Thank you!
Every download, like, share, and cursed creation you post fuels the next merge. Drop your gens in the comments. I want to see the art that crawls out of your workflows.
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Tulpainterly
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Raw artistic chaos meets Illustrious XL precision—Tulpainterly weaponizes brushstrokes into pure visual dominance.
This merge takes the combat-tested foundation of Illustrious XL and injects it with painterly texture that actually feels like traditional media—not that soulless digital plastic you see everywhere. Think oil-on-canvas energy with the prompt comprehension that doesn’t fight you at every turn.
Built for creators who want their gens to look like they crawled out of a gallery, not a GPU farm.
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What Makes It Different
∙ Authentic Painterly Texture: Brushwork that reads as intentional, not filtered. Dynamic lighting interacts with surface texture like actual paint catching light.
∙ Illustrious XL Backbone: Booru tag precision + natural language flexibility. It understands your deranged 50-tag prompts and your poetic ramblings.
∙ 2.5D Sweet Spot: That perfect hybrid between flat illustration and dimensional depth—stylized but grounded, not cartoon, not photorealistic.
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Recommended Settings
Resolution: 832x1216 (portrait) hits hardest, but any standard SDXL ratio works
Sampler: Euler A
Scheduler: DDIM Uniform
CFG: 3-6 (don’t crank this—let the model breathe)
Steps: 30+ (more steps = more refinement in brushwork detail)
CLIP Skip: 2
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Prompting Strategy
Booru tags are your primary weapon, but this model’s bilingual—it handles natural language prompts without shitting the bed. Mix tags for structure (1girl, oil painting, dramatic lighting) with descriptive phrases for vibe ("weathered brushstrokes, muted earthy palette").
Stack tags aggressively. The Illustrious foundation thrives on specificity.
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Compatibility Notes
Forged and battle-tested in ComfyUI, with solid results in Invoke. Other UIs/services? Your mileage may vary, but it should plug-and-play anywhere that accepts SDXL checkpoints.
Experiment ruthlessly. My settings are a starting point, not gospel. Break them, twist them, report back with what carnage you create.