Based on hardcoreAsianCosplay_ilV11 [By TianChimp] and damnIllustriousPonyv50IllustriousNoobai [By coyotte], check their models too.

Note about versions: V2 is not better than the V1, it's different, more realistic, less inclined to Asian faces. Just with a different style. My recommendation is V2, but V1 is also good.

A fusion of artistic realism and the signature “Illustrious” aesthetic — crafted for creators seeking beautiful, clean, and portfolio-worthy results.

Index

• Description of the model

• Usage aspects (Important)

• V2 Usage

Description of the model

CosplayIllustriousMix blends the photography cosplays with the fidelity to prompt of Illustrious.

It produces clean, expressive, and lifelike portraits — perfect for photo shoot–style scenes or character recreations.

Best suited for:

• Cosplay photorealism

• Waifu realism

Based on hardcoreAsianCosplay_ilV11 [By TianChimp] and damnIllustriousPonyv50IllustriousNoobai [By coyotte], carefully tuned to preserve the character’s essence while maintaining outstanding photographic quality.

Made this merge to keep the best fidelity to characters but also to the reality as pony and others models doesn't archive that purpose. hardcoreAsianCosplay_ilV11 does, but really headed toward asians, but I wanted some variety.

Usage aspects

Base prompt (example use):

Positive: realistic, cosplay, best quality, highres,

<The prompt you'd like>

Negative: bad quality, worst quality, low quality, ????, blurry

Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE Heun Karras (Also try DPM++ SDE Karras, DPM++ SDE 2M Karras)

Steps: 20 - 30

Clip skip: 2

CFG: 2.5 - 5, recomended 3

V2 Base prompt (example use):

Positive: masterpiece, best quality, realistic, realistic skin, detailed face, detailed skin, natural skin texture,

<The prompt you'd like>

Negative: low quality, worst quality, lowres, blurry, distorted, bad ???????, signature, watermark, bad teeth

Tip: use danbooru tags.

Start with this, experiment and share the results!

Hope you like this model! Cheers!