Cartoons from the 1980s were bold, colorful, and highly stylized, defined by sharp angles, exaggerated features, and vivid, saturated palettes. Heroes often had square jaws, muscular builds, and iconic costumes in primary colors, while villains sported angular faces, dark cloaks, and menacing expressions. Hair defied gravity, with wild, flowing locks or spiky, geometric shapes. Thick black outlines made characters stand out against intricately painted backgrounds, from futuristic cities to mystical forests. Action sequences relied on dynamic poses, speed lines, and repetitive frames, with dramatic flashes of light marking explosions and transformations. Vehicles and gadgets were sleek, metallic, and covered in glowing accents, emphasizing a fascination with futuristic tech. The overall look was loud, adventurous, and brimming with larger-than-life energy.
Prompt Examples:
1980s, retro, low resolution, A ninja crouched in the shadows<lora:Retro_Cartoons_FLUX:1>
Best Basic Settings:
Sampler: DPM++ 2M OR Euler [Scheduler type of Simple Or Beta]
Sampling Steps: 20
CFG Scale: 3.5
LORA Weight: 0.8-1 [1 seems to work best]
Trigger word: 1980s, or retro, or both [Low Resolution helps as well]
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Comments (2)
Gorgeous, period accurate style that does a nice job with a custom photorealistic character, visually reinterpreting her to the aesthetic. Unfortunately if I add a third (concept) lora for something that's not already in Flux 1.D, Civitai gens a photorealistic image instead (where ironically the character still has the style's heavy jawline and cheekbones), probably because Civitai can't give this combination enough RAM to balance all three loras. I'm going to try this again with the Illustrious version which presumably has more modest requirements on the generator (and negative prompts can rein in misunderstandings).
Again, great stuff here,
Let me know how the testing goes. And thanks for the comment!