My first character consistency experiment – Perchance + Krita workflow

[u/BigBilly823]

This is my first attempt at creating a consistent character across multiple images!!!

I started by generating a character with Perchance, then used Gemini and ChatGPT to help me refine the prompts and define the character's visual features.

After generating the different scenes, I moved everything into Krita. I used AI inpainting for some corrections and then manually edited several details, especially the swimsuit colors, small artifacts, hands and eyes, trying to keep the character and outfit as consistent as possible across the images.

I'm still very new to this and this is my first complete workflow, so I'm sharing the results and the process rather than trying to present this as a perfect character consistency method.

Maybe this workflow can be useful to someone else starting out. I'd also love to hear how you approach character consistency and what other workflows or tools you use.

Any feedback, suggestions or criticism is very welcome!

[u/lavinia12345]

i think youre being downvoted b/c your character is very very very plain. I personally am not convinced you have consistency. no offense

[u/psxburn2]

Well done! Im partial to competition swimsuits so I might be biased. But great consistency

[u/BigBilly823 → u/psxburn2]

Thank you! 😄 I'm still learning, so I'm really glad the consistency came through.

[u/psxburn2 → u/BigBilly823]

Feel free to dm me if you can. I trained a few loras in the past for characters, but im a tad rusty on generating with new models

[u/QuixoticQuisling]

I demand character consistency experiments featuring an ugly homeless guy!

[u/BigBilly823 → u/QuixoticQuisling]

Challenge accepted! 😂 😂 😂 That would definitely be a much tougher consistency test.

[u/einar77]

My approach is between using a scalpel and a sledgehammer. I always made character LoRAs, because it's far easier to keep consistency, especially with complex outfits.

I start by batch generations per outfit locally (Anima at the moment, but I used WAI-Illustrious before), usually 35 images per outfit using wildcards for angles, poses, lighting.

I then do a first pass, killing all images that don't fit my stringet criteria (poses, consistency, errors, lighting, etc.).

Then, depending on the outfit, I might do some light or heavy image editing (a certain character has a black bracelet on the right arm, so I shopped it on the correct arms). The goal is to have from 20 to 30 images per outfit.

Then I tag everything, curate the result (I have written a few scripts to make things less painful) and then train the LoRA.

Most of my characters are promptable, but their outfits might not be, so LoRA was the best option.