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DonM - GloomyNightmare [SDXL,Pony] - v1.0

DonMischo
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11/16/2025
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A dark, dramatic urban street scene at night with wet pavements reflecting street lamps and a stormy, ominous sky above a deserted city.
Erlking figure wearing an elaborate crown of leaves and antlers, with a ghostly skeletal face and dark forest inspired attire, standing amidst a misty forest.

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Recommended Parameters

samplers

DPM++ 2M Karras

steps

20

cfg

7

resolution

1024x1024

other models

sdxlFaetastic_v10 (fc910e9217)

Tips

Use weights between 0.8 and 1.2 for best results; lower weights add subtle darkness.

Add the LORA trigger word for person images to ensure effect application.

Incorporate trigger words like Dark, Cimmerian, Crepuscular, and Twilight to emphasize gloominess.

Refer to the linked triggerword study for additional inspiration: https://civitai.com/articles/1435

Showcase images were generated with the 'Billions of Wildcard' model sets.

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Did you ever had a gloomy nightmare? I love them! <3 And I fell in love with my SD1.5 LORA, too. So I decided to make it my first SDXL Lora.

Don't forget to leave a ❤️ to get a notification for future updates. ⭐ reviews are appreciated, too. Let me see what you can create with this tool. ;)

GloomyNightmare gives your images a sinister and gloomy touch. Fog, moody lights, hanging things and creepy shapes.

You can use it without triggerword, but add it for persons, just to be sure.

For sceneries it works fine for around weights of 0.8

For People I'd suggest weights of 1.0-1.2 (maybe more)

In general I had good results betwenn .8 and 1.2

At low weight, it adds a slight darkness and ruggedness to your images.

Use matching triggerwords to increase the gloominess:
Like: Dark, Cimmerian, Crepuscular, Dim, Dreary, Dusky, Eerie, Funereal, Gloomy, Murky, Obscure, Opaque, Penumbra, Sombre, Shadowy, Shady, Somber, Stygian, Tenebrous, Twilight, Umbral

Have a look at my triggerword study for more inspirations, if you like.

The showcase images are made with my "Billions of Wildcard" sets.

If you like what I'm doing, buy me a coffee and some free time. ;)

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Model Details

Model type

LORA

Base model

SDXL 1.0

Model version

v1.0

Model hash

c3b367f2e6

Trained words

DonMn1ghtm4reXL

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A dark, dramatic urban street scene at night with wet pavements reflecting street lamps and a stormy, ominous sky above a deserted city.
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DonM - GloomyNightmare [SDXL,Pony] - v1.0

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Images by DonM - GloomyNightmare [SDXL,Pony] - v1.0

A dark, dramatic urban street scene at night with wet pavements reflecting street lamps and a stormy, ominous sky above a deserted city.
Erlking figure wearing an elaborate crown of leaves and antlers, with a ghostly skeletal face and dark forest inspired attire, standing amidst a misty forest.

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