Eldritch Analog Photo | for Flux

Updated to a version 1.2 with better skin textures. Usually avoids that default Flux plasticky skin look.

My preference is to sandwich prompts between two parts:
analog photo of [your subject matter]. Scratched glossy photograph from a flatbed scan.

But you can eliminate or modify the second part to strengthen or minimize the distressed effect.

Most obviously, the model adds scratches and dust marks as though the image were an older scanned photo print.

There are a good number of analog film style models so why use this one? Three reasons:

1. This model doesn't presume that analog film means garbage photography. With Eldritch Analog Photo, the color is balanced and contrast levels on point, the bokeh pleasing, and photography altogether looks great. It's just been scratched and dusted up before being scanned.

2. This model doesn't presume you want to photograph only subjects from the 1980s, 1990s or earlier. This model remains flexible enough to generate historical, fantasy, futuristic sci-fi, or contemporary subject matter with the same aesthetic.

3. This model doesn't rely on noise and film grain to convey the (quality) characteristics of film photography. Images are largely noiseless, as though shot on ISO 100 film by a photographer who knows what they're doing.

It was only trained on SFW subject material with the base Flux model, so if you're hoping to produce nudity or sexually explicit content, you either need to pair this with another LoRA or base model that can accomplish that. I can't vouch for how well they will work together.