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    Eliminate the "plastic" AI look. This LoRA is engineered to inject raw, organic texture and lifelike lighting physics into your generations. It mimics the imperfections that make a photo feel real—capturing everything from intricate skin details (visible pores, vellus hair) to the distinct characteristics of digital sensors (ISO grain, flash bloom).

    Version Breakdown

    v1.0: The foundation of the project. It excels at adding a base layer of realism and texture to your images. Trained on a smaller dataset, it is lightweight and perfect for enhancing simple, straightforward compositions with a natural touch.

    v2.0: A specialized, experimental step focused on the "camera roll" aesthetic. This version is highly effective for generating raw, unpolished amateur snapshots and candid moments. Note: It can be slightly unstable/temperamental but produces unique, gritty results when it hits.

    v3.0: The best offering of the previous cycle. Trained on a vastly expanded and refined dataset, V3 delivers peak photorealism. It strikes the perfect balance, offering the raw, "in-the-moment" vibe of amateur shots alongside the high-fidelity details required for professional-looking images.

    v3.5 Photorealism: A massive leap in optical correctness. It understands the physics of light passing through skin (subsurface scattering), reflections on wet surfaces (specular highlights), and lens distortions (chromatic aberration). It handles complex scenarios like mirror selfies and underwater refraction with ease.

    🚀 v5.0 (Real Life Version): The Massive Update This is the most comprehensive update yet, trained on a significantly larger dataset with 100+ new high-fidelity images and captions. v5 is designed to drastically reduce artifacts and "weird" AI hallucinations while enhancing anatomical precision and lighting physics.


    💡 Usage Tips

    • Recommended Strength: 0.60 - 0.70 (This version is potent; start lower and adjust up if needed).

    • Trigger Words: While not strictly required, using these tags will force the model to activate specific textures and lighting styles:

      For the "Camera Roll" Look: amateur digital snapshot, candid, smartphone capture, high ISO noise, direct on-camera flash.
      For High-Fidelity Details: visible pores, visible vellus hair, subsurface scattering, detailed skin texture.
      For Optical Realism: wide-angle lens, barrel distortion, chromatic aberration, depth of field.

    Description

    This is the best LoRa for zit and likely any model ever. No bias, its just too good.
    Dataset is now way bigger, added new concepts and etc. Images now look even more realistic and they produce less artifacts and weird stuff. Ensure you keep the strength at around 0.60-0.70, maybe lower.
    It is now better at NSFW aswell, overall better details, lighting, anatomy and theres more variety.

    FAQ

    Comments (113)

    TaiLongJan 21, 2026· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    Nice !! BTW what do you use for generating prompt captions for your images??

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Jan 22, 2026

    I have an AI studio app that i use

    BinaryBottleBakeJan 22, 2026

    @MonkeyForever Do you mind sharing it?

    captjay178Jan 22, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    How do you get loras this clean? I use AI Toolkit and train with FP32, 1536 resolution, and use sigmoid timestep, and 100 steps for each good quality photo(30 photos = 3000 steps). Do you use 1000+ photos?

    45thJan 22, 2026· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Bro, you’re the G.O.A.T.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Jan 22, 2026

    Thank you man.

    GlimmeringMoonJan 23, 2026
    CivitAI

    anything for qwen-image-2512?

    UltraFreshJan 23, 2026· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    From a prof photographer ~ you definitely have all the esthetic and details not seen in other realism attempts, casual and exceptional, general eye pleasing subjects and unexpected details throughout - including Gen after Gen of perfectly comfortable and deep uncanny valley. A success!

    ermbabyJan 24, 2026
    CivitAI

    Loving this so far, thanks!

    adamseagles75915Jan 24, 2026
    CivitAI

    Great work I just tested it out with my char lora and it works beautifully. Im quite interested in how you generate your prompts they are extremely long and good. Would you be able to share more on how you go about building prompts?

    rangertechno173Jan 29, 2026

    how did you manage to get a good result with character lora?

