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Darker Than Dark - Illustrious

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Anime girl with white hair in a yellow Pikachu cosplay hoodie with ears and tail, standing confidently against a black background with volumetric lighting.
A dark, cosmic-themed female figure with glowing blue and purple hair, luminous celestial wings, and golden accessories set against a starry void background.
A fiery haired FireGenasi fantasy character with pointed ears and amber skin kneeling in a medieval tavern with dynamic lighting and rustic wooden interiors.
Androgynous figure with black skin and black-blue starry hair wearing circular glasses and a midnight blue starry robe, reading a glowing magic book under a starry night sky with a mountainous horizon.
A female character with multicolored eyes and complex holographic horns, dressed in a shiny form-fitting outfit with gradient colors, illuminated by volumetric lighting against a dark background.

Recommended Prompts

dark,night,day

masterpiece, dark, long hair, red eyes, seductive smile

Recommended Negative Prompts

[worst quality, bad quality, infant, :4] [artist name, :0.2]

Recommended Parameters

samplers

Euler a

steps

30

cfg

5

resolution

992x1456, 832x1216

vae

sdxl_vae.safetensors

other models

DarkerThanDarkIllustriousV0.2-08(noise0.1) (8121d1f1f97e), Illustrious-XL-v0.1 (3e15ba0038), NoctFlatStyleIllustriousV0.5-09 (cf090682cb9a), ObsidianIllustriousV0.1.3 (e7fc9e2dd0), ObsidianIllustriousV0.1.2 (551cc2adbd), olympusXL_v30 (2786d76b48)

Recommended Hires (High-Resolution) Parameters

upscaler

4x_foolhardy_Remacri

upscale

1.2 - 1.5

steps

10 - 15

denoising strength

0.35

Tips

Use strength at 0.5 but increase if more darkness is desired.

Black background might help sometimes but keeping it simple is advised.

Works well with base Pony/Illustrious models, less so with other merges.

Supports use of tags: dark, night, day.

Creator Sponsors

You can also support me on Patreon or DeviantArt

All pics used the extension adetailer on A1111 for the face

A lora that add darkness or contrast.

I recommend using strength at 0.5 but you can increase it if you want more darkness.

You can play with the tags dark, night, day.

Black background might help sometime but may keep it simple.

Working well on base Pony/Illustrious but might not with other merges.

Dataset is mostly anime pics.

You can also support me on Patreon or DeviantArt

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Model Details

Model type

LORA

Base model

Illustrious

Model version

Illustrious

Model hash

692bd4f9ae

Creator

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Images by Darker Than Dark - Illustrious

concept Images

dark Images

darkness Images

night Images