I recently discovered that [name][] had released the [Omar Awad][] character as a Krea2 LoRA. I have been working on a “comic book” of about 12 pages that has Omar as the main character, and I had been having gnawing concerns about the quality of the F2K9B images. I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to do a one-shot generation with K2, and compare.

What this means is that I’m taking the exact final prompt from the F2K9B version, and running it Krea 2 Turbo. The Flux 2 had no additional “Penis Helper” LoRA, while K2 had [Dicktator][] at weight .6. These were run on DrawThings; additional generation details for Flux1 and Krea2 in the foot notes.

The Basketball Game

Neither generated a basketball for me. That’s understandable, but a little odd. F2K9B struggled with dick, which will be a recurring theme here. The bigger concern is that the poses are awkward to impossible, and there are some random extra limbs and hands hanging out. The paint lines on the floor also make no sense. Almost all of this is solved in K2, and I think the proportions are slightly better.

Round: K2

Naked Men playing Basketball
Naked Men playing Basketball
The Naked Basketball Game

The Shower Room

Once more, F2K9B gives us a nub instead of a dick; Only with the General Penis helper did it create a dick. But, K2 also had a helper as well. On the F2K9B, the floor seems to be some sort of [quasi-crystal][] (prompted as “hexagonal tiles”), and the shower heads were purchased at a flea market. There is also the general sense of claustrophobia, with the walls just a little too close, and the room a little too small. However, the soap and water is believeable. I don’t know if this is the LoRA or the model, but Omar is tall here.

On the K2 side, I think the lighting is more interesting (but not necessarily “better”). The tile work is really exceptional3. But where this falls down is the water and soap. It looks like it modeled the soap “assuming” the surface tension of water. But that’s wrong; one of soap’s key properties is that it breaks water’s surface tension, and thus, the image seems off. Also, once more, the room is a little too small.

Round: K2, but it’s not as clear.

Tall Arab man in the shower
Tall Arab man in the shower
Tall Arab man in the shower
Tall Arab man in the shower
Omar in the Shower

The Locker Room

This is the scene where K2 seemed to stumble. Although technically perfect, both of the K2 images lacked a warmth that F2K9B seemed to generate in F2K9B. The F2K9B are lived in, and don’t have the same clinical perfection that the K2 seem to have. I do want to play around with this; it may be as simple as a pass in Photoshop to warm things up, and add a light haze.

This is not to say F2K9B is perfect - in particular, in two of the three examples, there are serious issues with hands. And in one, Mr. Nubby shows up again. But these can be generally addressed with a bit of in-painting afterwards.

Round: F2K9B

Two half-dressed men talk in a locker room
Two half-dressed men talk in a locker room
Two half-dressed men talk in a locker room
Two half-dressed men talk in a locker room
Two half-dressed men talk in a locker room
Omar and Kahil getting dressed

The Cafe

The result here is, again, not as clear as the earlier examples. It took me a moment to notice what was wrong with the K2 version - Omar and Kahlil aren’t looking at each other. This is likely a prompting issue, not anything with the LoRA or model. I’m not going to call this for either side; this is the most undeveloped prompt, so I’m not going to count my own mistakes against the system.

Round: Draw

Two men in suits drink tea
Two men in suits drink tea
Omar and Kahil drinking tea

Conclusion

Overall, I like K2 better than F2K9B - the images are better, if perhaps a little more clinical. In terms of raw numbers, there were 2 for K2, 1 for F2K9B, and one draw. I think that counts as a win for K2. At least, it was for me - it convinced me that for this particular chapbook, I’m should go back and re-create the images in K2 for the final version.

  1. For Flux 2 Klein 9B: Steps 4; Sampler DDIM Trailing; Guidance 1.0; 1024 x 1536; Strength 1. LoRAs: Omar Awad @ 1.0, and General Penis V1.5b @ 1.0. ↩

  2. For Krea 2: Steps 8; Sampler Euler A Trailing; Guidance 1.0; 1024 x 1536; Strength 1. LoRAs: Omar Awad (K2) v1.1 @ 1.0, and Dicktator v1.0 @ .6 ↩

  3. Can I get your contractor’s number, Krea 2? ↩