✨ About the model
I really loved the soft matte coloring and expressive illustration style associated with Secret Sauce.
However, since the original model was Pony-based, I often encountered compatibility issues, visual artifacts, inconsistent anatomy, and especially weak or overly feminine male characters when using it in my usual Illustrious workflow.
So I decided to recreate the qualities I enjoyed most as a new style model.
I trained the style on a carefully curated dataset and then refined the result through several LoRA and checkpoint experiments. The final model combines:
- soft matte digital painting
- clean comic-inspired linework
- expressive faces and eyes
- smooth, fluid body shapes
- better male anatomy and facial structure
- strong female and masculine character generation
- good support for anime, anthro, furry, fantasy, and cute art
- detailed clothing and accessories without overly harsh rendering
I am happy to finally present SauceCraft XL. 💙
This model is designed to retain the softness and charm of the style that inspired it, while providing better versatility, cleaner anatomy, and more reliable results on Illustrious-based generation.
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🎨 What it does well
- Adult women and men
- Masculine faces and bodies
- Anime and semi-anime characters
- Anthro and furry characters
- Fantasy characters
- Portraits and full-body illustrations
- Cute and kawaii artwork
- Soft NSFW and pin-up compositions
- Clothing, uniforms, armor, and accessories
- Matte coloring with clean, readable shapes
The model can shift between cute, elegant, sensual, comic-like, and more serious illustrations depending on the prompt.
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⚙️ Recommended settings
Sampler: Euler a
Scheduler: Automatic
Steps: 30–40
CFG: 4.5–6
Recommended resolution: around 896×1152 or other SDXL-compatible resolutions
### Hires.fix
Upscale: 1.5×
Hires steps: 12–18
Denoising strength: 0.30–0.40
Hires CFG: around 4–5
Upscaler: 4x-ClearRealityV1 Soft or another soft illustration upscaler
ADetailer: recommended for portraits, close-ups, or complex compositions.
My usual starting setup:
Sampler: Euler a
Steps: 35
CFG: 5
Resolution: 896×1152
Hires.fix: enabled
Upscale: 1.5
Hires steps: 15
Denoising strength: 0.35
Hires CFG: 4.5
Upscaler: 4x-ClearRealityV1_Soft