Illustration Style Spectrum: Realistic to Flat Crisp Upscale Comparison

A set of style comparison test cases built around the image-to-image upscaling capability of recraft/crisp-upscale: taking illustrations of the same subject as input, positioning the image at one end of the "realistic—semi-realistic—flat" style spectrum, and then using Crisp Upscale to enhance resolution and clarity. The model itself is not a generative model; it only performs AI super-resolution and denoising, so the actual input for this piece is just a single image to be upscaled. The focus of the showcase is whether line edges, brushstroke details, and faces/small-sized areas remain clean after upscaling. It is suitable for clarifying low-resolution illustrations, small design drafts, and marketing materials, and is also suitable for chaining with generative models as a post-processing upscaling step.

Style Illustration · style-spectrum · Image Restoration

Model Recraft Crisp Upscale

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An editorial illustration depicting a woman standing in a sunlit interior, between realistic and flat vector styles: the face and clothing folds use soft volumetric lighting, while the background wall, windows, and plants are simplified into geometric color blocks. Restrained warm tones—ochre, terracotta, and low-saturation teal—with crisp, sharp contour edges, fine lines in the hair strands and clothing seams, and a slight paper grain texture. 16:9 composition, the figure slightly off-center, light source from the upper left, calm and restrained atmosphere, no text.

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