It's not an upgrade or downgrade, it's just a different versions.

Use additional tags like gobo light, dappled light, dappled shadows or/and cucoloris lighting to enhance the effect.

As illustrious and pony have kind of backward compatibility, you can try these models with pony-models

v1 — most artistic but most inaccurate // specializes in girls

v2 — slightly improves realism

v3 — improves realism a bit more

v4 — more men in dataset

v5 — mix of v1 and v4 with slightly bigger dataset

If you're tired of yet another style of yet another anime.

Archived models and exclusive models are available on my boosty

• Z-Image Turbo custom styles

• Pony Custom styles collection

• Underdog Enhanced Pony Style - enhanced versions archive for models

• Custom Styles (Flux Rework)

• Flux Custom Styles

you can always support me on my boosty. Some exclusive models included