Character Concept · Semi-realistic · AI Lab

Shadow Dragon — Creature Concept

Pre-expansion concept — the original framing before the wings were extended.

Stack

Role: Creature concept & art direction, seed-batch selection, wing expansion & cleanup
Base model: Krea 2 (open-weights)
LoRA: Self-trained painterly realism × ornate fantasy LoRAs, stacked ↓
Tools: ComfyUI, two self-trained style LoRAs stacked + Krea 2, directed generation, generative expand
Year: 2026

Process

Shadow dragon, wings unfurled

An abyssal shadow dragon on the same stacked-LoRA pipeline — void-black scales veined with violet, translucent purple wing membrane. Generated first as a tighter portrait, then extended with generative expand to open the full wingspan against a dark cinematic void. Selected from a seed batch, then cleanup.

From the AI Lab

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).

Card


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.

Sample output

Delivered splash art generated with this LoRA at its standard operating point:

Sample output — splash art

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