✨ Overview

ScyraX Pastel Core is a brand-new SDXL-based illustration engine designed to reproduce soft, expressive 2D visuals with a unique pastel-tone aesthetic. Built from scratch, it focuses on delivering vibrant hand-drawn linework, delicate gradients, and emotional compositions — while maintaining high prompt-to-image fidelity.

It bridges the warmth of traditional Japanese artbook illustration with the precision of modern AI rendering.

🎨 Key Features

Soft pastel color harmony — natural and creamy tones, never oversaturated.
Clean line expression — vivid outlines with minimal noise and stable thickness.
Emotion-driven compositions — strong character focus with cinematic framing.
Hybrid anime-sketch aesthetic — flat 2D look with subtle paper-like depth.
Stable and predictable — tuned for stylistic consistency across long prompts.

⚙️ Recommended Settings

Sampler: Euler / Euler a / DPM++ 2M Karras
CFG Scale: 4 – 6 (best balance ≈ 5)
Steps: 20 – 28
Resolution: 832 × 1216 or 1024 × 1536 or 896 x 1152 or 1152 x 1536
VAE: native integrated (no external required)

🧠 Prompting Tips

Use short, clean prompts emphasizing emotion, composition, and color tone.
To enhance the pastel texture: add pastel colors, soft lighting, hand-drawn feel.
For stronger linework: include crisp outlines, ink texture, artbook style.
Works beautifully with LoRAs trained on sketch, manga, or flat illustration datasets.