Description:
A LoRA mixed model of my earlier 餃子Mix. This checkpoint kind of puts the whole picture through a monochromatic filter reminiscent of the 水墨畫 style calligraphy used in Sinosphere traditional paintings. It has an extremely heavy effect on trees and landscapes, where the leaves turn into the ink blotting reminiscent of calligraphy painting. Less-so on the characters, as a result the tuning ratio has been adjusted to preserve the anime-esque style of the characters.
Originally I was going to name it 虾饺Mix because I love shrimp jiaozi, but since I added a bit of the 伢伢書 LoRA, I figured I'd make it more Shanghai-esque (plus I had wontons for lunch yesterday). Hence, 三餡馄饨Mix.
Versions:
As of now there are 3 versions. Base, Anime, and MSG. Base is just GyozaMix with a light filter. It's okay to take in LoRAs. Season to your taste. Clothing and character LoRAs are more compatible. MSG edition is more 水墨畫. I basically turned up the loras in strength until it stopped looking good and then took a step back from that. Stylistic effect is very strong, but it's still recognizably illustrative. Anime is my personal favorite. It's more aesthetically 水墨畫 with all that entails but also retains those classic anime style features beneath all the watercolor ink art. You can try style loras on it but to be honest it's not as versatile as base and might collapse.
Usage Notes:
I recommend you be a bit careful of using Latent upscaler at high denoise. Because the model is a bit heavily opinionated given the style goal and such, at high denoise it tends to shoot strongly to turn it into a real Chinese watercolor painting and thus heavily changes the original image.
With MSG edition, you need to prompt for realism or else the shuimobyhua effect will be too strong. A good style to try is:
(ultra high res,photorealistic,realistic,best quality,photo-realistic),
(high detailed skin,visible pores),(real person,photograph),
(8k, raw photo, best quality, masterpiece)