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Jan 29, 2026

    @rangertechno173 i dunno how this guy achieved it but i have a workflow that i sell for 30 dollars that makes it work with a character lora

    cache_dreamsFeb 2, 2026

    @MonkeyForever where we can we purchase this?

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 2, 2026

    @cache_dreams dm my discord "fjowfjoewqoige"

    BinaryBottleBakeJan 24, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Any plans to create a LORA like this for Flux Klein 9b?

    amazingbeautyJan 25, 2026
    CivitAI

    v5 is more 'grain' or it add more realism to composition and elements ? older version was just "more grain" !..

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Jan 25, 2026· 1 reaction

    well why dont you try it out

    amazingbeautyFeb 15, 2026

    @MonkeyForever i'm having trouble 'trying' i'm on CPU , it's 'more grain' nothing more realistic here at least for me.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 15, 2026

    @amazingbeauty You need to prompt it properly

    anonz11Jan 25, 2026
    CivitAI

    Great lora! What sampler and scheduler do you recommend? I usually use euler + beta, sometimes ddim_uniform

    purrdoomJan 29, 2026

    great question

    mauriciodeug287Jan 27, 2026
    CivitAI

    It says the file is broken or corrupted, can anyone send me a correct file

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Jan 27, 2026

    Its something on your end, it works fine.

    mostafa5tommyJan 30, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    wooow it's been long since I try effective Lora like this , result so good

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Jan 30, 2026· 1 reaction

    Thank you so much!

    mostafa5tommyFeb 2, 2026· 1 reaction

    @MonkeyForever let me tell you more after more try i done ,your Lora not only make real looking image it also breaking the loops and repetitive of result make completely random result like the on in Z image main model ( I hope you make more for (ZIT)

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 2, 2026

    @mostafa5tommy I wrote an article about it

    mostafa5tommyFeb 2, 2026

    @MonkeyForever I didn't find it and I would like to read it

    gomezshanaya49203Jan 31, 2026
    CivitAI

    please do for z image base , for turbo i cant create images without ur lora so please try to do base

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Jan 31, 2026

    Hi, training on base is not nice right now, its best to wait for a huge finetune. So that will be long, i personally think turbo is way better than base.

    @MonkeyForever but ur lora will make base better , coz turbbo is finetuned from bas e so plz try if u find any good training on base , i love u 😍

    iahhnimJan 31, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    how did you create so many good prompts?

    ronikushFeb 12, 2026· 2 reactions

    Grab Z-Engineer from HF

    oneofus67Feb 19, 2026

    @ronikush thanks dood

    DerDaAgropescaFeb 1, 2026
    CivitAI

    Love your lora! It's so good congrats ❤️

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 1, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    V5 is the best lora on zit, im sorry but its impossible to create a new version. This version is just too crazy. I've posted an article about this.

    citrovani100499Feb 3, 2026

    Where’s the article

    oneofus67Feb 4, 2026

    @citrovani100499 on the articles section of his profile

    ciragonur960Feb 2, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    AMAZING lora!

    What sampler & scheduler do you use?

    And would you mind sharing your prompt template?

    oneofus67Feb 3, 2026· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    i find using 2 versions, v1 on weight 0.2, and also v5 on weight 0.65 (at the same time) gives me best results. not sure why just thought i'd share

    could be a sampler issue. i use simple and euler. is that wrong?

    (EDIT: downloaded one of yours and used the sampler + scheduler you use, and its great. thanks. i still like using the combo of v1 and v5 though. your prompts are also a lot better than mine so i tried replicating your style.)

    ronikushFeb 12, 2026

    Your not wrong! Grrrrreat tip!

    TaiLongFeb 5, 2026
    CivitAI

    i suggest that for v6 , try to make it better for sexual concepts... this lora is a masterpiece for me and also very good at prompt adherence but it does have issue generating images including sex, etc....

