↠ 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: Well, this checkpoint was well overdue for an update. Overall I was liking the results and I hope you all enjoy! I love all the images that were shared with the previous version and hope this version does well for you all as well. ྀི◟ ͜ ◞ ྀི◟ ͜ ◞ ྀི◟◞ ྀི◟ ͜ ◞ ྀི◟ ͜ ◞ ྀི◟◞ ྀི◟ ͜ ◞ ྀི RealCartoon-XL is an attempt to get some nice images from the newer SDXL. It still is a bit soft on some of the images, but I enjoy mixing and trying to get the checkpoint to do well on anything asked of it. This model level is definitely pushing my computer, so takes a bit longer to actually get it things tested and mixed :) The mission is the same of the SD1.5 versions. Which is to get a checkpoint to pretty much do well on prompts while looking good with good variety ✱The Process: The starting checkpoints for merging were a couple of top ones of course (The checkpoints do/did not have restrictions on checkpoint mergers. Some of these are in my recommended resources as well). I also baked in the VAE (sdxl_vae.safetensors). Currently this checkpoint is at its beginnings, so it may take a bit of time before it starts to really shine. I will continue to update it as time progresses...but I do hope you all enjoy it as it develops. ✱The Settings: Still figuring out SDXL, but here is what I have been using: •Width: 1216 (normally would not adjust unless I flipped the height and width) •Height: 832 •Sampling Method: "Eular A" and "DPM++ 2M Karras" are favorites. •Sampling steps: 30 - 55 normally (30 being my starting point, but going up to 55 and even 60 a lot of the time) ✱Hires.fix settings: •Upscale (R-ESRGAN 4x+, 4k-UltraSharp most of the time), •Hires Steps (10) •Denoising Str (0.34 - 0.45 normally), Upscale (1.5 or 2 does well) •Clip Skip: 2 ★https://civitai.com/models/125907?modelVersionId=686204★