Positive expressions
How far apart are the tags that ask for a smile?
Expression is the hardest axis to put in words, and this checkpoint plays it quiet — the tags land, but they do not shout.
At full size the mouth, the eyes and the hands each differ.
Every cut below shares one seed, one base prompt and one sampler setting, and differs only by the tag marked in amber.
What each cut shows
smiling face- Corners up with a hint of teeth — the clearest of the four.
joyful face- Softer than
smiling face— the mouth stays closed and the eyes turn away from the camera. gentle face- Arrives with a hand under the chin — an expression tag pulling a pose along with it.
touched face- Both hands to the cheeks: rendered as a gesture rather than as an emotion.
How these were made
Shared prompt
masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very awa, 1girl, solo, mature female, adult woman, short black hair, brown eyes, white blouse, portrait, plain grey background, soft lighting, <tag slot>
Tap a tag to carry it over to the builder
Negative prompt
nsfw, nude, topless, bikini, swimsuit, lingerie, underwear, cleavage, suggestive, school uniform, pleated skirt, child, loli, teenage, bad quality, worst quality, worst detail, censor, jpeg artifacts, watermark, signature, text, extra limbs, bad hands, bad anatomy
Model
rinFlanimeIllustrious_v30 · euler_ancestral/normal · steps 28 · CFG 5 · 896×1152 · seed 777022
Takeaway
Expression tags bring hands and posture with them. If you already fixed a pose, expect a fight.
How far this result reaches
Below portrait framing these differences all but vanish. To show an expression, the face has to fill the frame.
Measured on a single Stable Diffusion family checkpoint. The same tags can behave differently on NovelAI, Midjourney or another checkpoint. This is a reference point, not a verdict.