is it closer to the MJ aesthetics? (Patreon)

While the hype around Ideogram 4 hasn't faded, Krea 2 has arrived. I tested it immediately once support for it became available in ComfyUI. Due to time constraints, the tests weren't exhaustive, yet a few observations can still be drawn. Previous rumors claimed Krea 2 delivers an aesthetic closer to MidJourney (MJ), but my tests contradict that. The very first image it generated struck me with an intense sense of familiarity. To verify this impression, I brought in an old acquaintance—ZIT—and the results turned out quite intriguing. Below are the comparative test results.

Test Environment:

RTX 3060 / 32GB RAM / Resolution 1024 × 1536 / Prompts from MJ / Seed: 9

Original image

Image 1 is generated by MidJourney. Images 2 and 3 are from ZIT and Krea 2 respectively. Feel free to guess which one is made by Krea 2.

A calm young man around 25-30 years old in a black suit and tie sitting on a red folding chair in the middle of a flat desert, reading a newspaper with a completely unbothered expression. Behind him, a graffiti-covered vintage sedan fully engulfed in massive flames and black smoke. Flat sandy terrain, overcast pale sky. Editorial deadpan humor. Analog film grain, desaturated warm palette

Two men sitting on a park bench. Lots of giant funky looking mushrooms red spotted around them. The park has fountains, kids are playing in the fountain. Many animals scurry around.

Dark moody vintage oil painting, classic white sheet ghost with two large black oval eye holes, holding a black vintage umbrella, standing on a wet reflective muddy country path in rainy dark night, raindrops falling around, warm glowing golden windows of an old wooden countryside house in the misty background, dim gloomy forest, wet grass on both sides of the path, muted desaturated cool dark tones, soft atmospheric rainy mist lighting, melancholic cozy dark cottagecore Halloween aesthetic, thick textured painterly brushstrokes, eerie gentle spooky atmosphere

three cats, an orange tabby, a black cat, and a white cat, are arranged in a row inside a pink clawfoot tub. the cats gaze forward with round eyes. the bathtub is filled with a shallow layer of blue water. surrounding the tub are numerous broad green leaves from tropical plants, and a vibrant pink wall forms the backdrop. a gold colored, vintage style faucet is on the right side of the tub, and the floor beneath is pink tiled.

A poetic cinematic extreme close-up. The entire frame appears to be an endless sea of luminous mountain mist. Emerging from the mist is the face of the Wushan Goddess - an extraordinarily beautiful Chinese celestial woman with refined Eastern features, delicate almond-shaped eyes, porcelain skin, elegant straight nose, soft crimson lips, and long flowing black hair merging into the clouds. Only one eye is fully visible. The surrounding mist forms the contours of her face while dissolving into negative space. The viewer cannot tell where cloud ends and skin begins. Vast emptiness. Dreamlike atmosphere. Sacred silence. Chinese mythological aesthetics. Ethereal beauty. Ultra-detailed facial features. Surreal scale ambiguity.

Minimalist elevator full of giant, glossy ligth blue balloon letters spelling "be Smooth". Photorealistic, soft-puffy balloon textures, bright even lighting, medium shot, clean, modern.

Which one do you think looks more like it was generated by Krea2?

The answer is the third image. Is this what you thought? Do you think this kind of content is valuable? Feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts. Below is a comparison of the image generation speeds of ZIT and Krea2.