NeonNoir — Neon Noir Aesthetic for Illustrious

A style LoRA that adds a distinctive neon color palette — cyan rim lights, magenta accents, warm amber glows — to your generations. Combine with prompting to control how dark and atmospheric you want it.

Trigger word: neon_noir
Recommended strength: 0.2–0.3 (sweet spot: 0.25)
Base model: Illustrious SDXL (tested on WAI Illustrious v1.60)

3 Prompt Presets

This LoRA comes with 3 preset modes. The LoRA handles the unique color grading — the extra prompt words activate what Illustrious already knows about darkness, contrast, and mood.

🔹 Lite
Just the neon color palette. Vibrant, eye-catching, you control the mood.
neon_noir, [your prompt here]

🔸 Standard
Dark atmospheric noir with neon accents. The intended neon noir look.
neon_noir, dark shadows, high contrast, noir lighting, moody atmosphere, [your prompt here]

🔶 Full
Maximum cinematic treatment. Deep shadows, film grain, gritty texture.
neon_noir, dark shadows, high contrast, noir lighting, moody atmosphere, gritty, film grain, cinematic lighting, detailed, [your prompt here]

Recommended Settings
Strength: 0.2–0.3
Sampler: Euler Ancestral
Steps: 28
CFG: 7.0
Scheduler: Normal

Tips

- Lite is great for colorful, vibrant shots and thumbnails
- Standard is the most versatile — works for everything from portraits to NSFW
- Full is best for dramatic, moody compositions where you want deep shadows
- For best backgrounds, add to positive: "detailed background, fully rendered environment, intricate scenery"
- Add to negative: "sketch, unfinished background, simple background, white background, glossy skin"
- The LoRA excels at: rain scenes, alleys, bars, rooftops, night cityscapes, neon-lit interiors
- Works great with both SFW and NSFW content
- Strength above 0.4 can oversaturate — stay in the 0.2–0.3 range