Impressionistic Surrealism — A LoRA Trained for Dreamlike Narrative Art
LoRA Name: Impressionistic Surrealism
Trigger Keyword (Pony): impressionisticsurrealism
Trigger Keyword (XL): impressionistic_surrealism
🧬 Overview
The Impressionistic Surrealism LoRA is a powerful artistic model trained primarily on Pony models, but now also available as a V1 XL edition for SDXL. This LoRA blends the expressive softness of impressionist brushwork with the vivid, dreamlike compositions of surrealist storytelling. The result is a genre-defying visual experience — a world that feels simultaneously painterly and otherworldly.
Whether you're working in the whimsical Pony ecosystem or crafting cinematic SDXL-style renders, this LoRA adapts gracefully to your medium. It’s designed to encourage exploration — from seasonal landscapes to surreal juxtapositions straight out of dreams.
🎨 Artistic Style
The hallmark of Impressionistic Surrealism lies in its ability to merge two traditionally distinct aesthetics:
From Impressionism: glowing colors, fluid lighting, and rich atmospheric presence. Scenes shimmer with the illusion of motion and time.
From Surrealism: dream logic, fantastical perspectives, and juxtapositions that feel lifted from memory or subconscious fragments.
The fusion creates painterly landscapes with exaggerated seasonal hues, graceful abstraction, and an uncanny sense of place.
🛠️ Usage Settings
🐴 Pony Version
Trigger:
impressionisticsurrealismStrength: 1.5
Samplers: Euler, Euler A, DPM++ 2M
Scheduler: Karras
Steps: 15+
CFG: 0.25 – 0.9 (lower is better for dreamy/surreal results)
🖼️ V1 — XL Edition
Trigger:
impressionistic_surrealismStrength: 1.0 (but treat it as a sliding scale — explore from 0.8 to 1.3 depending on your scene)
Samplers: Euler, Euler A, DPM++ 2M
Scheduler: Karras
Steps: 15+
CFG: 0.25 – 0.9
🏷️ Prompt Tags
Seasonal Tags: summer, winter, spring, autumn
Contextual Tags: scenery, 1girl, city, outdoors, car, no humans
Use one or more of each category to build atmospheric narratives:
Examples:
impressionisticsurrealism, autumn, scenery, no humansimpressionistic_surrealism, winter, city, carimpressionisticsurrealism, spring, 1girl, outdoors
🧪 Experimental Tips
Combine surreal elements like floating buildings, melting shadows, or oversized flora.
Use emotional tones:
melancholy,tranquil,ethereal,nostalgicAnimate seasonal transitions with interpolation or frame blending for time-lapse dream sequences.
Try architectural or character prompts using the XL version — it handles coherence and depth better.
📌 Final Notes
Impressionistic Surrealism is ideal for visual storytelling, painterly environments, dreamlike animation backdrops, or mood-driven concept art. Whether you're rendering fantastical forests or quiet neon-lit streets in snowfall, this LoRA gives you a deeply atmospheric lens to reimagine the world.
📜 Usage Disclaimer
This LoRA is strictly for personal, non-commercial use only.
You are not allowed to repost, sell, merge, or otherwise profit from this model in any form.
It is allowed on CivitAI for personal use only with proper credit. Unauthorized redistribution or monetization is prohibited.
Description
How to Use It:
This LoRA is most effective when prompted with both a season and a context keyword. For instance:
"impressionisticsurrealism, autumn, scenery, no humans""impressionisticsurrealism, spring, 1girl, outdoors""impressionisticsurrealism, winter, city, car"
Using a low CFG (0.25–0.9) allows the model's surreal, imaginative core to breathe, while the Euler or DPM++2M samplers provide the right balance of texture and dreamlike detail. With sampling steps at 15 or higher, you'll get enhanced light diffusion and smoother gradients.
Experimental Tips:
Try combining surreal elements like floating architecture or oversized flora with the seasonal palette.
Add emotional descriptors like melancholy, tranquil, or ethereal to further push narrative nuance.
Animate transitions between seasons for a time-lapse effect using interpolation or frame blending tools.