Arabic Folklore
Arabic Folklore is style LoRA inspired by how jinn and demons were pictured in old Arabic manuscripts, flat, naive draftsmanship next to genuinely dark, uncanny subject matter (the same tradition behind manuscripts like Kitab al-Bulhan, which illustrates jinn tales from One Thousand and One Nights).
Simple and dark at once - a style image models rarely touch. Fun one to make.
Description
Trigger: arklore - required, or you just get a generic dark painting, not the manuscript look.
Weight: 1.25 – 1.75, best around 1.5. The usual 1.0 often isn't enough, especially on realistic subjects. Past 2.0, faces start to distort.
Tested well beyond the training set , portraits, animals, objects, architecture, mythological scenes , all hold the same look: aged parchment tone, muted earth palette with red/orange accents, small floral motifs, thin border.
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I love this so much! I would love to see more along these lines. It feels like we get so little of Arabic, Turkish, and non-ancient Egyptian! I'd love to see more of those aesthetics and themes!
Thank you so much, this really means a lot! You're right. there's a huge gap there. I'd love to explore this more; Ottoman and Turkish manuscript traditions especially have a similarly rich, under-tapped aesthetic. I will definitely explore those styles more. Thanks for the push!