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96YOTTEA style LoRA for Illustrious: painterly color and mood

Topic: Models
By Captain
Published Sep 29, 2026

Fast Facts:

96YOTTEA style (Illustrious, v1.1 trained with WAI-SDXL v7) by wwHEY is a style LoRA based on the painterly works of 96YOTTEA, known for excellent color themes. Version 1.1 grasps the style better than 1.0 but needs hires fix.
Recommended: weight 1.0, Euler a, sgm_uniform or normal scheduler, 20-40 steps, CFG 4-6. The author asks users to support the original artist.

Reference

Name
Type
What it is
LoRA weight
1.0
Sampler / scheduler
Euler a, sgm_uniform / normal
Steps
20-40
4-6
Hires fix
required
1.5x, 0.4.

Step by step

  1. Quality tags, then a portrait or scene.
  2. LoRA 1.0, Euler a, sgm_uniform, 30 steps, CFG 5.
  3. Hires fix 1.5x at 0.4.
  4. Describe a color theme (pale skin, black hair, muted teal).
  5. Try other Illustrious checkpoints; the author notes it is portable.

Examples

Portrait

masterpiece, best quality, high resolution, absurdres, 1girl, adult, solo, pale skin, black straight hair, straight bangs, black eyes, black dress, muted background, painterly
96YOTTEA 1.0, hires 0.4

Dynamic

masterpiece, best quality, high detail, detailed linework, dynamic composition, (realistic), flat color, from below, 1girl, adult, solo, chromatic aberration, wind, city
96YOTTEA 1.0

Creative idea: color studies

Same portrait, three prompts: monochrome blue, warm sepia, acid green and black.

Tips

  • Limited palettes show the color sense.
  • Flat color and from below tags give striking compositions.
  • Chromatic aberration and detailed linework tags add texture.
  • Lower to 0.8 when stacking another style.

Troubleshooting

Soft, blurry output

Why it happens
No hires fix.

How to fix it
Hires 1.5x at 0.4 as the author requires.

Style lost

Why it happens
Weight below 0.8.

How to fix it
1.0.

Questions

Trigger?

None documented.

Other checkpoints?

Yes, Illustrious-based ones.

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