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Illustrious eye prompts, tested

Twenty-three eye tags on the same face, framed as a portrait so you can see the eyes: colors, pupils, eyelids, makeup and glasses. Same two seeds for every tag.

The test

Every tile below uses the same prompt with one tag swapped in, on the same two seeds (1001 and 1002), on SirenRender’s free anime tile: WAI-Illustrious-SDXL v17 with the DMD2 LoRA, 8 steps, CFG 1, 832×1216. {TAG} marks where each tag goes:

general, solo, mature female, long black hair, {TAG}, white shirt, black jacket, portrait, simple background, looking at viewer

What we found

Eye color is as dependable as hair color on WAI v17. All ten named colors came out as named on both seeds, with pink leaning mauve, so an eye color tag is one of the safest things to add to a prompt.

  • Special pupils work, with side effects. slit pupils, star-shaped pupils and glowing eyes showed on both seeds. The star tag also put stars in her earrings, and glowing eyes darkened the whole picture.
  • Glasses and eyepatches are reliable. Both showed on both seeds, so accessories around the eyes are easy to get.
  • Makeup tags are light. eyeliner and eyeshadow were visible, but faint on one seed each.
  • Shape tags barely register. tsurime (upturned eyes) and gradient eyes were hard to tell from the base face, and heterochromia worked on one seed of two.
blue eyesExact on both.
green eyesExact on both.
red eyesExact on both.
purple eyesExact on both.
yellow eyesExact on both.
aqua eyesExact on both.
grey eyesExact on both.
brown eyesExact on both.
pink eyesWorks on both, a soft mauve pink.
orange eyesExact on both.
heterochromiaWorks on 1001: one grey-blue eye, one brown. Both eyes grey on 1002.
gradient eyesWeak. A violet-grey tint, no clear gradient.
slit pupilsStrong. Cat-like slit pupils on both.
glowing eyesStrong. Red glowing eyes on both, and a cracked texture across her skin on 1002.
half-closed eyesStrong. Heavy lids on both.
narrowed eyesWorks. A slight squint on both, close to half-closed eyes.
tsurimeWeak. Hard to tell apart from the base face.
eyelinerClear on 1001, faint on 1002.
eyeshadowWorks on both: purple on 1001, soft brown on 1002.
long eyelashesWorks on both.
star-shaped pupilsWorks on both: a star in each pupil, plus star earrings.
glassesStrong. Round glasses on both.
eyepatchStrong. An eyepatch on both, embroidered on 1001.

To combine these with tested hair, eye, clothing, pose and background tags, use the Illustrious prompt builder: every tag above that made a visible change is in it, with its render.