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Ethereal Acrylic is a style LoRA for SDXL designed to transform any subject into a soft, atmospheric, painterly image. The aesthetic is inspired by acrylic painting on canvas: velvety brush strokes, diffused light, warm tones, and a delicate texture that never overwhelms the underlying content. It’s ideal for creators who want an elegant, cinematic, natural look without harsh contrast or oversaturated colors.

This LoRA does not distort shapes or impose a rigid aesthetic. Instead, it behaves like a gentle “painterly veil” that adapts to portraits, half‑body shots, full‑body compositions, landscapes, animals, and still life scenes. Its greatest strength is generalization: it works beautifully even on subjects that were not part of the training dataset, always maintaining coherence and softness.

🎨 Style Characteristics

• Soft acrylic brushwork with a smooth, velvety texture.

• Atmospheric lighting that stays warm, diffused, and never harsh.

• Balanced color palette with natural tones and subtle glow.

• Realistic skin and materials, without plasticity or artifacts.

• Painterly backgrounds that blend naturally with the subject.

• High versatility, performing well on humans, animals, objects, and scenery.

The style remains recognizable yet non‑intrusive: it enhances without overpowering.

⚙️ Technical Behavior

The LoRA was trained on SDXL Base 1.0, and its most faithful results come from using this checkpoint.

After extensive testing, the recommended settings are:

• Sampler: DPM++ 3M SDE Karras or SIMPLE

• Steps: 28–40

• CFG: 3.5–4.5

• LoRA Weight: 0.6–0.8 (sweet spot at 0.7)

This combination produces the softest light, the cleanest acrylic texture, and a velvety atmosphere without noise.

🧪 Why You Should Try It on Other Checkpoints

Although trained on SDXL Base, Ethereal Acrylic behaves surprisingly well on many other models:

• Realistic checkpoints → more photographic but still painterly

• Cinematic checkpoints → deeper atmosphere and richer colors

• Artistic checkpoints → interesting hybrid styles

Each model brings out a different nuance of the aesthetic, and exploring these variations is part of the fun.

📸 Share Your Results

If you experiment with different checkpoints or achieve a unique look, it would be wonderful to see your creations in the model gallery.

User images help everyone understand:

• how the style behaves in different contexts

• which combinations work best

• how versatile the LoRA truly is

And they help the community grow around the model.