Scribble Diffusion
AI
image generation
SHOW HN2023
373points
89comments
#93of 3,109 in 2023
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DebatedReal support and real criticism
24 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 18 critical, out of 70 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Execution: 0 for, 11 againstPerformance: 6 for, 5 againstIdea: 8 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and impressive results from simple sketches
From 4 comments
This is cool. At first I was skeptical that the sketch had nothing to do with anything and it was just feeding the prompt into an AI. But using the example "sun behind…
amflare on HNhttps://scribblediffusion.com/scribbles/l2jnivkxlvbt7amhc4oqhdbwfy Well, it guessed which character I drew... https://scribblediffusion.com/scribbles/vaoxhqknfrdxpb2osym253ikra…
bitwize on HNhttps://scribblediffusion.com/scribbles/x56jepp2p5bxhc3yrwzuqs7bpe It works!!
iamgopal on HNWow, that's great, look at the level of detail: https://scribblediffusion.com/scribbles/pnj5qy3libhjvp3ybjafseubim
moswlks on HN
Good concept for mockups and quick ideation
From 2 comments
This is so great for mockups where you have a faint idea of what you want [0] Treasure map - https://scribblediffusion.com/scribbles/4unwo6iq2jhwlmuqpu6vyd6vm4 [1] “treasure map…
fekunde on HNWill be nice to be able to upload a picture/sketch instead of having to sketch something out in the scratchpad. I tend to sketch block diagrams from time to time and hate having…
1minusp on HN
Objections
Does not work properly on Firefox
From 6 comments
Looks awesome, I think this is a great mix with prompt engineering. It seems this does not work on Firefox? I could only draw on about half the canvas and it was pretty buggy.…
sinistersnare on HNAgreed. I nearly just closed the tab when it didn't work on Firefox.
citizenkeen on HNThe drawing doesn't work for me on Firefox.
janosdebugs on HNI firefox there's something wonky going on with the scribble area; the bottom of the image doesn't seem to show up until after you've drawn a lot more in the top of the image.
aidenn0 on HNThis seems to be broken now - As soon as I've drawn a line, it vanishes, and I can't draw anymore. Using Firefox on Linux.
skykooler on HNIt's buggy on Firefox for me. Can't draw anything.
massinstall on HN
Results depend heavily on prompt wording
From 3 comments
Really shows how specific you need to be in prompts. Same awful scribble of bird and flower "hummingbird drinking from tulip" disaster…
mbb70 on HNIf you haven’t played with Stable Diffusion based stuff before, note that as well as telling it what (in terms of subject) you want in the prompt, you can also tell it style…
dragonwriter on HN“squirrel with acetylene torch attacking a tank” Didn't get the squirrel part quite right, but maybe it's my drawing :-)…
dougdonohoe on HN
Text prompt often outweighs the sketch
From 1 comment
I think it is biased to the text and not the scribble. I scribbled a car and tried one with a the text car and bar. The first one resulted in a SUV and second resulted in…
siddarthd2919 on HN
Requests
Eraser tool
From 1 comment
Needs an eraser tool
rkagerer on HN
Upload or paste your own image
From 2 comments
Will be nice to be able to upload a picture/sketch instead of having to sketch something out in the scratchpad. I tend to sketch block diagrams from time to time and hate having…
1minusp on HNI would love to be able to paste an image in and resize it and other basic stuff. Ie. Let me stage a mock up. Because I can’t draw a cat.
Waterluvian on HN
Warning banner about browser bugs
From 1 comment
Maybe put a banner notifying users about this? That was a pretty bad experience while I struggled to make it work & thought the author/you had shipped something totally broken lol.
RheingoldRiver on HN
Questions
What does it cost to host and to generate each image?
From 2 comments
What a simple, but excellent concept! I kind of expected it to crash after being posted to HN, but surprisingly it is still going strong. What does it cost to host something like…
trees101 on HNHow much does an image cost you? I don't quite understand why some image generators are free and others charge credits, assuming the non-free ones aren't just goldrushing. Is it…
hgsgm on HN
Can it place multiple objects side by side?
From 1 comment
Can you place more than two objects in the sketch? I'm trying to sketch a house with a tree side-by-side, but it always drawing trees in front of the house.
rnosov on HN
Alternatives named
ControlNet scribble extension in A1111 Stable Diffusion WebUI
From 2 comments
This looks like its just a quick front-end to the ControlNet scribble model (perhaps with a customized underlying model instead of base Stable Diffusion), with canned settings,…
dragonwriter on HNYou can run it locally with a different (much better) WebUI see https://github.com/Mikubill/sd-webui-controlnet for example.
pjgalbraith on HN
ArtBot ControlNet
From 1 comment
I recently added support for it on ArtBot[1] and it supports additional options like models, steps, control type, etc, as well drawing on a canvas[2] and generating input from…
davely on HN
crappydrawings.ai
From 1 comment
Uploading my own images was one of the reasons I created my own version of this. It works great with kids pictures! This is so fun to see my kids smile on their face every time…
slhomme on HN
Midjourney
From 1 comment
Yeah, the results I got out of this immediately told me it was stable diffusion. I have no idea how that (have to spend hours just getting a prompt that looks semi decent) can be…
Aeolun on HN