Although Rocky Linux is the officially recommended platform, running Beeble Studio locally on Ubuntu is possible.

You just need to convert the installation package. For Ubuntu 20.04:

sudo apt-get install alien
#downgrade cpio (otherwise it throws an error)
sudo apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades cpio=2.13+dfsg-2
sudo alien beeblestudio-x86_64.rpm --scripts
sudo apt install ./beeblestudio_0.4.15-2_amd64.deb 

Then follow the Beeble installation steps: download the assets, authenticate, and run it.

Credit: digital asset artist: Red Knuckles

This project was a little different from the work I usually do. The band’s 50th-anniversary live show featured visuals for every song, and I worked on the classic “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” a 13 minute piece (!!!). My role was to transform the concept line art from the storyboard and animatic into illustrations using generative AI. It was an interesting process: the final images needed to remain faithful to the original concepts while matching the visual style the band wanted. The artwork also had to be delivered in layers so another team could animate it later. In total, I generated more than 80 images over two months of work.

As a fan of the band, creating visuals (even Eddie) to the show was an incredible experience.

There's no official video online yet, but it's possible to see some of the work recorded by fans on Youtube from the live show:

A ComfyUINuke demonstration video. Inpainting is incredibly useful. I developed the ComfyUINuke gizmo to use ComfyUI directly from Nuke.