Concept
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was a Japanese painter and master of Edo-period color woodblock prints. He is regarded as one of the preeminent landscape artists of the ukiyo-e school.
His body of work includes numerous pieces dedicated specifically to natural landscapes. I plan to reimagine, in his style, what predominantly urban scenes might look like.
Examples from the source archive
Model Training
The original notebook containing the course code was used to train the model. The working environment was Google Colab.
First, the setup was verified, connecting to the T4 GPU runtime and loading all models required for processing: —! pip install bitsandbytes transformers accelerate peft -q —! pip install git+https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers.git -q.
Next, the model itself was loaded: —! wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huggingface/diffusers/main/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora_sdxl.py
The next step involves processing the source images. Through local_dir, I create a link between the working environment and the image disk, and I set the initial model parameters (the prompt via instance_prompt, the resolution via resolution, and so on).
The second-to-last stage involves working with the model, where I adjust its training parameters: — resolution — where the model is saved on my drive — the key prompt and so on.
After training the model, it was saved to disk. I am uploading it to the working environment and beginning the generations.
Generation Series
Test generation. Snowy Edo street, in Hiro style
Japanese city bridge crowded with pedestrians, in Hiro style
Japanese city bridge crowded with pedestrians, in hiro style
Japanese city street during heavy rain, in hiro style
Busy harbor district with boats and merchants, in hiro style
Japanese theater district at night, in hiro style
Japanese street parade passing through the city, in hiro style
Night market in an old Japanese city, in hiro style
Night market in an old Japanese city, in hiro style
Night market in an old Japanese city, in hiro style
Large Edo fish market beside the waterfront, in Hiro style
Edo theater entrance surrounded by spectators, in Ukiyo-e style
Temple grounds filled with festival stalls, in a hiro style
Temple grounds filled with festival stalls, in Hiro style
Fireworks above a crowded Edo waterfront, in Ukiyo-e style