WALDEMAR KAZAK (VON KOZAK) — Dark Satire, Retro Pin-Up & the Soviet Dream | LoRA (Krea2 Turbo)

A LoRA capturing the unmistakable manner of Waldemar Kazak (aka Waldemar von Kozak): mid-century-flavoured illustration, biting social satire, affectionate retro pin-up and nostalgic Soviet dreamscapes — rendered with a bold confident line, visible pencil cross-hatching and a warm, slightly eerie retro palette. One weight slider carries you from graphite caricature to full-colour poster.

About the Artist

• Waldemar Kazak (Waldemar von Kozak), b. 1973, Tver, Russia; published in Playboy, Imagine FX and numerous international editions.

• Master of satirical illustration and retro pin-up; combines traditional drawing techniques (pencil, ink, airbrush feel) with digital tools.

• Signature subjects: pin-up girls with character, retro cars and machines, Soviet nostalgia and retro-futurism, social commentary with dark humour.

• His images read like lost mid-20th-century posters: warm palettes, decorative frames, a wink and a sting in equal measure.

The Manner

• Bold confident contour line; caricatured proportions and exaggerated expressions in satire; soft volumetric rendering in pin-up beauty shots.

• Visible pencil/graphite texture: cross-hatching, grainy shading, paper tooth — strongest in monochrome mode.

• Retro palette: warm ochres, brick reds, teal shadows, cream highlights; slightly faded print feel.

• Decorative composition: Art-Nouveau / Art-Deco borders, poster vignettes, typographic energy.

• Humour with a bite: skeletons, ghosts, absurd juxtapositions; satire that critiques without preaching.

• Tasteful sensuality: pin-up attitude, clothed or tastefully implied — never explicit.

Tested Generation Settings

Parameter

Value

Base model

Krea2 Turbo

Steps

8

Sampler / Scheduler

Euler a / Bong Tangent

CFG

1

Resolution

1024×1536 (poster), 1024×1024 (caricature)

LoRA weight

0.8–1.0 (0.6–0.7 for a subtle style tint)

Negative prompt

photo, photograph, 3d render, anime, manga, modern flat vector, watermark, nude, nsfw

Trigger Words

• Primary: Waldemar von Kozak style, Waldemar Kazak style

• Style tokens: satirical caricature illustration, retro pin-up illustration, bold ink lines, pencil cross-hatching, Soviet retro nostalgia, dark humorous social commentary, art-nouveau decorative border

• Graphite mode: add graphite pencil drawing, monochrome, paper texture

• Colour poster mode: add vibrant saturated retro palette, faded print texture

Versions

• V1 (epoch 20, Krea2 Turbo) — initial release. Bundled wildcards: kazak.txt (30 colour satire/pin-up prompts) and kazak_pencil.txt (60 expanded graphite-mode prompts). Wildcard syntax: __kazak__ / __kazak_pencil__ (ComfyUI / A1111).

Rights & Ethics

• Waldemar Kazak (von Kozak) is a living, working artist (b. 1973, Tver, Russia). This LoRA is an unofficial, non-commercial style study and homage; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the artist.

• Do not present outputs as genuine works by Waldemar Kazak. Credit as "in the style of Waldemar Kazak (von Kozak)".

• If you use this LoRA publicly, please link the artist's official pages and consider supporting him (prints, artbooks, patronage).

• Satire targets systems and behaviours, not protected groups. Pin-up content is tasteful, clothed or implied — no nudity, no minors, ever.