models/Better Days. [illustrious-XL] [ponyXL] (MERGE) - illu XL v0.2 BAKED-VAE

Better Days. [illustrious-XL] [ponyXL] (MERGE) - illu XL v0.2 BAKED-VAE

8/17/2025

3:13:32 AM

Related Keywords & Tags

8k,baked vae,better days. [illustrious-xl] [ponyxl] (merge),cfg scale 6,checkpoint,euler a sampler,hdr,high contrast,illu xl v0.2 baked-vae,illustrious,illustrious-xl,killedmyself,lighting,photorealistic lighting,stable diffusion model,style

Young woman with short blue gradient hair and heterochromia, wearing a dark green cheongsam with floral prints, holding an orange wagasa umbrella under cherry blossoms at golden hour.

A focused elf sorceress with orange eyes and long braided hair wearing a black china dress with gold embroidery and armored gloves conjures a glowing magic ring surrounded by floating particles against a dark background.

A glowing angel girl with golden hair, blue eyes, and a halo, sitting at a rooftop restaurant at night, holding a fork with a slice of cake on a table.

Girl with light blue double bun hair wearing a red leaf print crop top and skirt, sitting playfully on a green gradient background, holding a large wooden hammer.

Side view of an ancient warrior wearing battle-damaged Greek armor including a Corinthian plumed helmet, cuirass, gauntlets, and greaves, posed heroically looking down against a gradient background.

Muscular male with short spiked black hair, scar across one eye, wearing a sleeveless black hoodie with ripped sleeves and bandaged hands standing in a neon-lit misty alley at night.

Recommended Prompts

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, light rays, dynamic angle, 1girl, mist, backlighting, partially illuminated, Intricately designed, Mysterious Shadows, volumetric lighting, photorealistic, dramatic shadows, cinematic lighting, light particles, 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, simple background

Recommended Parameters

samplers

Euler a

steps

cfg

4.5 - 6

clip skip

resolution

832x1216

other models

BetterDaysILXL_v01_BAKED-VAE (1f5501b2c562)

Tips

Use batch count 4-20 for better throughput or 1 if impatient

Feel free to experiment with settings

Use face detailer and watermark removal for improved output quality

Version Highlights

i wanted to try a slightly different style. however, the focus on strong lighting and volumetrics remain

stronger lighting. try things like "mist," or "fog," for some neat results
in testing, it seems to have a wider color range. more vibrant outputs, unless you prompt accordingly.

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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,