Character Concept · Realistic · AI Lab

Cleopatra in Silk — Character Concept

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Role: Concept direction, generation, selection & cleanup
Base model: Krea 2 (open-weights)
LoRA: Self-trained painterly realism LoRA ↓
Tools: ComfyUI, self-trained style LoRA + Krea 2, directed generation
Year: 2026

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Model Card Cinematic Painterly Realism — LoRA Low-saturation painterly realism for splash art and character concepts. 85-image dataset.

Overview

A style LoRA for cinematic, low-saturation painterly realism — the workhorse behind the splash-pipeline posts (Empress of the Lotus Pond, Saint of the Storm, Golden Emperor).

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Base model	Krea 2 (open-weights, turbo)
Dataset	85 curated images, pure-content prose captions, no trigger word
Network	LoRA dim 32 / alpha 32 · 16 epochs · final loss 0.067
Validation	Epoch sweep with fixed-seed probes; epoch 16 selected as standard
Operating notes	Dark cinematic backdrops are part of the style contract — flat studio backgrounds suppress it

Notes

Prompting rules discovered in validation (front-loaded subject, positive-only phrasing at CFG 1, backdrop placement) are documented per post in the Process sections.

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