Gorohíl Calls from Behind the Bins — DR McCulloch

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Gorohíl Calls from Behind the Bins

Ink on ceramic tile. 20 × 25 cm.

£420

The in-situ photos are what an agentic model generated prompts for and signed-off. They are neither to scale nor a judgement of your domestic context. They are retained for LOLs.

Prompt, model and seed

Scene: Bin Day Was Tuesday
Brief: On the kitchen wall, above three weeks of bags.
Prompt: wide angle photo of the whole room taken from across the room, full figures, floor visible, a grim small kitchen with black bin bags piled up on the floor, a split bag leaking takeaway boxes and nappies, an overflowing pedal bin, empty cans, a cat sniffing the bags, a small ceramic tile hung on the wall above, harsh fluorescent tube light, peeling lino, amateur snapshot, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary plain faces, pale blotchy skin, tired, squalid, messy, dirty, stained, cluttered, lived-in, grubby, working class, analogue photo
Negative prompt: clean, neat, tidy, white bedding, crisp sheets, ikea, hotel room, airbnb, new furniture, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, professional photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, portrait photography, headshot, scandinavian interior, minimalist, interior design, staged, showroom, real estate photo, catalogue, beige luxury, clean, tidy, symmetrical, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands
Model: juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
Seed: 101
Settings: Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+.
Foreground: an overflowing black bin bag split open with rubbish spilling out, foreground, amateur snapshot, depth of field (seed 102; inpaint at denoise 1.0 from latent noise, 30 steps, CFG 6.5, ControlNet inpaint_only weight 0.4)
Wall repair: plain grubby painted wall surface, fluorescent light, amateur snapshot (seed 108; inpaint at denoise 0.55 over a Telea fill, 24 steps, CFG 5, ControlNet inpaint_only+lama)
The work in the room: The real 20 × 25 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 210 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'fluoro' grade; plane spread 0.4°.

Scene: Who Is It
Brief: Hung by the front door, at the height of the dog's opinion.
Prompt: wide angle photo of the whole room taken from across the room, full figures, floor visible, a staffordshire bull terrier barking furiously at the front door in a cramped flat hallway, junk mail and red bills on the doormat, a delivery card, a pile of shoes, a broken umbrella, a small ceramic tile hung on the wall beside the door, harsh flash, motion blur, amateur snapshot, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary plain faces, pale blotchy skin, tired, squalid, messy, dirty, stained, cluttered, lived-in, grubby, working class, analogue photo
Negative prompt: clean, neat, tidy, white bedding, crisp sheets, ikea, hotel room, airbnb, new furniture, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, professional photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, portrait photography, headshot, scandinavian interior, minimalist, interior design, staged, showroom, real estate photo, catalogue, beige luxury, clean, tidy, symmetrical, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands
Model: juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
Seed: 303
Settings: Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+.
Foreground: a staffie dog barking with its mouth wide open, close to the camera, motion blur, amateur snapshot, depth of field (seed 304; inpaint at denoise 1.0 from latent noise, 30 steps, CFG 6.5, ControlNet inpaint_only weight 0.4)
Wall repair: plain grubby painted wall surface, harsh flash, amateur snapshot (seed 310; inpaint at denoise 0.55 over a Telea fill, 24 steps, CFG 5, ControlNet inpaint_only+lama)
The work in the room: The real 20 × 25 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 220 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'flash' grade; plane spread 0.7°.

Scene: Landing
Brief: Hung on the landing of a tower block, where the lift has been broken since the referendum.
Prompt: wide angle photo of the whole room taken from across the room, full figures, floor visible, the concrete landing of a council tower block at night, a teenager in a tracksuit sitting on the stairs vaping, a broken lift with an out of order sign, graffiti tags, a burnt out light, a bike chained to the railing, a small painting hung on the painted wall, sodium orange light, grainy, amateur snapshot, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary plain faces, pale blotchy skin, tired, squalid, messy, dirty, stained, cluttered, lived-in, grubby, working class, analogue photo
Negative prompt: clean, neat, tidy, white bedding, crisp sheets, ikea, hotel room, airbnb, new furniture, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, professional photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, portrait photography, headshot, scandinavian interior, minimalist, interior design, staged, showroom, real estate photo, catalogue, beige luxury, clean, tidy, symmetrical, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, child, children, kid, toddler, baby, infant, teenager, teen, schoolgirl, schoolboy, young girl, young boy
Model: juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
Seed: 303
Settings: Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
The work in the room: The real 20 × 25 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 260 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'sodium' grade; plane spread 0.6°.

Scene: Caterers
Brief: On the kitchen wall, above forty empty magnums.
Prompt: wide angle photo of the whole room taken from across the room, full figures, floor visible, two tired catering staff in black aprons clearing up a huge kitchen after a private party at 2am, crates of empty champagne magnums, trays of untouched canapes, a sink full of crystal glasses, a sub zero fridge, a small ceramic tile hung on the wall above, cold fluorescent light, amateur snapshot taken by a guest, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary unflattering faces, tired, expensive clutter, lived-in wealth, old money and new money, analogue photo
Negative prompt: interior design magazine, architectural digest, real estate photo, staged, showroom, catalogue, minimalist, empty, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, child, children, kid, toddler, baby, infant, teenager, teen, schoolgirl, schoolboy, young girl, young boy
Model: juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
Seed: 101
Settings: Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
Foreground: stacked plastic crates full of empty champagne bottles, foreground, amateur snapshot, depth of field (seed 102; inpaint at denoise 1.0 from latent noise, 30 steps, CFG 6.5, ControlNet inpaint_only weight 0.4)
The work in the room: The real 20 × 25 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 210 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'fluoro' grade.

Scene: Who Is It (SW3)
Brief: Hung by the front door of a Georgian townhouse, at the height of the Labrador's opinion.
Prompt: wide angle photo of the whole room taken from across the room, full figures, floor visible, a black labrador barking furiously at the open front door of a georgian townhouse while a delivery driver holds out a parcel, a marble hallway, a pile of shopping bags from expensive shops, a bicycle that costs more than a car, a small ceramic tile hung on the wall beside the door, harsh flash, motion blur, amateur snapshot taken by a guest, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary unflattering faces, tired, expensive clutter, lived-in wealth, old money and new money, analogue photo
Negative prompt: interior design magazine, architectural digest, real estate photo, staged, showroom, catalogue, minimalist, empty, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, child, children, kid, toddler, baby, infant, teenager, teen, schoolgirl, schoolboy, young girl, young boy
Model: juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
Seed: 101
Settings: Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
Foreground: a black labrador barking with its mouth wide open, close to the camera, motion blur, amateur snapshot, depth of field (seed 102; inpaint at denoise 1.0 from latent noise, 30 steps, CFG 6.5, ControlNet inpaint_only weight 0.4)
The work in the room: The real 20 × 25 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 220 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'flash' grade.