1. Setting up our workspace
First things first, in this example we are going to make a landscape illustration from one of our sketches. So we are going to select “Blank Canvas”.

2. Sketching a base composition
First, Let’s begin with a simple Sketch. It doesn’t need to be extremely detailed, but remember! The more specific we are with our inputs, the better and more tailored results we will get from Alpaca! This is because Alpaca is trained to respect the intent of your inputs.You can easily paste images to your Alpaca’s canva: whether because you prefer
sketching in Adobe Photoshop, or because you want to reuse the example sketch
below, you can simply copy the image you want and paste it in Alpaca (
ctrl+v
or cmd+v
on Mac) and it will automatically be copied to your canvas
Our base sketch
3. Generating our first rendering
Now that our sketch is ready, we can begin creating some renders! First, let’s decide the extent to which we want Alpaca to render our sketch. Are we aiming for a light touch-up or a full render?This can be easily managed through the presets: ‘Pro’ will generate an image very similar to the input, while ‘Wild’ will yield a generation that is very different.
Check out our Render Settings guide to learn about Presets
and settings to control your rendering in Alpaca.

cabin in the mountains, sunset in the background, anime style
.
A better way to control the style of your renders is through Style References.
This will help you hone in on a specific style without having to try to
describe it with words.

Our first generation
4. Generating variations and combining them
Our first generation is pretty good, but it’s always nice to get a few more options, and take what we like from each to make a stronger final resultsDon’t forget to import a generation you like in a new layer by clicking
Import
before re-generating so you don’t lose it
Combining various part of a few generations.
- Adding details and making precise edits


A quicker method is to create a new layer for our paint over. After completing
the paintover, simply press shift+Enter to automatically re-render only the
sections within that layer. This eliminates the need to manually mask the
modified area.

Our final result.