🌀 Illustrious from HaDeS

🔥 v2 Series Upgrade:

• 2.5D Rendering — Adds volume and depth to 2D style without losing stylization

• Semi-realism & Photorealism — Can approach realistic rendering with the right prompt

• Improved Facial Anatomy — More accurate proportions, better expression control

• Emotional Subtlety — Faces now convey believable emotions, not exaggerated reactions

• Skin Detail — Visible pores, gradients, and soft lighting with subsurface scattering

• Clothing Realism — Fabrics show tension, natural folds, and proper light interaction

• Natural Hair Rendering — Layered strands, soft shadows, and believable highlights

• Scene Integration — Characters blend naturally into backgrounds with proper lighting

• Crowd Variety — Secondary characters now show variation, emotion, and positioning

• Clean Output — Great anatomy, minimal glitches, even at native resolution

• Prompt Flexibility — Works across styles: stylized, semi-realistic, cinematic

• Hires Stability — Excellent results when using Hires.Fix — no need for re-upscale

• Better Artifact Control — Less distortion in hands, eyes, and dynamic angles

• Cinematic Composition — Great for storytelling, full-body shots, and scenes

• More Consistent Results — Less trial and error; model understands structure better