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Zen Ink Wash Sumi-e

Name: Zen Ink Wash Sumi-e
Rating: 5 (316 reviews)
Author: ArsMachina

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Updated: Mar 22, 2025

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midjourney sumi-e watercolor japan china

Verified: a year ago

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Details

Type	LoRA
Stats	1,682 781 3k
Reviews	Very Positive (213)
Published	Aug 22, 2024
Base Model	Flux.1 D
Training	Steps: 6,000 Epochs: 8
Usage Tips	Clip Skip: 1 Strength: 1
Trigger Words	ArsMJStyle, Zen Ink Wash Sumi-e
Hash	AutoV2 EA322F9F5F

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About this version

The model produces nice effects in the 0.4 - 1.5 strength range.
I personally love using 1.5 strength on the Flux Dev GGUF Q4 and 1.2 on the regular Dev model.
You can safely use strength 2 and still get decent, though more abstract, results.

I strongly recommend using the keywords "monochrome, greyscale, black and white" if you want a classical Sumi-e effect. Without them, the LoRA can still create a beautiful "Ink Wash" style.

If you're using a low-end machine with 6/8 GB of VRAM, check out my guide:
https://civitai.com/articles/6846/running-flux-on-68-gb-vram-using-comfyui

All images in the Showcase Gallery were created using this workflow and the Flux Q4 Dev model on a machine with 8GB VRAM:
https://civitai.com/models/658639/super-simple-gguf-quantized-flux-lora-workflow

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ArsMachina

The FLUX.1 [dev] Model is licensed by Black Forest Labs. Inc. under the FLUX.1 [dev] Non-Commercial License. Copyright Black Forest Labs. Inc.

IN NO EVENT SHALL BLACK FOREST LABS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THIS MODEL.

The Lora is trained on MidJourney Images that use my "Personalised Style" + Zen Ink Wash Sumi-e

This is a It is a monochromatic Ink Wash style rooted in ancient China that evolved in Japan.

Тrigger words ArsMJStyle, Zen Ink Wash Sumi-e

If you use a model with strong opinion about colors you can also use Black and White, monochrome

Start ~1 and adjust according to your preferences.

If you don't get the desired results on Pony, increase the strength..

This is a style already present in SDXL, so you can go high with the strength and still get good results.