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 5, 2026· 1 reaction

    This is an issue with the turbo model itself

    TaiLongFeb 5, 2026

    @MonkeyForever yeah seem so, i use ZiT Q8 GGUF and huihui text encoder still not perfect.... i dont find any fp8 or gguf model which is nsfw and works with multiple loras correctly

    nonamezoname7621Feb 8, 2026· 7 reactions
    CivitAI

    Would love to see a Zimage Base version of this, might be even better! that way it would work for both ZiB and ZiT.

    Rekt0nFeb 11, 2026
    CivitAI

    Based on your experience, which version works best for realistic images? Did the "V5" really turn out better than the previous ones?

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 12, 2026· 1 reaction

    yes it’s alot better

    oneofus67Feb 12, 2026· 1 reaction

    its great and much better for the general image-gen but i find V1 can give a sharper image sometimes while still retaining the amateur look

    ardencoxerotica974Feb 13, 2026
    CivitAI

    I'm using v5 only but it's making my character's face change completely, i am also using character lora along with, any tips to keep face same while using your lora?

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 14, 2026· 7 reactions

    I sell a workflow that fixes this issue.

    edit: why downvote? sorry for earning money? lol?

    MisaovnFeb 14, 2026

    @MonkeyForever Link? I'm interested.

    benyap1220718Feb 15, 2026

    @MonkeyForever i am interested too

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 15, 2026

    @Misaovn  Dm me on my discord and i'll share more details

    This is my discord username: "fjowfjoewqoige"

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 15, 2026

    @benyap1220718 Dm me on my discord and i'll share more details

    This is my discord username: "fjowfjoewqoige"

    J1BFeb 19, 2026

    ZIT has major issues combining loras, try using Z-Image Base it is more stable.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 19, 2026

    @J1B I have a workflow that fixes this, it works pretty well. And honestly z-image-base is just not worth it at this moment, its heavier than turbo and my pc is already struggling.

    J1BFeb 19, 2026

    @MonkeyForever It is hard to use, but it can make interesting outputs when ZIT gets a bit samey and boring: https://civitai.com/images/119966684

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 19, 2026

    @J1B idk man personally i do not like the image you showed, it looks like sdxl almost

    J1BFeb 19, 2026

    @MonkeyForever Yeah fair enough, everyone has different tastes, I think this lora reduces quality too much, makes it look like a phone camera from 2001.

    @MonkeyForever also interested sent you a friend request on discord

    aihub2269369Feb 15, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    any plan on qwen also?

    KitagawaYoshinoFeb 22, 2026· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    holy shit this i soooooooooo good, the best lora i've ever seen, congrats bro!

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 22, 2026· 1 reaction

    Thank you very much, im currently working on a v6.

    dkpc69Feb 24, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Thanks for sharing this gem of a lora bro, some of the best images i have seen on this site are in your gallery at the bottom - My new fav lora

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 24, 2026· 1 reaction

    Thank you very much man ❤️

    dinneloFeb 24, 2026· 5 reactions
    CivitAI

    please make one for z-img base

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 24, 2026· 5 reactions

    Why. Z-image-base is 50 times worse than z-image-turbo.

    SpecSaversMar 7, 2026

    @MonkeyForever fr

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 24, 2026· 6 reactions
    CivitAI

    Made a donate link in case you want to support my work. 💖
    https://ko-fi.com/monkeyforevercivit
    Thank you for your support ❤

    jesper123160Feb 28, 2026
    CivitAI

    When using it with a character lora, all I get is blurry body horror.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 28, 2026· 9 reactions

    I sell a workflow that fixes this issue.

    jesper123160Feb 28, 2026· 14 reactions

    @MonkeyForever Good luck with that.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Mar 3, 2026· 2 reactions

    @jesper123160 Thank you

    shelovesEclipseFeb 28, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI
    Thank you very much for the work you've done. This lora has given me new possibilities for image generation, since I've only recently started working on this. I have one question: is it possible to create a constant character using this lora, since the face generation here is much more varied than in the stock Z-Image Turbo model?

