Artbreeder

Artbreeder is an AI creative tool for generating images by mixing them: it combines several images, adjusts their traits with sliders and creates new characters, portraits and scenes. It began as Ganbreeder, an experiment with generative adversarial networks, and the company says it now has 14 million users and 300 million images.

What is Artbreeder used for?

It's for exploring visual ideas iteratively. With Splicer you mix images and edit their "genes" (age, color, expression or style) to get variations, and Splicer2 adds an interface to mix, branch and edit. Collage turns simple shapes, images and text into a finished illustration, and Composer offers unlimited image generation on paid accounts. It's widely used to create characters for tabletop games, novels and video games.

How does the Artbreeder community work?

Everything you create can be shared, you can follow other creators and remix their images. There are daily contests on a theme where the community votes, plus remix parties to get inspired together. If you'd rather work privately, there's a private mode and visibility controls, along with Google Drive sync.

Who is Artbreeder for?

• Writers and role-players who want to visualize characters.
• Illustrators looking for quick references and variations.
• Game designers in the concept phase.
• Generative art fans who enjoy remixing.

Artbreeder pros and cons

Pros: a very intuitive mixing-based way to create, an active community and simple tools like Splicer. Cons: credits reset each period without rolling over, high-resolution downloads need a Pro account and fine control is weaker than in professional image editors.