Shawy — Goth Catgirl OC | Illustrious-XL LoRA

Shawy is a goth catgirl OC — dark fur, glowing eyes, white hair, and black paw gloves she never takes off. She's the kind of character who looks like a plushie that bites. Part of an ongoing comic project featuring original characters in an urban fantasy setting.

Trigger Word

shawy

Add white hair to prevent hair color bleeding from clothing/background colors.

What the LoRA Captures

The trigger shawy bakes in:

• Dark/black anthro catgirl face and body

• Аluffy black cat ears

• Glowing eyes (shifts cyan/pink/warm depending on lighting context)

• Visible fangs

• Black cat tail

• Black furry paw gloves

• Щverall goth-cute aesthetic

You still need to prompt:

outfit, pose, expression, background, camera angle, hair color white hair

Recommended Settings

- LoRA weight: 0.7 (recommended range: 0.6–0.8)

- Base model: nova-kemono-xl (trained on this)

- Resolution: 1024x1024, 832x1216, 1216x832

- Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE Karras

- Steps: 40

- CFG: 8

- Clip skip: 2

Compatibility with Other LoRAs

Shawy alone — Best skin color accuracy, slightly less detail

Shawy + detail LoRAs (BSS Detail Enhancer, Consistency Corrector, add-detail-xl) — Recommended. Clean render, skin stays dark, good detail

Shawy + ponydisney — Washes out dark skin to lighter brown/tan. Not recommended unless you want a lighter skin variant

Shawy + mythsmooth — Untested

Example Prompts

Simple (upper body, hoodie):

masterpiece, best quality, ultra-detailed, 8k, 1girl, shawy, white hair, oversized pastel pink hoodie, standing, looking at viewer, soft smile, upper body, simple background, warm lighting

Full body (going out):

masterpiece, best quality, ultra-detailed, 8k, 1girl, shawy, white hair, fitted black crop top, short black pleated skirt, standing, arms crossed, confident smirk, full body, front view, simple urban background, daylight

Atmospheric (rooftop):

masterpiece, best quality, ultra-detailed, 8k, 1girl, shawy, white hair, sitting on rooftop ledge, legs dangling, oversized pastel pink hoodie, looking at sunset, contemplative, city skyline, full body, side view, golden hour

Negative (use for all):

lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, text, error, worst quality, low quality, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, blurry, multiple people, pink hair

Known Issues

• Hair color bleed: Without white hair in the prompt, hair picks up nearby colors (pink hoodie = pink hair). Always include white hair and add the unwanted color to negative.

• Eye glow color varies: Eyes shift between cyan, pink, and warm tones based on scene lighting. This is intentional — matches the character's lore where glow intensifies with emotions.

• Anthro style: Trained on nova-kemono-xl, which renders Shawy as anthro/furry. This is the intended look. It won't produce a human-faced anime girl.

• ponydisney conflict: The ponydisney-style LoRA significantly lightens dark skin. Turn it off for accurate skin.

Training Details

Dataset: 30 curated images (6 face close-ups, 12 upper body, 7 full body, 5 variety)

Resolution: 1024x1024

Base model: nova-kemono-xl (Illustrious-XL)

Variety: 4+ outfits, 6 expressions, multiple angles (front/side/back/above), various lighting conditions

Detail LoRAs active during training: BSS Detail Enhancer, Consistency Corrector, add-detail-xl