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Feb 28, 2026

    idk i wouldnt recommend doing solely prompting for getting a character. Just make a character lora, but ensure you use the exact same seed if you do prompting.

    QuodCausisMar 3, 2026
    CivitAI

    Latest one is looking really burned. Lots of odd grain/blur giving it that burned AI look.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Mar 3, 2026

    You are not prompting correctly,

    purpleladyMar 4, 2026
    CivitAI

    ok this lora is pretty great, it helped me fix a bunch of issues i had been having with zimage.

    now if only someone could teach me how to prompt in this natural language style

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Mar 4, 2026· 1 reaction

    What i have is pretty complicated.

    I essentially have 4 pdfs with 10-30 pages each and then i use google antigravity and i train the ai on those pages.

    I then create the prompts.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Mar 4, 2026· 1 reaction

    Thanks for the buzz man!

    purpleladyMar 4, 2026

    @MonkeyForever oh very interesting, i have been dabbling in the more traditional style of lora training, i think i got decent results but they still have issues with anatomy. plus i really do suck at natural language prompting i have been using local llm to refine it but it feel to cumbersome

    meeowingtonMar 21, 2026

    That's interesting, because for me it's way harder to write tagging prompts rather than natural language prompts.

    purpleladyMar 21, 2026· 1 reaction

    @meeowington i think its just habit i learned how to get sdxl and its many derivatives pony/illustrious etc to do things by learning how tags worked.

    I am getting there but its not as easy to get certain effects because what you put before or after can change how the text encoder translates stuff... granted with is very much a me issue because i like making weird surreal artsy stuff alot :D

    meeowingtonMar 21, 2026

    @purplelady Oh thats so cool! May I ask what loras/models you use for your surreal art? Because I cant really seem to find loras or models to do really surreal art so I rather stick to humans lol

    meeowingtonMar 21, 2026· 1 reaction

    @purplelady Thank you! Also I'm trying out your loras right now!

    leontommasi582Apr 1, 2026

    @MonkeyForever could you send ne the PDFs?🥹

    scorp674Apr 26, 2026

    @MonkeyForever mind putting a tutorial out for this?

    jaiswalpranav95296Mar 5, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    please help me i'm new in comfyui,
    this is what i generated with this lora but my questions are:
    1. can i use image to image with this lora workflow or if yes so can i use ipadapter for character consistency because i'm not able to train ai.
    2. how to fix blurry image as i attach sample image, i have seen other people image they are in very high quality.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Mqq2cserAopSSy3ZWaj_8bGNwYOzL0_?usp=drive_link

    Savas09Mar 6, 2026

    Use upscaling

    raveGoingDarkMar 8, 2026

    use upscale like seedvr2 or just remacri

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Mar 8, 2026

    Raise the resolution. You are doing 1280x720. Do 1080x1920

    GlobulluxMar 9, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    insane lora, can't wait for ZI Base ! when are you planning to release it?

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Mar 9, 2026

    idk.

    GlobulluxMar 9, 2026

    hoping soon lmao it's a great lora, keep up the great work!

    SantelivegeMar 16, 2026
    CivitAI

    this lora turns my character lora's eyes blue. I have tried to add brown eyes / iris to prompt but it seems to ignore it even with higher cfg like 1.5. Any solutions?

