Load Style Model

Because every masterpiece deserves a sense of style—your style.

The Load Style Model node is a straight-to-the-point, no-nonsense loader that brings a specific .safetensors style model into your ComfyUI workflow. If you’re trying to turn a boring output into something with actual aesthetic value (you know, like a visual personality), this is the node you slap in at the top of your pipeline.

Perfect for digital artists, style-transfer addicts, and anyone tired of manually fiddling with prompts just to get consistent vibes across renders. Whether you're running ComfyUI locally or from a cloud service like comfyai.run, this node makes styling efficient, repeatable, and dangerously fun.

🔧 Node Information

Property	Value
Node Name	StyleModelLoader
Display Name	Load Style Model
Category	loaders
Module	nodes
Output Node	No
Output	STYLE_MODEL

⚙️ Inputs

🔹 style_model_name

• Type: list[str] (but usually just one entry)
• Required: Yes
• Example: ["flux1-redux-dev.safetensors"]
• Description: This is the name of the style model you want to load. The file must be located in your designated style model directory (usually ComfyUI/models/style_models). If you're running ComfyUI in a cloud instance, make sure the model is uploaded to your workspace.

💡 What It Does

Loads the specified .safetensors (or .ckpt, but we recommend .safetensors) style model and prepares it for use in any node that consumes STYLE_MODEL.

📤 Outputs

🔸 STYLE_MODEL

• Type: style_model object
• Description: This is your freshly loaded style model, now in ComfyUI’s bloodstream. Use it as input to any compatible node, such as Flux-Kontext style transfer nodes, style-conditioning modules, or any pipeline that wants to add some visual seasoning.

📁 Real-World Use Cases

• 🎨 Digital Art Pipelines – Feed a consistent style model into all your renders to maintain visual continuity.
• 🧪 Rapid Style Testing – Drop this into your experimentation workflow to hot-swap styles mid-process.
• 🖼️ Image-to-Image Stylization – Combine with latent input + prompts to stylize existing images.
• 💻 ComfyUI Cloud Workflows – Load from a shared model space and use across multiple projects or teams.

✅ Usage Tips

• Put this node before any nodes that expect STYLE_MODEL input (obviously).
• Don’t waste time styling if your final sampler settings use high denoise and destroy everything. Lower denoise = more style preserved.
• Not every model is made equal—some style models are extremely aggressive (think LSD-on-canvas). Test and adjust.
• Combine with Flux.1 Kontext Image Edit or FluxGuidance nodes for targeted editing with style.

🔥 What-Not-To-Do-Unless-You-Want-a-Fire

• ❌ Don't use a filename that doesn't exist — You’ll get a big fat “model not found” error. You’ve been warned.
• ❌ Don't feed multiple style models unless the receiving node supports it — Most don't. Chaos ensues.
• ❌ Don’t expect this to apply style magically — This just loads the model. You still need a style-aware node to do anything.
• ❌ Don’t overload your VRAM with 6GB+ style models if you're using a toaster GPU — Unless you're into crashes and regret.

⚠️ Known Issues

• Some style models aren’t compatible with certain samplers or schedulers. Trial-and-error is your friend.
• Style models trained for SD1.5 won’t always work well with SDXL or vice versa. Format matters.
• On comfyai.run or other cloud UIs, model loading may fail if the model hasn't been added to your workspace first.

🧪 Example Node Configuration

{
  "id": 12,
  "type": "StyleModelLoader",
  "pos": [220, 260],
  "size": [320, 60],
  "flags": {},
  "inputs": [
    {
      "name": "style_model_name",
      "type": "COMBO",
      "widget": { "name": "style_model_name" },
      "link": null
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [{ "name": "STYLE_MODEL", "type": "STYLE_MODEL", "links": [42] }],
  "properties": {
    "Node name for S&R": "StyleModelLoader",
    "style_model_name": ["flux1-redux-dev.safetensors"]
  }
}

🌐 Related Nodes

Node	Purpose
Load Texture Model	Loads texture maps (not styles) for detailed material outputs.
Load Shader Model	Loads custom shaders, typically used in 3D or stylized UI rendering.
Flux.1 Kontext Image Edit	Applies prompts and styles directly to an image in latent space.
FluxGuidance	Amplifies or attenuates style/conditioning weight.

📝 Final Notes

The Load Style Model node might seem simple, but it’s the gateway to deeply personalized, stylized workflows. Whether you're painting with pixels or pumping out concept art for your next big project, this is the node that makes sure your outputs don’t all look like they were generated in Microsoft Paint.

Now go load up that custom style model and make your outputs fabulous.