<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://ko-fi.com/s/68f4ddb57c"> <img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/8e2c7ff1-9db2-4df4-9914-3aac028b575d/original=true/8e2c7ff1-9db2-4df4-9914-3aac028b575d.jpeg" width="250" /> </a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://ko-fi.com/aixfunestudio/tiers"> <img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/0bac84f4-49e2-4b8e-a41b-d7472d93a271/original=true/0bac84f4-49e2-4b8e-a41b-d7472d93a271.jpeg" width="250" /> </a> 
- You can <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://ko-fi.com/s/68f4ddb57c">DOWNLOAD this model</a> as digital product or with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://ko-fi.com/aixfunestudio/tiers">Membership</a>. - This model is part of May 2026 models collection for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://ko-fi.com/aixfunestudio/tiers">AIxFun eStudio members</a>. - <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/alexds9/models?sort=Newest">More cool models</a>.
ℹ️ Buddy Sour Pony is a distinctive AI art style that blends realistic digital illustration with 3D-rendered aesthetics. It creates elegant, luminous portraits and full-body compositions where light dances across smooth, glossy skin and reflective surfaces, giving every image a radiant, almost ethereal glow. The style is defined by cinematic lighting, flawless symmetrical faces with expressive eyes and glamorous makeup, voluminous and detailed hair, and graceful, idealized proportions. Backgrounds range from dreamy fantasy realms and neon cityscapes to natural landscapes and studio settings, always composed with high production value and a sense of quiet confidence. Clothing and accessories often feature shiny, metallic, or iridescent materials, paired with subtle fantasy touches like elegant horns or glowing wings, resulting in a cohesive, visual language that feels both modern and timeless. 
<h3 id="how-it-works">How it works?</h3><ol><li>Choose Product or Subscribe:
<ul><li>Get this model via a Ko-fi product, or
</li><li>Join the appropriate membership tier:
<ul><li>Model released during current month: Current Month Content
</li><li>If model released in previous months: All Months Content
</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>You will be prompted to link your Hugging Face and Ko-fi emails. Hugging Face access is checked by email, which might be different from your Ko-fi email. You will receive a link from Ko-fi to add the email and continue.
</li><li>Request Access on Hugging Face: After you acquired product or subscription, you’ll receive a link to a gated Hugging Face repository.
<ul><li>Click "Request Access".
</li><li>Your access will be approved automatically within a minute.
</li></ul></li><li>Download &amp; Use: You can then download and use the model under the license provided in the repository (LICENSE.md).
</li></ol><h2 id="why-i-created-my-own-access-control">Why I Created My Own Access Control</h2>I have been a creator on Civitai since December 2022. My goal has always been to help make model training, design, and development a sustainable, professional activity, not only for myself, but for other creators too. Supporting people who want to create models professionally is good for users, for creators, for the entire community, including Civitai itself.
Civitai has shared some of this vision and has tried to create ways to support creators. Unfortunately, their current Creators Program has serious problems:
<ul><li>Civitai was deplatformed by payment processors and operates at a loss.
</li><li>The current compensation model pays creators mainly for model usage in the generator.
</li><li>Early Access limits paid access to only 15 days, after which models must be free.
</li><li>Buzz extraction value has dropped to ~45% of its original worth, making withdrawals basically a 55% fee.
</li><li>Bugs and creator feedback are ignored for months, and several team members who used to listen have left.
</li></ul>I believe this system is unfair, harmful, and exploitative. Creators should be able to:
<ul><li>Sell models without arbitrary time limits.
</li><li>Pay a fair platform fee of 15% or less.
</li></ul>Civitai briefly tested a much better system called Clubs in early 2024, which worked well for creators, but it was canceled after backlash from a loud minority that opposed fair creator compensation. I have long hoped Civitai would fix these issues, as I’ve suggested in my articles:
<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/articles/15463/a-critically-needed-change-to-early-access">A Critically Needed Change to Early Access</a>
</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/articles/12148/changes-needed-when-all-checkpoints-become-available-in-the-generator">Changes Needed When All Checkpoints Become Available in the Generator</a>
</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/articles/12151/improvements-to-early-access">Improvements to Early Access</a>
</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/articles/11274/new-creators-program-issues-and-solutions">New Creators Program: Issues and Solutions</a>
</li></ul>But nothing has changed. Bugs remain unresolved, feedback is ignored, and I’ve lost optimism about Civitai’s willingness to improve.
That’s why I’ve decided to experiment with my own alternative access control system, a fairer way to share models with users who value my work.

Buddy Sour Pony

ℹ️ Buddy Sour Pony is a distinctive AI art style that blends realistic digital illustration with 3D-rendered aesthetics. It creates elegant, luminous portraits and full-body compositions where light dances across smooth, glossy skin and reflective surfaces, giving every image a radiant, almost ethereal glow. The style is defined by cinematic lighting, flawless symmetrical faces with expressive eyes and glamorous makeup, voluminous and detailed hair, and graceful, idealized proportions. Backgrounds range from dreamy fantasy realms and neon cityscapes to natural landscapes and studio settings, always composed with high production value and a sense of quiet confidence. Clothing and accessories often feature shiny, metallic, or iridescent materials, paired with subtle fantasy touches like elegant horns or glowing wings, resulting in a cohesive, visual language that feels both modern and timeless.

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