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ViFA-Council: Multi-Agent LLM Deliberation for Vietnamese Folk Art Generation

A new multi-agent LLM pipeline, ViFA-Council, uses GPT-4o, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 to generate Vietnamese folk-art imagery and educational stories with tighter cultural control. The system adds …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Appearance Pointers -- Multimodal Region Control of Diffusion Transformers

A new diffusion-transformer control method aims to give artists and technical teams precise regional guidance over materials, identities, and layout. Appearance pointers pair text or image cues with user masks, …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 2 months, 1 week ago
Game Maker's Sketchbook announces selections for 2026 showcase

Game Maker's Sketchbook has picked the works for its fifth annual showcase, and the lineup is heavily art-facing: concept art, environment pieces, character designs, and storyboards from games like Pragmata, …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 4 months, 1 week ago
On-the-fly Repulsion in the Contextual Space for Rich Diversity in Diffusion Transformers

A new diffusion-transformer sampling trick aims to fix the “samey output” problem without the usual quality hit. By pushing repulsion into the model’s contextual attention space during the forward pass, …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 6 months ago
T$^3$-S2S: Training-free Triplet Tuning for Sketch to Scene Synthesis in Controllable Concept Art Generation

The new T3-S2S method revolutionizes 2D concept art generation for 3D scenes, offering a training-free approach that enhances multi-instance scene creation. This is particularly beneficial for artists and designers who …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Alterbute: Editing Intrinsic Attributes of Objects in Images

A diffusion-based image editor can now change an object’s color, texture, material, and even shape while trying to keep its identity and scene context intact. The interesting bit for game …

Research arXiv cs.GR · 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Larian will not use generative AI for Divinity concept art

Larian Studios has decided against using generative AI for concept art in their upcoming RPG, Divinity. This choice emphasizes the importance of traditional artistry in game development, particularly for artists …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 8 months, 3 weeks ago