n8n Cloud + self-hosted / Workflow template
Turn a sheet of NSFW creator ideas into an organized image queue. Generate up to four Z-Image Turbo concepts per run, then review every image beside its prompt, status and result link.
Cloud uses built-in HTTP nodes. The self-hosted download uses the SpicyAPI community node. Choose the matching setup steps below.
A production sheet that tells you which concept succeeded, which task belongs to it and which row needs attention. The execution also contains the downloaded image for the next publishing or storage step.
How the workflow runs
Read todo rows
Limit to four
Generate + download
Update the same rows
NSFW / Character / Style
Keep your next gallery ideas in Google Sheets: themed portraits, alternate outfits and cover concepts. Generate a small queue and review each result beside its prompt before deciding what to publish.
What to change first
Use unique row IDs and mark ready prompts todo. The starter handles up to four rows per run and records each image’s status.
Build an original adult character for illustrated galleries, character cards or visual novel key art. A compatible style LoRA gives you another way to explore linework and finish alongside your prompt.
What to change first
Choose a LoRA made for Z-Image Turbo, include its trigger wording and compare one scene before adding another adapter.
Give a recurring character a complete editorial story: window-light portraits, an evening look and a late-night balcony. Use four scenes to find a direction, then expand the strongest look into a larger set.
What to change first
Reuse the original portrait for each scene. Change the wardrobe and location; keep facial details and hair consistent.
Workflow tutorial
Use the Cloud JSON for a built-in HTTP queue. It records the original request before submitting, writes accepted task IDs back before waiting and resumes rows that already have a task.
Import the Cloud JSON into n8n. In Quote Request, Create Task and Get Task, choose Generic Credential Type → Bearer Auth and select the same credential, with your API key in its Bearer Token field. Select the same Google Sheets OAuth2 credential in every Sheets node. Keep the workflow inactive during setup.
Use these headers: id, prompt, status, taskId, resultUrl, cost, error, idempotencyKey, firstAttemptAt, requestJson. Give every row a unique id of 1–48 letters, digits, underscores or hyphens. Put the creative brief in prompt and set new rows to todo. Leave the three recovery columns empty on a new row; the workflow fills them.
In Settings, fill documentId and sheetName. Set maxItems from 1 to 4 and a positive maxCostUsd up to 0.10 USD per image. Read Rows reads the sheet; Select Rows chooses eligible items. Set enabled=true when the sheet, credentials and budget are ready. Run one execution at a time so two runs do not select the same rows.
Start a manual execution. Save Request records the original request and replay key before submission; Save Accepted Task records taskId before polling. Each new task must pass its quote and maximum-charge check. Get Task waits for at most 60 lookups or 300 seconds per item, plus an in-flight request. Download Image uses no API credential. Write Results updates the matching id to done or needs_review; successful files are in Batch Results as binary.data.
Rows marked processing or needs_review with a taskId are retrieved on the next run without another creation. With no ID, inspect the saved execution and console first. To replay the unchanged original request within 23 hours, set status=todo while preserving idempotencyKey, firstAttemptAt and requestJson. After that window, find the accepted taskId instead. For a new creative attempt, add a new row with a unique id, status=todo and empty taskId and recovery columns. This keeps the original result and cost record. Archive downloaded images separately; resultUrl is temporary.
Use this version with the official SpicyAPI community node installed on your self-hosted n8n instance.
Create id, prompt, status, taskId, resultUrl, cost and error columns. Give each row a unique, stable id and mark only the concepts you want to run as todo.
Select your Google Sheets credentials and the same SpicyAPI credential in Generate Image and Get Image Result. Set documentId and sheetName in Settings; the read and update nodes reuse them. Updates match the stable id, not the visible row number.
Keep the status filter at todo. In this template’s Google Sheets read node, leave Return only First Matching Row off. The next step then selects up to four matching rows rather than receiving just one.
Set maxItems from 1 to 4 and maxCostUsd to a positive per-image ceiling up to 0.10 USD. Check the current Z-Image Turbo price, finish the credentials and set enabled to true before executing the queue.
Each row becomes done or needs_review after the result check. For needs_review, retrieve its recorded taskId and inspect the result before a new attempt. If there is no ID, check the saved execution and console. Return a row to todo only when you intend a new generation; leave done rows outside the queue.
Creative example. Adapt it to your own fictional adult character and source image.
An original adult anime character, age 30, with short silver hair and emerald eyes, wearing a dark green evening dress at a neon-lit hotel lounge. Visual novel gallery cover, expressive cel shading, detailed fabric, clean composition, no lettering.Try this directionReference editing starts with Qwen Image 2.1; new concepts start with Z-Image Turbo. For a more specific NSFW style, explore compatible LoRA models and the Spicy collection before scaling your batch.
The template processes at most four eligible rows per execution, with one image-generation task per new row. The planned batch cost is the sum of the selected item quotes. A needs_review row may still be running: retrieve its recorded taskId first. For another creative attempt, add a new todo row with a unique id; keep the original result and cost record.
Keep a needs_review row until you have checked its existing task. In the Cloud version, rows with taskId are retrieved on the next run; with no ID, inspect the saved execution and console before replaying the original request. In the self-hosted version, use Task → Get with the recorded taskId. Do not reset the row simply because a wait ended.
In the self-hosted plugin version, leave Return only First Matching Row off in the read node. The Cloud version reads the sheet and selects eligible rows in Select Rows. Check maxItems and row status before expanding a batch.
Use the downloaded binary from the execution in a Drive or other storage step, then write that permanent link back. This download does not include a Drive archive node.
Reference + scenes
One item per scene
Quote + Qwen edit
Download each image
n8n Cloud + self-hosted
Recurring character sets and NSFW creator galleries
4, 8 or 12 separate image results
Open workflowScene prompt
Z-Image Turbo
Image Upscaler
SaveImage
ComfyUI
Gallery covers, character portraits and larger delivery files
An upscaled image saved in ComfyUI
Open workflowDownload the template or try the same model in the Playground before connecting the full workflow.