[HN Gopher] Redditor creates working anime QR codes using Stable...
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       Redditor creates working anime QR codes using Stable Diffusion
        
       Author : samizdis
       Score  : 94 points
       Date   : 2023-06-06 19:55 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | aim4min wrote:
       | Imagine if some construction company created a whole neighborhood
       | that from the right vantage point would be a valid QR code.
        
         | poochy wrote:
         | Fun to imagine in the abstract. I used to take classes in a
         | building designed to have a certain appearance from above, and
         | the user experience was definitely the worse for it
        
       | makeitdouble wrote:
       | Beautiful work!
       | 
       | From the title I was expecting the QR codes to move, but they're
       | actually "anime drawing style", not "anime"
        
         | spiffytech wrote:
         | Does that mean the accurate term would be "manga"?
         | 
         | I've never been sure if the only difference between the two is
         | still frames vs motion, or something else.
        
       | beefman wrote:
       | Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36213763
        
       | _boffin_ wrote:
       | I believe this will be widely adopted and quickly too! Fantastic
       | work!
        
       | PostOnce wrote:
       | This is an amazingly beautiful hack. I'm kind of surprised we
       | never saw something like this done by hand before the advent of
       | SD -- plenty of QR code art, but none of it like this. I'm
       | impressed.
        
         | boringuser2 wrote:
         | It's for sure brilliant.
        
         | jacknews wrote:
         | There are quite a few doing them by hand, eg
         | https://dribbble.com/shots/3658816-Art-QR-Code-Design
         | 
         | I seem to remember some NY artist trying to sort of vaguely
         | claim/intimate invention (falsely) by having an exhibition too.
         | Ah yes, here https://art-qrcode.com/
        
         | evrimoztamur wrote:
         | It's costly to make such images, that's about it. Other way
         | around you'd have to decide on the QR, wait for the commission,
         | pay a substantial amount of money. Probably wouldn't even get
         | such subtle codes either, this seems like straight up CV-
         | trickery.
        
       | ENGNR wrote:
       | I wonder if this would work by simply using out-painting to
       | preserve the black dots, to make a background, and then use in-
       | painting on the dots with the condition that they stay dark
        
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