Thank u for the kind comment ♥ I just love AI. and as a gamer, I love exploring playgrounds, designing character designs and I'm just happy when you enjoy and have fun with me ☺♥

@SetoVII I like ur images ☺

Well, I can honestly say, I still love AI :P

and new worlds mean new possibilities for me. and I just allow myself to dream. Whatever who has in store for us with the new changes, and even if it may be associated with fears, I just want to dream that it opens up an even more colorful AI Gates for us. ^^ with just a few more playgrounds ^^ and who knows, maybe one day there will be civitai red ^^ maybe as an independent "hot! spot ^^ :D just kidding?! ^^

I continue to try to work on the models so that we can generate images with fewer steps in order to save buzz... it remains challenging ^^

I like crafting ♥ and since I don't make any money with AI, my motivation remains simply the love of art and the joy of sharing ☺

@xXxplorher I just dream that there are more possibilities behind the idea of ​​Civitai than we might think at first.

I'm just grateful that eroticism can still be part of my profile^^ because to be honest, sensual eroticism can also just be something special. I mean, nude photography and art have always existed.

I can only imagine what's behind the changes and speculate here,..

but I'm glad and grateful that we can freely design our profiles according to our taste

Let's see, maybe I'll tinker a bit, I already have an idea ☺

Hey, thank you very much for your kind comment and your merge :)

I wanted to share a few style observations between the two models ~ just from my own perspective:

Both have their own soul ~ one leaning toward photographic realism, the other toward illustrative mysticism. I love exploring where those worlds meet, and that’s what inspired me in this merge. For me, this is where the merging process starts ~ exploring how different visual worlds can blend and form new styles. I like to start from the pure base ~ no quality tags or extra tools ~ to feel what the model really is.
That’s where I look for the spark that tells me how the style wants to evolve.

injoij feels soft, natural, and photographic, while illustOccultSemi_v2 has a more dramatic, stylized, gothic expression. Both are beautiful in their own unique way ~ I just enjoy chasing that little spark between them ☺

1. Color & Tone

• injoij: Neutral, softly warm palette with realistic skin tones and natural light ~ calm, balanced, photographic.

• illustOccultSemi: Cooler tones, vivid reds/blues, dramatic lighting ~ more artistic and gothic-inspired.

2. Lighting

• injoij: Gentle and diffused, subtle shadows, smooth gradients.

• illustOccultSemi: Strong directional light, higher contrast, mood-focused.

3. Skin & Texture

• injoij: Natural skin texture, matte, fine detail preserved.

• illustOccultSemi: Glossy, porcelain-like, painterly and semi-realistic.

4. Eyes & Expression

• injoij: Calm, realistic, and naturally proportioned.

• illustOccultSemi: Vibrant, stylized, and emotionally intense.

5. Clothing & Theme

• injoij: Modern, minimalistic, soft colors.

• illustOccultSemi: Gothic-inspired, lace, jewelry, dramatic tones.

6. Composition & Mood

• injoij: Real-world portrait look, soft focus, natural depth.

• illustOccultSemi: Artistic framing, atmospheric, focused on emotion.

7. Overall Impression

• injoij: Realism-focused, elegant, serene.

• illustOccultSemi: Stylized, expressive, mystical.

A small analysis by analyst reij :D just love discovering the unique spark in every creation ^-^ I really think your merge is wonderful ~ so I just wanted to take the chance to share what I saw in it :)

For me, merging isn’t about blending looks ~ it’s about exploring how identities, attitudes, and styles can meet without losing themselves.
I tinker to keep the spark alive without letting it consume the new ~ and with the highest respect for keeping each model’s core unique.

@Ray3780 thank you for the kind words ^^ your model really enchanted me^^ So I'm happy if you like what I tinkered ♥

@Ray3780 I think your model is magical. the look is really catchy.

I'm not an AI expert ^^ but I've increasingly noticed in the last few months that we as creators sometimes have an exciting decision... i.e. where we start from.

For example, my focus has changed in the last few months.

I used to pay a lot of attention to quality tags and merged based on this. So I filtered out certain tags that corresponded to my style, for example, and then continued crafting based on that. Lately I've been trying to think the other way round, i.e. to leave them out.

this leads to completely different results. different, not better :D because: sometimes a model looks the way I like it, without quality tags, but by adding them a style break happens, for example sometimes.

If you want the style for both, this sometimes happens at the expense of posing and language understanding in relation to prompt-tag-interpretation.

Personally, I just really liked your handwriting, this slightly dark look, but still fine and noble, the posture, i.e. the swing in the movement. You did it so well that I had to try to leave something out here :D because it's your style. I can really only recommend trying the model. I also really like the makeup and the clothes texture :)

I remain curious about your creations :)

hey, I suspect that it could be due to the hires settings. The higher the denoising is set, the more likely the body is to be stretched. I usually stay at 0.2 here. 0.4 can be suitable if hires upscale remains low. Depending on the model, the pixels are essentially stretched.

@jexase2715340 your very welcome ♥

Hey, thanks for your message. 🙂
Normally, the showcase reflects the intended look of the model. In this case, it could possibly be due to “high neck.” The tag I know for a high collar on clothing is “turtleneck.” (Helpful to spell it correctly ~ otherwise you might spawn a turtle 😅 Fun, but not always the intended vibe for the playground.)

You can also try using “short neck” in the positive prompt instead of relying only on negative prompts.
If the effect still appears, I can only imagine it might be related to the denoising settings. The higher the value, the more freedom the model has ~ and depending on the checkpoint, that can lead to stretched pixels.

Hope this helps a bit! 😊

@jexase2715340 thank you very much for your imaginations.

Everyone perceives diverse from one’s own individual point of view ~ that’s kind of perspective ^.^ and the perceptual space seen through one’s own viewpoint. Taste can be entirely individual as well. I wish you lots of fun being creative :)

hey, thanks for asking. Of course you can generate images with both v1 and v2. :)

The corresponding image prompts are attached to the videos from the showcase.