Raw Color — A LoRA for Expressive, Unfinished Beauty
Unlock a world of vibrant, textured imperfection. “Raw Color” is a LoRA designed to bring painterly looseness and emotional intensity into your generations. From sketchy portraits to dreamlike scenes, it evokes the feeling of art still in motion. Where brushstrokes are visible, edges are intentional, and the story is never quite finished.
About the Style
Raw Color thrives in the space between polish and process. Think digital canvases where the underpainting shows through, or concept art just before final render. It leans into:
Tactile brushwork and smudged edges
Expressive faces and figures often caught mid-thought
Bold, unapologetic color palettes
A mix of real-world and surreal subject matter
A look that feels equal parts fashion sketch, storybook, cyberpunk zine, and indie animation frame
It pairs especially well with prompts involving emotion, movement, and visual storytelling.
Recommended Weights
To get the best out of Raw Color, here’s what I’ve found works:
Flux: A weight of 1.0 works well, strong lines, confident texture.
Illustrious: Results vary a bit more depending on the base checkpoint. Try between 0.7 and 1.0 and adjust based on how much texture or rawness you want in the final image.
I am working on a Qwen version - TBD
Don’t be afraid to push into moody lighting or add descriptive terms like “unfinished,” “brushwork,” or “concept art” to reinforce the look.
Share Your Generations!
If you create something beautiful (or weird, or wild, or poetic) with Raw Color, I’d love to see it! Upload your images to Civitai and tag this LoRA, it helps others find it and supports further development.
Please Rate & Review
If this LoRA resonated with your creative style, drop a rating or comment. Your feedback helps shape future updates and lets other artists discover the LoRA faster.
Description
Style fluctuates based on checkpoint. Experiment with different weights. I had success between 0.7 and 1.0 though Illustrious really seems to prefer to smooth things out or go slick vs. raw. by default.
FAQ
Comments (8)
Had a fun time to figure what is going sideways until it saw that I still was using Krea ^^ The results I got are - lets say "creative" the fishy closeup is the only useable outcome xD
EDIT: To make it a bit more funny the fishface (krea) and the elf (normal) using the exact same prompt. Even tough it is a nonsense prompt I really like the differences.
Cool Lora - thanks @Daalis for making these. : )
That is funny. Glad you got it sorted. I may need to add Krea to the testing and training mix.
This lora is gold!! Using the "in no event shall black forrest labs... Blah blah" as prompt for the illustrious version will generate a devil holding a contract xD
Hidden gold. There is usually a few secret tricky doors in my LorRAs but that one is totally unexpected 🤣
Oh boy, I really have to adjust my chroma skills by a bit more than a few degrees >. <'
I find it a very odd model to work with it does either exactly what I want, or something completely different. It's always very "artful" output, but very variable on the batting average.
@Daalis That summerises my experience pretty well. From "woah I'm an artist now" to "hey my 4 year old could've done this with paint" ^^
Edit: On the other hand your example images are very nice
@Pandaofd00m I chose not to share the 4 year old ones. 🤣😆