For best outputs:

Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE Karras

Steps: from 8 to 10, cfg 2 ~ 3, CLIP skip 2.

VAE: sdxl_vae.safetensors

Adetailed recommended but not actually necessary.

Images default to realism, but with a simple "anime" depending on your token count will get you a pretty solid anime style, and then you can build from there. Also using the opposite keywords in the neg help.

For Realism: "realistic, masterpiece, best quality, ///your text///, highly detailed, realism, real photo, realistic skin texture, skin imperfections, skin pores, sharp details, bright light, warm colors, 8k, HDR, f.1/2, 70mm lens, Kodak, Analog style"

Neg: negativeXL_D, cartoon, anime, drawing, painting, "negativeXL_D" embedding included in the galleries.

For non realism: "anime, cartoon, thick lines, celshading, flat shading", or also a different art style of your choice.

Neg: negativeXL_D, realistic.

Works well with the next dimensions: 1024 x 1024, 768 x 1024, 1024 x 768.