Updated: 2026-05

1. About This Page

A collection of external resources that we don’t have time to cover in class. Choose what to read or watch based on your interests. You don’t need to go through everything.

2. Official Documentation

• Comfy Cloud Docs — How to use Comfy Cloud, APIs, and pricing
• ComfyUI Examples — A collection of sample workflows for the open-source version of ComfyUI
• Stable Diffusion Wiki (stable-diffusion-art.com) — Explanations of terminology, parameters, and differences between samplers

3. Learning Materials (Free and Systematic)

• NVIDIA AI Learning Essentials — A free course that systematically teaches the fundamentals of generative AI. It’s best to take this alongside Comfy Cloud.
• NVIDIA Japan YouTube Playlists — Explanatory videos in Japanese
• A great opportunity to learn AI! A guide to NVIDIA’s free online courses (Note article)

4. A Deep Dive into ComfyUI

4.1 Video Tutorials

• Olivio Sarikas (YouTube) — Explanation of the ComfyUI workflow (in English)
• Latent Vision (YouTube) — Demonstration of advanced techniques

4.2 Sharing Models, LoRAs, and Workflows

• Civitai — A platform for sharing tens of thousands of LoRAs, checkpoints, and workflows (Cannot be imported with the Comfy Cloud Free plan; available with the Creator plan or higher)
• Hugging Face — The official source for downloading the models themselves

5. Trends in Video-Generating AI

Articles and channels that are helpful for keeping up with trends outside the university:

• How to Direct a Friend (Prof. Naka-Yasu’s Scrapbox) — Lecture survey notes
• How to Create a Music Video (MV/PV) Using AI (note article)
• Hailuo vs Kling vs Pollo, etc. (Prof. Naka-Yasu’s Scrapbox) — Comparison notes on major video AI services
• Will AI Replace Animators? (YouTube) — An animator’s own prediction for five years from now

6. Copyright and Ethics

• In 2022, AI-generated art won a contest (from Nakayasu’s Scrapbox) — Summary of the Théâtre D’opéra Spatial incident
• AI-Generated Art Won a Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy. — Original article from the NY Times
• U.S. Copyright Office Guidance on AI — Latest guidelines from the U.S. Copyright Office (English)

7. Community

• ComfyUI Official Discord — Questions, updates, and workflow sharing
• r/comfyui (Reddit) — Troubleshooting and the latest trends
• r/StableDiffusion (Reddit) — General discussion

8. Professor Naka-Yasu’s Scrapbox Note (Related Topics)

All posts tagged #generative_ai (Scrapbox)

Survey notes for lesson preparation. These notes contain many of the sources that inspired this teaching material. Unlike my class notes, some parts are not organized, but they are intended for those who wish to read them in the context of the research.

9. What’s Next

• Diffusion Mechanism — An intuitive explanation of how diffusion models work
• Node Philosophy — ComfyUI’s node philosophy
• Getting Started — How to get started with Comfy Cloud