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CyberIllustrious blends the artistic flair of Illustrious-XL with a big dose of CyberRealistic’s style. You still get all those cinematic, dreamy strokes, but now they come through with crisp, realistic detail.
If you want that painterly, elegant look but still want your images to feel sharp and lifelike, this is your model. It’s great for editorial vibes, soft glam, or even fantasy art that looks like a real photo. Basically, it just nails it.
It’s powerful, easy to use, and honestly? Prompting it is seriously fun.
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⚙️ Recommended Settings
Sampling method: DPM++ SDE Karras / DPM++ 2M Karras - SGM Uniform / Euler a
VAE: is already Baked In
Sampling steps: 30+ Steps
Resolution: 896x1152 / 832x1216
CFG: 4-5About (DMD2)
The special DMD2 edition of CyberIllustrious is created for faster, cleaner generations while requiring fewer steps.
DMD2 takes the balanced improvements of the standard release and optimizes them for speed, precision, and responsiveness, making it ideal for both SFW and NSFW workflows.
Expect tighter results, smoother control, and a model that reacts beautifully to the classic Illustrious prompting style.
Recommended Settings
Sampler: LCM
Schedule Type: Exponential
Sampling Steps: 8 (12 for extra fine detail)
CFG Scale: 1.5
⚡ These settings are optimized for DMD2 and are different from my standard Illustrious workflow!
🧠 Prompting Made Easy
Positive Prompt:
masterpiece, best quality, high quality, ultra-detailed, realistic, ... rest of promptNegative Prompt examples (optional):
cartoon, illustration, anime, painting, CGI, 3D render, low quality, watermark, logo, labeldeformed, deformed face, low quality, bad quality, worst quality, (drawn, furry, illustration, cartoon, anime, comic:1.5), 3d, cgi, extra fingers, deformed teeth, watermark, logo🩺 Optional ADetailer Settings
Adetailer model: face_yolov9c.pt
If you only want the main face being refined set 'Mask only the top k largest' to 1.🔗 Resources
Backup location: HuggingFace
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This model can spit out some mature stuff. Use it wisely, and please, no cursed creations—we’ve really seen enough of those.
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CyberRealistic Illustrious V11 builds on V10 with a stronger focus on realism and more natural-looking results.
FAQ
Comments (4)
Is it just me, or do the colors and saturation get worse with each version?
Too dark/too light? I guess it can also maybe a prompt problem?
@Cyberdelia I usually test several models simultaneously.
Let's say I'm testing your model next to PornMaster-Pro and Realism Illustrious By Stable Yogi.
Same settings, seed, prompt.
In most cases, the final images are identical for all models in terms of character pose, clothing, and background.
But what I noticed with your V11 is that the images are much paler than the others, lacking in color; I'd even say it's grayish. And it also seems to lack sharpness comparing with others.
Also, while the V10 outperformed all other models in terms of anatomy and five fingers, the V11 started producing Fused Hands and other horror images more often.
But to be honest, I haven't compared the V10 and V11 head to head. I'll have to try that.
Anyway maybe it's my problem and thanks for your work!
After 8 runs (4 with photo-specific tags and 4 plain) head-to-head comparing v11 and v10, with:
Texture: v11 wins hands down. It wasn't even close - this is definitely in my top 3 for most realistic Illustrious checkpoints.
Lighting: v11, narrowly. Lighting is clearly improved over v10, but it's also a bit more likely to just ignore the lighting part of the prompt altogether and just do its own thing (eg: it didn't always do night scenes or firelight lighting).
Scene Composition: Close, but v10 wins - the overall compositions felt more natural and less "typical ai".
Background Jank: v11. The "macro" composition may have gone to v10, but the details were cleaner and more refined for v11.
Prompt Adherence: Close, but gonna have to give it to v10. But both are still noticeably less than your semireal/anime lines.
Overall another solid addition!