Dark Meridian - Anime Chiaroscuro Style [KREA2 / ANI / ILL]

Built for lighting and gravity. Deep shadow, bold highlight, and characters that carry real weight in their expression; this LoRA is a study in chiaroscuro, the classical technique of strong light-and-dark contrast to create drama and depth. It's not locked to any one mood. Push it shadowed and heavy, or push it warm and vivid - the dramatic lighting holds whichever way you direct it.

ILLUSTRIOUS INFO (SCROLL DOWN FOR ANIMA/KREA 2)

Trigger word: darkmeridian - place it first, before everything else. I get best results using minimal Illustrious based quality tags (ex: masterpiece, absurdres and that's it)

Recommended checkpoint: Dasiwa Epitaph Ecstasy

No negative prompt = Painterly/2.5d
Negative Prompt = clean cel-shading

Recommended negative prompt: (remove photorealistic/realistic for a more 2.5d look)
worst quality, low quality, blurry, extra fingers, extra digits, malformed hands, bad anatomy, distorted face, deformed face, 3d, realistic, photorealistic, render, cgi, glossy, modern, contemporary

Suggested Settings:

Euler A / Karras or Beta57
CFG 5.0
28–30 steps
Recommended LoRA weight - .90 - 1.0

Negative prompt:
worst quality, low quality, blurry, extra fingers, extra digits, malformed hands, bad anatomy, distorted face, deformed face, 3d, realistic, photorealistic, render, cgi, glossy, modern, contemporary

ANIMA:

Tested on Anima Turbo LoRA (CFG 1 / Steps 12 / ER_SDE - LINEAR QUADRATIC)
It tends to be a little soft on Anima and Krea 2, due to the dataset.

Recommended positive addons -
darkmeridian, illustration, flat, 2D, cel-shading,

(No negatives since I used a Turbo LoRA)
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KREA 2

Tested on Krea 2 Turbo version. (CFG 1 / Steps 8 / EULER - SIMPLE) (or experiment).

Recommended positive addons -
darkmeridian, illustration, flat, 2D, cel-shading,

(No negatives since I used a Turbo version)