Pose-controlled character art with ComfyUI ControlNet
A ComfyUI workflow that renders a character image matching a reference pose skeleton.
First win
A generated character appears in the pose extracted from the reference image.
Best for
ComfyUI users with a working SDXL workflow
Needs
ComfyUI installed, SDXL Base model, Pose reference image
Example outcome
A pose reference becomes a posed character render.
This preview shows the ControlNet pipe: an OpenPose preprocessor extracts a skeleton from the reference and a generated character follows it.
ComfyUI graph
Local render
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A small node graph runs end-to-end on your Mac and writes one image into the ComfyUI output folder.
Graph shape
Inputs
Checkpoint, prompt, and any reference image or ControlNet/IPAdapter add-on.
Output
A saved PNG you can open directly, with the workflow JSON embedded.