It's time to get weird again... but with PDXL!
Now this was a total experiment. I promise nothing but so far my results have been very very good.

PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION FOR INFO A ND TIPS!

Being being as Pony is pretty much a broken model, it can be a little hit or miss. I strongly suggest using rating_safe tag and score tags for better quality images depending on whatever model you are using. Without making it more SFW you are probably going to get humans with little to no style being applied.

If that stuff is confusing you you I highly suggest using https://civitai.com/models/332646 embeddings, they take the guess work out of it.

Use the suggested trigger words: TheWeirdPony, animal focus, no humans
Suggested Negatives: humans, 1boy, 1girl
If you are really struggling to get creatures try adding: alien-like creature/alien-like monster + some sort of animal/bug or known popular monster (eg: chutullu) & it should help.

If you like colorful creatures, use https://civitai.com/models/352581, https://civitai.com/models/478011?modelVersionId=531624 or https://civitai.com/models/426473 - color prompts can really depend on the checkpoint, these help almost guarantee you get colorful generations.

And as for suggested checkpoints https://civitai.com/models/443821 has worked awesomely for me. Pony base model worked also but you will have a lot more cartoony like image unless you add the Negative scores to counteract getting those type of images (which is source_anime, source_furry, source_cartoon)

My favorite (realism) prompt so far as been:
Positive: score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, source_photo, (photography, realistic:1.4), subsurface scattering, Photorealistic, Hyperrealistic, analog style, realistic, film photography, soft lighting, heavy shadow, (alien-like creature:1.2) ANIMAL NAME HERE-ANIMAL NAME HERE, (no humans:1.2)

Negative: humans:, 1girl, 1boy, score_6_up, score_5_up, score_4_up, source_pony, (source_anime:1.1), (source_furry:1.1), (source_cartoon:1.1), worst quality, low quality,

Have fun! A v2 for the SDXL lora will be coming out soon once I make back some buzz.