❖ Chronicle of the Making, Version 1.5g ❖
Thus is the work carried forward, not in haste, but in the steady manner of a merge seeking its proper shape. Version 1.5g followeth the experimental branch not as correction but as continuation, for the aim hath ever been to bring the illustrated temperament nearer the long horizon I chase: a style that dwelleth between painterly impulse and structured imagination, wherein composition and atmosphere take precedence over spectacle.
The pillars remain CyberRealistic XL Desire v1.0 and Latent Chimera v1.4, whose inherent balance and structural fidelity give the model its footing. Around them gather the stylistic spirits that lend color and temperament: CyberRealistic CyberIllustrious Anime v1.0, PerfectDeliberate v4.0, SereneXL v3, Sable v1.0, Wicked Illustrious Mix v3.0, and Amanesse Works v2.0. Each contributes a brushstroke of lineage without swallowing the whole, for the intent is synthesis, not imitation. Woven through the frame is Drone Cars XL, whose aptitude with steel, machinery, and logical geometry lendeth the model a technical confidence I am content to borrow.
Touching the matter of VAE, the mapping restored within this edition is Luna XL/IL/NAI VAE, chosen not as retreat from my prior experimentation but as alignment with the model’s growing aesthetic identity. The gentle veil of pppanimixVAE_ilxl pleased me for the role it played in the experimental build, yet for this stage of development, Luna’s clearer contrast and firmer tone better serve the illustrated inclination I seek to refine. Those who still recall the stray charge of “stain” uttered by louis_K may find private amusement in the shift, though the change answereth neither praise nor complaint; it merely followeth the vector of the work itself.
1.5g therefore marketh a quiet inflection, not a crescendo. Whatever merit it holds springeth from the donors whose traits it inherits; whatever direction it takes reflecteth the slow shaping of an illustrated style still finding its own best edges. As with all stages of this project, it stands as a study—part inquiry, part craft, and part attempt to coax a more mythic texture from the latent depths.
May those who labor with it find in its temperament some small spark of the aesthetic journey from which it was forged.
