Before the digital revolution in the 90s, American comics were printed using CMYK coloring, named for the four colors it used (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key, with Key generally being black), which could be layered for further variety. The exact implementation used gave comic books a hard limit of 64 possible colors, but other practical concerns (such as the expense of extra ink) meant many of those 64 were rarely seen. This limited pallet would become a signature for the medium, and its influence is still felt due to most legacy characters having designs based around the limitations on what colors were practical. Since it’s the data I had on hand, this particular LoRA is primarily based on Marvel’s (excellent) 1980s original series Power Pack (Go read it! It’s much darker and more maturely written series than you’d expect from the protagonists.).
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Tags: E_P_P_S, flat color
Negative: Pale skin, simple background
Colors: Try using colors Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow prepended to items (e.g., cyan shirt).
Misc: Also try combining with artist styles.
After my models for 616 Julie and Katie wound up leaning quite heavily into this style, I realized we didn’t have an Illustrious model for anything like it (at least that I could find) and it would be a fun style to teach. I decided to avoid focusing on a particular artist out of practical concerns (need a lot of pictures, not all pages have something suited for use as training data). I wound up using 119 cropped comic pages, mostly adults, aliens, objects and scenery.
The primary penciler for the training data was June Brigman, but she’s mixed with Mary Wilshire, Mark Badger, Brent Anderson, Scott Williams, Bob McLeod, and Jon Bogdanove. Bob Wiacek’s inking is the primary, but also plenty of Mark McKenna, Tom Morgan, Jose Marzan, Terry Austin, and Sam de la Rosa.