Same "style" as v2 but a bit more sharper.

( I am very new to this... I still can't get the faces to look good when characters are small in relation to the entire image...

Not too much free time to dial up more... Or learn more on how to finetune the model for better outputs)

... There are some persky tiny little creatures of faces that keep kreeping up on some images.

... Some times faces or text shows on clothes. I can't get rid of them as well.

The suggested negative prompt helps a lot in both cases.

A high-contrast, "indie-manga" style specialized in heavy, textured ink-work and hauntingly oversized vertical pupils. It blends the gritty, sketch-heavy lines of traditional underground comics with a dark, matte, gouache-painted atmosphere. Designed for characters that look both vulnerable and supernatural against deep, void-like backgrounds.

SETTINGS:

Steps: 8

Cfg: 1.4

Sampler: LCM

Scheduler: Normal

1st pass works well with 1 megapixel resolution.

2nd pass up to 2.4 megapixels

All sample images were upscaled 2.5 times using settings:

Steps: 12

Cfg: 1.1

Sampler: LCM

Scheduler: Normal

Denoise: 0.4

Suggested "helper-positive-prompt":

highly detailed linework, textured shading, gritty inking, rough sketch lines, matte colors, textured cel shading, (indie comic style:1.3), traditional art style, gouache texture, dark atmosphere, depth of field, masterpiece, dramatic lighting, best quality, incredibly absurdres, masterpiece, very aesthetic

Suggested negative prompt:

(multiple subjects:1.5), (extra characters:1.5), (group:1.3), (crowd:1.3), (spirit:1.2), (ghost:1.2), (creature:1.2), (fairy:1.2), (chibi:1.2), (tiny girl:1.2), (miniature:1.2), (floating objects:1.2), (print on clothes:1.3), (graphic tee:1.3), (logo:1.3), (character on clothes:1.3), (patterned clothes:1.2), (text:1.2), (watermark:1.2), (signature:1.2), (split view:1.3), (comic:1.3), (2koma:1.3), (4koma:1.3), (grid:1.3), (multiple views:1.3), lowres, (bad), worst quality, low quality, jpeg artifacts, fewer, extra, missing, unfinished, displeasing