# Train AI Models That Match Your Art Style

> Custom model training on Layer turns your own artwork into production-ready LoRAs. Auto-train, editable captions, live progress, and up-front pricing.

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Off-the-shelf image models don't know your game. They produce generic output that your art director rejects, and every asset needs heavy paintover before it ships. The gap between "AI-generated" and "on-brand" is the single biggest blocker to putting AI into a real production pipeline.

Custom Model Training closes that gap. Layer trains LoRAs directly on your own artwork, so every generation starts from your style — your characters, your rendering, your palette. Teams at 300+ game studios and entertainment brands use trained styles to make AI output that actually belongs in their game.

## Key Capabilities

**LoRA Training on Your Artwork**
Build a Reference Set from your existing art, pick a base model, and train. You can train multiple LoRAs per set, so one collection of artwork can power several styles tuned for different jobs.

**Edit-LoRA Training**
Teach a model how your team edits, not just how it draws. Edit-LoRA training learns from paired before/after images, capturing transformations like your studio's cleanup pass or a signature recolor treatment.

**Auto-Train**
When a Reference Set qualifies, one click starts a training run with settings Layer chooses for you. Artists get a production-ready style without touching a single hyperparameter.

**Caption Review Before Every Run**
Layer generates captions for your training images automatically — and lets you review and edit them before training starts, so the model learns exactly what you intend.

**Full Run Visibility**
Every run shows an up-front price estimate in Creative Units, live training progress, and the option to cancel mid-run. Run history keeps a record of what was trained, when, and from what.

## How It Works

**Curate a Reference Set**
Gather the artwork that defines your style into a Reference Set. This is the ground truth your model learns from.

**Train or Auto-Train**
Choose a base model and configure the run yourself, or let Auto-train handle the settings. Review the AI-generated captions, check the price estimate, and start.

**Generate in Your Style**
Your trained LoRA lands in the styles library, organized and ready for the whole team. Anyone in the workspace can generate with it immediately.

## Built for Game Production

**Consistent Game Art at Scale**
A trained style keeps hundreds of icons, characters, and environments visually coherent, so live-ops content shipped in month twelve matches the art you launched with.

**On-Brand UA Creative**
Marketing teams generate ad variations in the exact style of the game, keeping store pages and playable ads aligned with what players actually see.

**One Library for Every Style**
Trained styles, imported LoRAs, uploaded checkpoints, and model URLs all live in a shared styles library. Your whole team pulls from the same source of truth instead of passing files around.

**Fast Starts, Enterprise Guardrails**
40+ pre-built models let you generate on day one while your custom styles train. Your artwork stays yours — customer data is never used to train foundation models, and Layer is SOC 2 Type II compliant with role-based access.

Your art style is your competitive advantage. Custom Model Training makes it the starting point of every generation instead of something you fix in post.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What do I need to start training a custom model?

A Reference Set built from your own artwork. Layer trains LoRAs from that set against a base model you choose, and you can train multiple LoRAs per set.

### What is Auto-train?

When a Reference Set qualifies, Auto-train starts a run in one click with settings Layer chooses for you — no hyperparameter tuning required.

### Can I see the cost before a training run starts?

Yes. Layer shows an up-front price estimate in Creative Units before every run, and you can watch live progress or cancel a run in flight.

### Can I bring models I trained elsewhere?

Yes. Upload a LoRA or checkpoint, or paste a model URL, and it becomes a style in your workspace alongside models trained on Layer.

### Is my artwork used to train foundation models?

No. Your data is used only for the styles you train in your workspace, and customer data is never used to train foundation models.

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Train your first custom model on your own artwork today. Layer is free to start — no credit card required.

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