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Mar 16, 2026

    thats weird, i havent had this issue, honestly i dont know

    Revolvermann8Apr 6, 2026· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    Intresting, but unfortunatly realism is way worse as without any lora.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Apr 6, 2026· 1 reaction

    Genuinely blind

    RaveVRApr 7, 2026

    @MonkeyForever he might be right, i did waaay to many tests and I'm like looking at every minor detail! This lora might work with single pass Turbo, but in double pass ZIB + ZIT (ZIT as refiner character lora booster) it gives doll like face, all the pores dissapears and removes details that ZIB made. Realistic Snapshot interfere too much on things it shouldn't interfere like eyes colors. So I just stick with Instagramification lora on 2nd pass with 0.90 weight and my psersonal character lora. Making lora that adds noise camera and 2000s quality photos doesnt make it more realistic.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Apr 7, 2026· 2 reactions

    @RaveVR It does if you arent dumb enough to prompt for amateur low quality photos, if you look at the images i have posted throughout my entire profile you can clearly see the different variety this lora can do with proper prompting.

    And basing your thoughts and opinion on this lora using a model that the lora was not even trained on tells me what i need to know. Yes ZIT loras work on base but its unstable and just ZIT is working well and if you look throughout the internet you would also realise how much better ZIT actually is over Base despite the claims by the creators of the two models.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Apr 7, 2026

    @RaveVR To prove you wrong i will upload a couple of comparison images throughout the day.

    RaveVRApr 9, 2026

    @MonkeyForever There's nothing to prove, I did a simple test. I put in 1st ZIB pass my char lora 0.30 and FameGrid 0.70 (using FG somehow makes ZIB do what I actually want more accurate and natural) to set up character pose, camera angle, build up the environment and background details. 2nd pass ZIT my char lora 1.40 + yours on various weights, and Instagramification and some other realism ZIT loras (because I never said a word before about using ZIT loras on ZIB model since they are not compatible, not like ZIB lora on ZIT model) and from my testing RS v5 was in place 3. Mainly because of a doll face and changing eye color to blue, which Instagramification hasn't done.

    ZIT model is not better than ZIB, they were made to do different things. ZIB makes detailed background more realistic, more variety of poses and you can use negative words which ZIT cannot. My golden mean when using ZIT as a 2nd pass was to use just the right amount of steps, enough for my character lora to properly shape at the right weight, but not so many that ZIT starts removing the details ZIB created in the 1st pass, because that's what ZIT does, it strips detail. And the right weight means the face doesn't look oversaturated or over-sculpted from pushing the lora too hard.

    RaveVRApr 9, 2026

    @MonkeyForever https://civitai.com/posts/27838047
    here you go, thats what I meant by doll-like face using your lora, I don't know what else you might want from me, I already wasted too much time on you. And I saw your images, despite your prompt being 3 times longer than my, and on top of that sentences like "Their hands are anatomically correct with five distinct fingers" XD or "no grain" and tons other preemptive correction were quite funny - I personally think my photo is more realistic cuz as I said before pure ZIT photos most of the time looks like were shot by microvawe. I'm not saying ZIB is better all the way, these two models are good for different things, still using Base as your BASE model and refine using ZIT is much better.

    Revolvermann8Apr 9, 2026

    @MonkeyForever na sorry, not the case. Dunno why.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Apr 9, 2026

    @RaveVR I still disagree and thats fine, keep doing what your doing if you think thats better, but its just not in my eyes and i think people will agree

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Apr 9, 2026

    @rolanddeschain19216 Prompting.  

    PixelQueenApr 9, 2026· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    One of the best, and most realistic lora's I have ever used. I am extremely impressed by it!

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Apr 9, 2026

    Thank you very much!

    45thApr 14, 2026· 1 reaction
    CivitAI

    Can you try to fix the anatomy in the new version? The toes come out terrible in almost 100% of generations, especially in full-body shots. This is a real issue with this LoRA.

    MonkeyForever
    Author
    Apr 14, 2026· 1 reaction

    I wont train another version, and to fix toes just use a detailer

    45thApr 16, 2026

    @MonkeyForever okay, what bbox model would you recommend for automatic toes detailing?

    Neon_signsApr 23, 2026· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    Any plans to bring this to base or Klein?

    LORA
    ZImageTurbo

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    Created
    1/21/2026
    Updated
    5/3/2026
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