I first heard about Glif through a YouTube video that mentioned you could get access to Flux Pro (the latest ‘game changer AI’ generative image model) through the site for free.
While I had a vague notion from the video of what Glif was, I wasn’t expecting it to be so easy to get started with, and so good with my very first results.
Glif is an easy to use, low-code platform for creating tiny AI-powered generators called Glifs. While that may not sound inspiring, what Glifs allow you to do is create a tiny app that niches down to a specific type of AI generation that the user modifies with their own inputs.
The best way to really understand is with an example.
My First Glif
After having heard about Glif and that free access to Flux Pro, I decided to take my best prompt from VivaGo, that consistently seemed to give me a T-Posed/A-Posed character almost every time, and try it out with Glif.
I created a simple Glif that outputs any 2D cartoon character you request, already posed in a T-Pose/A-Pose in front of a neutral grey background (for easy background removal).
The user simply responds to three inputs:
- Character is: Male, Female, Anthropomorphic Male, or Anthropomorphic Female?
- Describe your character: (enter a short description of the character).
- Character style: Pixar, Anime, Flat Color, Outlines and Flat Color, Whiteboard, or Photo Realism?
Once they run the Glif an image is generated of their character in a T-Pose/A-Pose with the palms of the hands facing forward, legs slightly apart, on a neutral gray background in 1024×1024 pixel resolution.
I recommend upscaling the output to 4K (x4) and then using a background remover before using the characters with Cartoon Animator.
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| Character Samples generated with my Glif |
If this looks interesting to you, Glif can make far more powerful apps than this. Getting started is not hard at all. There’s no coding involved. You simply add blocks that do specific things such as ask the user for input, or run one of several AI image generators, and more.
I had the basics of my first Glif together in under an hour, and I barely read any instructions trying to work it out. Try making a similar Glif to mine with one of your favorite AI Image prompts. You can even remix my Glif to save you building it yourself.
It’s actually a lot of fun once you get your basic Glif up and running, and your mind starts thinking, how can I make this better.
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