Creature from the manga version of Takeru: Letter of the Law. Calling it "shadowbeast" given it rises from a shadow when first seen but not certain if it even has a name. As revealed later the creatures originate as humans that are transformed by a ritual. There is a brief transformation scene where two village woman are turned into the creatures. The creature itself is similar in look to a werewolf but with a more human/primate like face (Likely more akin to a baboon or mandrill or DB Oozaru) Both the samples and the transformation seen are few and the resolution is small only 21 images with 13 of the creatures. There will be some noise depending on the resolution, multiple figures and additional limbs and fingers - the creature black so there is little contrast but it does generate.Despite the small sample the output exceeded what I expected. The creature does render for the most part and the transformation stages came through. It does pair with other character Loras which is what I was hoping for.Tweaking and tuning via Steps, CFG, and Lora weight will likely be necessary quite a few samples were heavily processed with Img2Img and InpaintingShadowbeast formshdwbst, no humans, solo, after, red eyes, hairless face, grey face, open mouth, fangs, sharp teeth, claws, black fur, digitigradePre-transformation setupshdwbst, 1girl, solo, beforeTransformationshdwbst, 1girl, solo, before, transforming, fangs, snout (adding more Shadowbeast features will influence the stages of transformation)Transformation using source scenario (graby tenetacles)shdwbst, 1girl, solo, before, transforming, fangs, snout, tentacles, suspendedOne of the main classifiers for human vs beast will be hair, hats, earings, etc. If using a character Lora omitting the hair style, color, or skin tone, will aid in rendering the transformation or merged look - otherwise it may give two sepearate figures or give a beast body with fully human head...Keeping 1girl in the prompt for the Shadowbeast will give more feminine features - notably breasts - leaving it off will give a gender neutral (as shown in the manga)Adding tail and tentacles to negative can remove some noise these often get mixed up by the AI

Shadowbeast (Takeru: Letter of the Law) IL / Pony

Illustrious version can be a bit more clearer on details saw better results with mouth and fangs. Still carries over issues with resolution where it may generate the creature as a second character when attempting a transformation - positional tags like side view or upper body can help as well as limiting certain descriptive tags this can be challenging with checkpoint baked in characters.

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