riku (melty drop)

About the riku (melty drop) tag

riku (melty drop) is an artist tag that NovelAI Diffusion can use. On Danbooru it has 127 posts, and its best-rated still image scores 147. The samples above put the tag at the front of a fixed base prompt with seed 1234, so the differences between tags come from the tag alone.

How each model draws riku (melty drop)

Follows pose and expression instructions closely. Good for clean standing portraits.

V4.5

Picks up face shape, line and palette more strongly. Good when you want the style to lead.

ILLUST

WAI illustrious SDXL v17, a local model. Shows how the same tag reads outside NovelAI.

Writing riku (melty drop) in a prompt

Put the artist tag near the front, then add the subject and quality tags.

Basicriku (melty drop), 1girl, solo, best quality, masterpiece

Characterriku (melty drop), hatsune miku, 1girl

Mixriku (melty drop), takom, 1girl

The mix example uses takom, the closest style on this site. The negative prompt and the full settings are on the terms page.

How these samples were made

Every image uses 832×1216, seed 1234, 23 steps and the k_euler_ancestral sampler. The base prompt and negative prompt stay the same for every tag, and only the tag under test changes. Images flagged by the NSFW check are regenerated with a new seed or hidden.

FAQ

Does NovelAI recognize riku (melty drop)?

Compare the samples on this page. Every tag on this site shares the same seed and base prompt, so any change you see comes from riku (melty drop).

How do I write riku (melty drop) in a prompt?

Write "riku (melty drop)" near the front of the prompt and separate it from other tags with commas.

Which artists draw in a similar style to riku (melty drop)?

takom, shinishi chiho, pochimaru (marumaru wanwan) are the closest on this site, judged from the V4.5 samples.

Should I use V5 or V4.5?

V4.5 gives a stronger riku (melty drop) look. V5 gives steadier poses and fewer artifacts.

Artists with a similar style