models/Better Days. [illustrious-XL] [ponyXL] (MERGE) - illu XL v0.1 BAKED-VAE

Better Days. [illustrious-XL] [ponyXL] (MERGE) - illu XL v0.1 BAKED-VAE

8/30/2025

1:20:03 AM

Related Keywords & Tags

better days. [illustrious-xl] [ponyxl] (merge),checkpoint,hdr,high resolution,illu xl v0.1 baked-vae,illustrious,illustrious-xl,image generation,killedmyself,lighting,photorealistic lighting,stable diffusion model,style

Portrait of a dog girl with brown hair and dog ears, wearing a kimono with one shoulder exposed, surrounded by sakura blossoms illuminated by warm golden hour light.

Portrait of a dark-skinned female dark elf with blonde hair and purple eyes wearing a red kimono adorned with golden floral patterns, standing under sakura blossoms in golden hour lighting.

Recommended Prompts

HDR, 8K, high contrast, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, high resolution, ultra-detailed, absurdres

photorealistic, volumetric lighting, dramatic shadows, cinematic lighting

HDR, 8K, high contrast, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, superabsurd res, high resolution, ultra-detailed, absurdres, newest, scenery, (horikoshi kouhei:0.3), (quasarcake:0.3), (wlop:0.3), chiaroscuro, dynamic angle, 1girl, fog, glowing, backlighting, partially illuminated, BREAK, Intricately designed, photorealistic, Mysterious Shadows, beautiful detailed eyes, detailed skin, detailed hair, volumetric lighting, dappled light, light particles, dramatic shadows, cinematic lighting, photo background, depth of field

Recommended Negative Prompts

censored, worst quality, low quality, normal quality, lowres, jpeg artifacts, artistic error, multiple views, signature, watermark, artist name, bad hands, extra digits, extra legs, displeasing, worst aesthetic, old, early, simple background, simple shading, simple drawing, simple coloring

Recommended Parameters

samplers

Euler A, Euler a

steps

cfg

clip skip

resolution

832x1216

vae

baked VAE - v0.1

Tips

Feel free to experiment with batch count from 4 to 20 (or 1 if impatient).

Use face detailer and watermark removal for better results.

Use your preferred XL size for image dimensions.

Version Highlights

Small changes, but still felt to update the model (for onsite ease of use)

better color (slight, but noticeable)
baked in vae now, for those who dont load it separately. (if you still like to separately load a vae, feel free. it takes priority.)

Forgive me for making it early access, but gotta get that buzz so i can train more

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Changelog

..BAKED-VAE v0.1: i baked a VAE in to make it better for onsite generation, and local gen as well (for those who dont load a VAE separately). in general, lighting and colors are noticeably better! Because of the baked VAE, this is the ideal version for onsite use.

illustrious-XL v0.1: First illustrious version. i tried to keep the style similar to the pony version, but ultimately wanted better lighting, and more flexible style overall. Will probably keep updating until im happy, but ive switched focus lately to Loras over checkpoints and photos in general. ill get to it eventually.

v0.8.1: the better version. this version was supposed to be 0.8 (i have no idea how i uploaded the wrong version. sleepy brain? oops). better results without style loras, but still compliments them very well. still looking for feedback.

v0.8: my first (public) pony merge. looking feedback to improve the newer version that’s in the works.

Detail:

HDR, 8K, high contrast, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, high resolution, ultra-detailed, absurdres,

Prompt:

Prompt lol

Lighting:

photorealistic, volumetric lighting, dramatic shadows, cinematic lighting,

Neg

censored, worst quality, low quality, normal quality, lowres, jpeg artifacts, artistic error, multiple views, signature, watermark, artist name, bad hands, extra digits, extra legs, displeasing, worst aesthetic, old, early, simple background, simple shading, simple drawing, simple coloring,