
Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

Points: 6

CategoryPoints
Prompt included1
Total1

For some reason I keep hearing the Skippy theme song :)

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lemmy.world

What do you think it would take to make this vote tally thing automated by a bot? Like ideally one could set up the whole thing to tally, send a few direct messages around and fall back to defaults if there is no reply set within a given amount of time. I'm not criticising anyone here. From my perspective after hosting once, the whole tally and generation of the next challenge is a bit of a drag where automaton and routine would help improve participation IMO.

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Thelsimreply
sh.itjust.works

Hmmm, I guess it would be possible to take all top-level comments and check if they have an image. Then you collect

  • Username
  • Number of points
  • Text?
  • Timestamp created

You could determine the points for most upvotes and last two entries. But you still need to give input for prompt included, OP favorite, and original. But just the collecting of the data and putting it in a workable format (csv, json, tsv, etc.) might remove some of the tedium. A second script for converting the filled in CSV to individual markdown comments and possibly posting them, would remove some more annoying work. I'm not so sure what the direct messages would help with though.

Having done this for 4 or 5 times (I lost count :). These are my main annoyances:

  • Collecting all the users in a nice overview
  • Applying the scores
  • Writing out the markdown tables and scores

For example, in this round I:

  • collected all the users in an Excel sheet
  • added all the different point categories and the Totals as columns.
  • Filled out the columns per user.
  • Unpivoted the columns to key/value pairs
  • Saved the result as CSV
  • Threw the CSV in ChatGPT and asked it to create markdown tables.
  • Took the list of markdown tables and copy-pasted them as replies for each user, together with a personal message

It took me more than an hour to do it properly and I guess a lot of it could definitely be automated.

Anyway, it would make for a fun little project I guess. But I lack the time or skills to do this properly.

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lemmy.world

You mean a badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, mushroom, snake?

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Yes, but if I use that in my prompt I mostly get badger and not enough mushroom and snake :)

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