A merge of multiples checkpoints to attain a style that appeals to me, and hopefully you too~
The goal of this merge was to achieve the versatility of the more popular models while adding a sprinkle of cuteness, rendering the characters a little more youthful or anime-like
To use the model on-site, you need to Bid on it with your Yellow Buzz and it needs to reach the top 200 of the week to be usable for a week.
You can do different body types, and call on multiple pre-integrated characters and artists styles without the need of any Loras
since 2.0.1, Blue XL is a merge of the latest WAI-NSFW-illustrious-SDXL, YiH and KageQuantum as it's main baseline.
Recommendations:
Positive:
masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, very awa, scenery, cinematic
Negative:
low quality, worst quality, normal quality, text, signature, jpeg artifacts, bad anatomy, old, early, copyright name, watermark, artist name, username, bad hands, monochrome, grayscale
Steps: 24-40 (30 is good for me) CFGScale: 3-4 Euler a - Automatic
Hires. fix:
Upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B or Remacri
UpscaleBy: 1.5 Steps: (PromtSteps*DenoisingStrenght) DenoisingStrenght: 0.45
ADetailer (not always necessary):
Model: face_yolov8n.pt or FurryV1.2.pt
MaskOnlyTopK: 1
InpaintDenoisingStrenght: 0.4 InpaintOnlyMask: 64 NoiseMultiplier: 0.75I figured it was the time to move-on from Manmaru since it wasn't being updated anymore. And this is how I landed on Kageillustrious.
I wouldn't say it's perfect yet, Kageillustrious is a merge to begin with after all. But, the results are a bit smoother and it should help lower the bias towards women as well. You can still achieve a good anime aestetic by using "anime coloring" in your prompt.
Since 2.0.1, the model is a lot more vibrant thanks to it's new baked-in VAE, and with YiH in it's mix, it should be a lot better at NSFW posing! Blue XL also kinda became the more artsy-smoother brother of Ruby XL.
If you want to make more toony stuff, try Ruby XL
Description
This version is a merge of the following checkpoints:
Manmaru Solid Mix Noob @0.15
WAI-NSFW-illustrious-SDXL v15 @0.35
So, WAI illustrious updated with an updated dataset which I wanted to add to my model. And after some trial and error, I ended up with this mix that I actually love! It's not as vibrant as the previous version, but I thinks its still just as good, if not better, actually.
Tips: although it may not be necessary depending on your usage, you can reliably make humans by using the (human:1.8) prompt and specifying the hair shape and color as well as the skin tone. If you tend to get helmets or blob creatures, those are due to your style loras, not the checkpoint.
As always, the VAE is baked in!
Recommendations:
Positive:
masterpiece, best quality, absurdres, newest, perfect quality, best quality, detailed background, intricate details
Negative:
low quality, worst quality, normal quality, text, signature, jpeg artifacts, bad anatomy, old, early, copyright name, watermark, artist name, username, bad hands, monochrome, grayscale
Steps: 28-32 CFGScale: 5-7 Euler a - Automatic
Hires. fix:
Upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B or Remacri
UpscaleBy: 1.5 Steps: 20 DenoisingStrenght: 0.45
ADetailer (not always necessary):
Model: face_yolov8n.pt
MaskOnlyTopK: 1
InpaintDenoisingStrenght: 0.4 InpaintOnlyMask: 64 NoiseMultiplier: 0.75