Design Approach Research Using Stable Diffusion AI-Generated Images : Focusing on the Buddhist Figurine Designs of Longxing Temple (龍興寺) at Qingzhou Museum

This study focuses on utilizing Stable Diffusion technology to assist hand figurine design, exploring innovative methods through image generation AI to create unique Buddhist statue hand figurines. The research centers on the hand figurine of the Longxing Temple Buddha from the Cheongju Museum, explaining the principles of the technology and the characteristics of visual creation through literature and case studies. It analyzes the concept of hand figurines and explores the aesthetics of Buddhist statues and the SWOT analysis of the hand figurine market, identifying design challenges. Based on similar research and user analysis, the study derives user requirements and transforms the aesthetic characteristics of the Buddhist statue into a LoRA model training set, verifying its learning effectiveness. Subsequently, it generates images using prompts and LoRA hierarchical control, evaluating their usability. The results show that this hand figurine design method contributes to modernizing aesthetic characteristics and integrating trendy elements, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, and is expected to offer a new direction for hand figurine design development.