Angel and Demon, Metatron’s Cube
Sacred Geometry Series
- 1Study
- 2Series 1: Mage + Symbology
- 3Series 2: Explanation
- 4Series 3: Angel + Demon, Seed of Life
- 5Technical Details
- 6Series 4: Angel + Demon, Metatron’s Cube
- 7Series 5: Fire Dragon
The Sacred Geometry series continue with The Metatron’s Cube, realized as an Angel and a Demon.
Metatron’s Cube, a symbol from sacred geometry, is a complex construct of 13 interconnected circles, believed to encapsulate all universal shapes including the five Platonic Solids. It’s frequently used for protection, harmonizing energies, and driving introspection and personal transformation in certain spiritual practices.
There’s been a lot of progression made before reaching this point. Much like the Polo series, I can’t envision making it through all the images (there are 2000 of them). As such, I’m jumping ahead a bit to the good stuff — things that I believe are a cut above the rest.
Structure with Canny Control Net
In case you’ve forgotten the premise of this series, it revolves around using historically significant symbols to dictate the composition of the render, with this particular one being guided by Metatron’s Cube.
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Division with Regional Prompter
In these visuals, beyond using the symbol to influence the images, I’ve also incorporated a Regional Prompter to segment the canvas, allowing me to individually dictate the angel and demon. This is why I’ve achieved a stark white attire for the angel and a contrasting red and black ensemble for the demon, each boasting uniquely styled wings.
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Abstract forms with Shuffle Control Net
The striking abstract pattern observed in the clothing originates from an abstract image I used to shape the visual. As mentioned before, despite using control nets, the text prompts remain the primary influence. So, by leveraging potent color combinations in the text prompts for distinct regions, the colors manage to split right down the middle, while Shuffle applies the abstract form across the entire image.
Regional Prompter Detail
The canvas was symmetrically split into two regions: Region 0 on the left and Region 1 on the right, each receiving distinct text prompts. Here’s a simplified version:
- Region 0: 30yo, British, dirty blond, jock, smooth, angel wings, snow color
- Region 1: 50yo, Italian, thick beard, bodybuilder, hairy, demon wings, red and black
- Base: two men, gay couple, kissing, full body, male focus
- Base Ratio: 0.5
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In order for the characters to move around without any restrictions, no pose controls were applied. Thus, their appearances might change based on the regions they occupy on the canvas. For instance, if the demon’s head is situated on the left side, he would be portrayed as young. However, if his face appears on the right, he would be depicted as older and bearded
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This dynamic composition becomes even more pronounced when a figure positions himself in the middle, thus dividing his appearance equally, hinting at the impact our companions have on us. This suggests the profound influence our companions have on us. It illustrates how living together can result in adopting each other’s behaviors and habits, whether they’re positive or negative.
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Balance and Harmony
From a visual perspective, this series portrays a gay couple sharing an intimate moment. But on a conceptual level, it delves much deeper — it’s an exploration of equilibrium, the contrast between good and evil, the angel versus the rebel, the inherent duality and balance within a relationship, and the equilibrium we maintain with each other and within ourselves.
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Do we guide our partners towards the light, or do we lure them to explore the shadows? This dichotomy of light and dark is perpetually in conflict while simultaneously maintaining a harmonious balance.
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In some respects, this ongoing polarity of light versus dark is necessary — without light, the depth of darkness remains unseen, and without darkness, the brilliance of light won’t be fully appreciated. Thus, both aspects coexist harmoniously, much like a thriving relationship built upon this equilibrium and harmony.
Technical Parameters
- Steps: 30, Sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras, CFG scale: 5, Size: 768x768
- Airfuck’s Wild Mix v1.0, Denoising: 0.5
- ADetailer 1: mediapipe_face_full, CN tile
- ADetailer 2: hand_yolov8n, CN tile
- ControlNet 0: Canny, Weight 0.7, Start 0.3, End 0.45, Balanced, 1024 Res
- ControlNet 4: Shuffle, Weight 1, Start 0, End 1, Balanced, 1024 Res
- Regional Prompter: Horizontal, Ratio: 1,1, Base Ratio: 0.5, Use Base: 1, Use Common: 0, Use Ncommon: 0
- Hires upscale: 1.5, 15 steps, 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Overlay
To see the symbol again together with the form
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Additional Images
I have included once of the grids from the batch to show that all the images work with the Regional Prompter. in the past, some followers don’t believe me that it really does work, and here I cacn demonstrate by color that it works as I said
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Image Index
Detailed Tech Parameters
Steps: 30, Sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras, CFG scale: 5, Size: 768x768, Model hash: 70525c199b, Model: airfucksWildMix_v10, Denoising strength: 0.5, ADetailer model: mediapipe_face_full, ADetailer prompt: "handsome face, closed eyes, romantic", ADetailer confidence: 0.3, ADetailer mask min ratio: 0.01, ADetailer dilate/erode: 4, ADetailer mask blur: 4, ADetailer denoising strength: 0.4, ADetailer inpaint only masked: True, ADetailer inpaint padding: 32, ADetailer use separate sampler: True, ADetailer sampler: DPM++ SDE Karras, ADetailer ControlNet model: control_v11f1e_sd15_tile a371b31b, ADetailer model 2nd: hand_yolov8n.pt, ADetailer prompt 2nd: perfect hands, ADetailer negative prompt 2nd: "bad-hands-5,", ADetailer confidence 2nd: 0.3, ADetailer dilate/erode 2nd: 4, ADetailer mask blur 2nd: 4, ADetailer denoising strength 2nd: 0.4, ADetailer inpaint only masked 2nd: True, ADetailer inpaint padding 2nd: 32, ADetailer version: 23.7.11, ControlNet 0: "preprocessor: canny, model: control_v11p_sd15_canny d14c016b, weight: 0.7, starting/ending: (0.3, 0.45), resize mode: Crop and Resize, pixel perfect: False, control mode: Balanced, preprocessor params: (1024, 100, 200)", ControlNet 4: "preprocessor: shuffle, model: control_v11e_sd15_shuffle 526bfdae, weight: 1, starting/ending: (0, 1), resize mode: Crop and Resize, pixel perfect: False, control mode: Balanced, preprocessor params: (1024, -1, -1)", RP Active: True, RP Divide mode: Matrix, RP Matrix submode: Horizontal, RP Mask submode: Mask, RP Prompt submode: Prompt, RP Calc Mode: Attention, RP Ratios: "1,1", RP Base Ratios: 0.5, RP Use Base: True, RP Use Common: False, RP Use Ncommon: False, RP Change AND: False, RP LoRA Neg Te Ratios: 0, RP LoRA Neg U Ratios: 0, RP threshold: 0.4, RP LoRA Stop Step: 0, RP LoRA Hires Stop Step: 0, Hires upscale: 1.5, Hires steps: 15, Hires upscaler: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k, Lora hashes: "add_detail: 7c6bad76eb54", Version: v1.3.2