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    Welcome, One & All:

    Third time a charm!

    First off, i'd like to start by thanking Crody, they gave me excellent pointers, i've done many merges over the last year, but this model reminded me i'm still on a learning process and still a student. As such, their advices they have provided were really helpful, this model wouldn't have reached its full potential without them! Thank You

    Same goes for the OG creators and their respective creations, without the dough couldn't have done anything! Big Shoutout to them!

    While i'm at it i would like thank Chumple for the testing, suggestions and advices, it's always a pleasure having support while trying to come up with a new model.

    Thank you to mommymia to let me use their model!

    About the Model:

    Introducing RETRORDINARY, born from an experimentation i was making on the side to completely break away from my two other models styles.

    Capable of rendering classic nostalgic retro pictures without the need of any loras, or if you just want to produce regular anime, semi-real even light painterly images, this model has you covered!

    Guide:

    Here's some tags to summon some cool retro-ness:

    
    1) 1990s_style,
    2) 1980s_(style),
    3) 1980s city pop style,
    4) 1990s aesthetic,
    5) 1970s (style)
    6) (80s anime style vintage),
    7) 1980's cartoon style,
    8) sets in the 80's,
    
    1) retro art,
    2) retro artstyle,
    g-taste style, anime_style, manga_style,

    Some cool styles:

    
    1: (watercolor), (pastelcolor),
    2: 8k, beautiful masterpieces, , thickly painted,solid color background, minimal composition,
    3: soft lo-fi style,1980s anime style, pastel colors, simple shading,

    Some japanese artists tags fitting the theme:

    Koto Tsumi \(style\), (houjou raita), Terasawa Takeichi Style, kadoi aya style, studio ghibli inspired, Kuroinu Juu Style, katsura masakazu

    (you can swapout 80s with 90s and vice-versa)

    Quick example:

    1990s (style),(anime coloring, anime screencap,official art:1), power \(chainsaw_man\)
    
    masterpiece, best quality, ultra-detailed, 1girl, 1990s anime style, vhs aesthetic, tracking noise, distorted frame, color transfer, scanlines, retro fashion, nostalgic mood, analog glitch, cinematic grain, cammy_white

    Works best with DPM++2M at minimum at 20 steps, the sweet spot is between 25-50.

    Euler a works too, might also get a bit crazy depending on your settings/scenes. Your mileage may vary.

    Scheduler: Karras

    Resolutions: 1216x832-832x1216 or 1024x1024

    Guidance CFG: 3-8

    The VAE has been baked in!

    Known issues:

    • Some pictures tend to be overdramatic...nothing i can do about that 😛!

    Appreciation:

    As always, thanks everyone for your continuous support throughout this last year, it's really encouraging and warming, i hope you'll love this model!

    Thanks for your kind words, subs, tips, bids, shoutouts, generations, downloads, reviews, comments etc.... i really do appreciate it!

    Stay healthy y'all! Take care of yourselves and your love ones! Peace Out!

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    Comments (22)

    kairoth83422Jul 14, 2026· 5 reactions
    CivitAI

    cannot wait to try this one!!!!

    Ziperto
    Author
    Jul 14, 2026

    Hehe can't wait to see what you're gonna cook :)

    kitekholinJul 14, 2026
    CivitAI

    Will there be an Anima version?

    Ziperto
    Author
    Jul 14, 2026· 1 reaction

    Not as the moment

    ZoropatonJul 14, 2026· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    :0 magnificent!

    Takah0xJul 15, 2026· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    The model of “Ziperto” , a perfectionist.

    vibhisanaJul 16, 2026· 10 reactions
    CivitAI

    I switched to the Anima and Krea 2 models a while ago, but the more I look at this gallery, the more I want to switch back to Illustrious.

    Ziperto
    Author
    Jul 16, 2026

    I need you make your magic happen, this model has your name on it 😛

    trestonwinkleJul 21, 2026

    Why not both 🤷?

    vibhisanaJul 21, 2026· 1 reaction

    @trestonwinkle , my current workflow:

    1. Generate each object individually. At this stage, the model itself isn't critical unless Anima cannot generate the object.

    2. Set the positions of all objects in GIMP.

    3. Input the image into Anima and render with high denoise to allow the model to fix natural lighting and shadows.

    4. Upscale the image using the Krea 2 model at medium-low denoising to gain detail and avoid artificiality while maintaining composition and artistic style.

    In extreme cases, if the image has high compositional requirements, I might swap steps 3 and 4 and use very precise prompt to describe positions and interactions.

    I could replace Anima with Illustrious for better artistic style and stronger LoRA support, but at the cost of sacrificing prompt adherence.

    I don't think replacing Krea 2 with Illustrious or adding Illustrious on top of my current workflow would be better. I believe I've fully utilized the strengths of both anime and realistic models. 

    trestonwinkleJul 22, 2026

    @vibhisana@vibhisana always cool to hear what process others use! For me I just hit the generate button until I get an acceptable image. It can take a long time though. Sometimes 10-20 attempts!

    vibhisanaJul 22, 2026· 1 reaction

    @trestonwinkle  , we are all here to discover beauty amidst random chaos; different paths lead to the same destination.

    FLESKJul 17, 2026· 6 reactions
    CivitAI

    "The scholars erred in believing the edifice to be an engine. It was a liturgy wrought in iron and impossible stone, each pillar erected through the weary toil of forgotten multitudes, each chamber consecrated by rites that no faithful chronicle dared preserve. What seemed machinery was but ritual given permanence; what seemed architecture was but a prayer uttered to the void. And when at last its innumerable mechanisms stirred, they did not awaken the checkpoint—they awakened that for which the checkpoint had always been waiting and its consecration purchased by sacrifices so profane that even History herself turned her countenance away. Thus was fashioned a work not of industry, but of blasphemy—a monument whose every turning wheel denied the natural order."

    vibhisanaJul 17, 2026· 3 reactions

    I had absolutely no idea what these words meant, so I pasted them into the prompt to generate an image, I had absolutely no idea what the generated image was.

    Ziperto
    Author
    Jul 17, 2026· 3 reactions

    @vibhisana you're both crazy no wonder the model turned out the way it did, tried to please you both 😅

    FLESKJul 17, 2026· 2 reactions

    @vibhisana 

    The awakening of something forgotten by the annals of time.

    NikaNemeJul 17, 2026· 5 reactions
    CivitAI

    Always amazing!

    Ziperto
    Author
    Jul 17, 2026· 1 reaction
    Ziperto
    Author
    Jul 19, 2026· 5 reactions
    CivitAI

    Big thanks to the peeps who bid crazy high on the model this week 🙏

    Checkpoint
    Illustrious

    Details

    Downloads
    512
    Platform
    CivitAI
    Platform Status
    Available
    Created
    7/14/2026
    Updated
    7/26/2026
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    Files

    retrordinary_v10.safetensors

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