(9/26/2026): Distilled ckpt will not be updated. Use the new standalone acc LoRA here. After v2.4. All versions will be the "base" version (not distilled).
Update log and version info: link.
RDBT [Anima]
A general finetuned base model, better overall quality, better prompt adherence, less artifacts and errors.
Dataset contains ~10k images, handpicked by professional amateur artists, captioned by latest LLM. Accurate body/hands anatomy. Complete background.
Some cover images look ridiculous; they're just for demonstration purposes for corner cases.
There is no overfitted default style. Because the dataset is big enough. It's a feature not a bug. You must specify @style in prompt, or use a style LoRA. Otherwise, you will get random/mixed style.
If you're not good at mixing LoRAs for a pretrained model, I also released a ckpt that merged many useful things, here. Out-of-the-box high quality, 16-step fast generation.
If you're an advanced user and want to minimax everything: RDBT is trained as LoRA natively: link.
16-step Acc LoRA: link.
Usage:
Settings:
Base version: has a suffix "base". CFG 4 and steps 24+ is recommended.
Distilled version (discontinued): CFG: 1. Steps: 16+.
Sampler: Euler (best diversity), Euler a/er_sde etc. (better stability)
Res: 1MP
Prompt:
Always specify @style in prompt, or use a style LoRA. Otherwise, you will get random/mixed style.
Quality tags:
Omit ALL quality tags. The fine-tuning dataset has higher quality than "masterpiece". Thus quality tags don't have effects. Omitting those redundant tokens allows LLM to pay more attention on other words.
FAQ:
Why I won't bake a default style:
If a model has a "default" style (ignores prompt and is always active). We call it "overfitted". Technically, it's not a feature, it's a bug. This means the training dataset is not big enough, and the model has lost its ability to generate other styles.
The goal of RDBT model is to "perfectly" reproduce styles. As some of you know, I use this model to aid in drawing. I need unique textures and details, instead of uniformed 2.5D AI slop style.
This model has excellent compatibility. You can stack any type of Lora on it. After all, it's you who decide what style you want, not me.
RDBT can't remove nor resist overwhelming Al slop effects
Too long, see: link.
My homemade distillation vs Anima official turbo model:
Official turbo: 8 steps. High stability, low entropy. Adds a strong 2D anime filter that will overwrite style and cause style shifting.
My homemade distillation: 16 steps. High diversity, low stability. Minimal style shifting.
Sharing merges using this model is not allowed.
This mode is a free and it will always be free. This "restriction" won't affect anyone. It's only aimed at those who steal others' models to sell.
Known model thieves: NukeA.I (selling this model behind paywall on tensorart).
Because he is such a jerk I wrote a story about it. Also contains a guide for trainers about "how to bake special trigger word into your model".
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i also have left anima now, since krea 2 looks like a beast checkpoint
krea2 is still hyper filtered, anima is still better all around
"krea2 filter" is completely different than any other model filter.
Most models filter data before training.
Krea2 was trained on all kinds of things, and applied a safety filter (probably dpo?) afterwards. What the model learned is learned. Technically, this filter can be nuked. That's why people already so hyped.
@reakaakasky will your finetune restore like... *all* kinds of purely fictional content for krea2?
@RLG I'm not going to finetune krea2. My dataset is for quality, and krea2 don't need that.
v1 lets gooo
Thank for your work you really made the start of Anima a lot easier for me and motivated me for many lora with your checkpoint ! have fun with krea 2i'll look into it x) if you choose it
B1 V1 seems to be something of a downgrade as I am seeing extra fingers more often with less prompt adherence overall. Sometimes it even keeps/add things I either didn't prompt for or was actively trying to prompt out.
Edit: Also down to 3 fingers and a thumb in some images and lighting issues. IE: Daylight window in a scene prompted for night time
Idk what type of magic is this, but i just put CFG to 1, put bunch of shit i usually did with illustrious, and within 7 seconds ( with adetailer enabled ) it generates great pictures. Lol. Kind of sick of tinkering with anima checkpoints and waiting 30 secs just to generate 1 pic, so thanks a lot for your work bro.