Fraternitas Aquae: The Bond of Roman Warriors
Through the steam and splendor, an unbreakable bond is forged.
Two courageous Roman warriors sit side by side in the tranquil atmosphere of the Roman baths. Their genuine smiles and the grip of their hands reveal a profound and unwavering brotherly connection, symbolizing a bond that surpasses the trials of war.
Rendered with Stable Diffusion txt2img Multipass workflow — starting with Airfuck’s Brute Mix for the composition and color, then hires fix at 4x with Virile Reality v3 Beta 3, a photographic checkpoint to give a photographic finish.
ABM is mostly a photorealistic painterly checkpoint that is highly responsive to artists and artistic keywords. VR3, on the other hand, is superior in rendering realistic human skin and textual detail. Combining the two in a multipass workflow (each at 50 steps) gives this signature visual finish that can’t be achieved with either checkpoint on their own.
- Render: 2023-11-10
- Published: 2023-11-10
- Serial: GD8.OV2.20231110.063136.1210670566.8K.E2.P
Stable Diffusion txt2img workflow:
- airfucksBruteMix_v10, 50 steps, Euler a, 512x512, vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned
- Hires 4x, virileReality_v30BETA3, 50 steps, Euler a, 8x_NMKD-Superscale_150000_G, 2048x2048, 0.3 Denoise
- Automatic1111 v1.6.0-2-g4afaaf8a
- Post: Topaz Gigapixel AI, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop AI
Detail
Context and Background
Originally posted as an Instagram story.
I thought that I would explain why I made these images of brotherhood.
I believe that strong relationships root from mutual respects and friendships - and that's the driving idea behind these images of brotherhood at the Roman Baths.
In the age of "dating apps," where relationships tend to start with stats instead of conversations; categorizations instead of genuine mutual interests, I dreamt of the long lost bonds between men who first fought side by side with each other during battles, before taking a break to relax at the baths to reminisce about the appreciation and admiration they had for each other.
Tech
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