Welcome Back Master!
Today I'm going to Talk about the Big Anima! Yep, You heard me right! Anima!
Where to start? Yeah, I think it's 100 Percent better than Illustrious, Had TOO Much fun with it That I forgot to Generate some Illustrious Shinymas 8 girls Series because of it, Especially with a Style Combo that I liked-
The Guide?
Speaking of Style combos, The Best way to Mix styles on Anima is Using this format @[] and Separating artists with | like this for example: @[artist1|artist2|artist3|artist4], Weighting is Possible with that one, Like this: @[artist1:4|artist2:3|artist3:2|artist4:1] for example, The Traditional @artist1, @artist2, etc might work as well if you don't use weighting, Still prefer the former way(Haven't tested it for no weighting mixing)
As for prompting, Tags might do the Job most of the Times, But if you want to Prompt multiple Characters in the same Scene or want to be more specific(or for complex stuff) then Natural Language is your best friend, I find that a Mix of Both NL And Tags is a Great Middle ground esp for some complex stuff, Multiple Character prompting is still not the best sometimes and might be a hit or miss Sometimes (Atleast in my testing, maybe I should use more techniques)
Multiple Character Prompting works, But needs more Work, So I recommend the Hybrid Prompting method(Tags + NL)
Some Helpful Resources!
Animadex(For Characters and Artists) : https://animadex.net/ Credit: zetaneko on Github
Anima Style Explorer(OG, For Artists) : https://thetacursed.github.io/Anima-Style-Explorer/ Credit: Thetacursed on Github
Anima Style Explorer(Mooshieblob version, For artist Tags, I prefer this over the OG) : https://anima.mooshieblob.com/ Credit: Mooshieblob1 on Github
Booru Tag Gallery by Mexes(For Danbooru tags): https://booru-tag-gallery.vercel.app/ + Article: https://civitai.red/articles/18411/web-app-booru-tag-gallery Credit: @Mexes on Civitai
Booru Prompt Gallery by Mexes(Danbooru tags Prompts): https://booru-prompt-gallery.vercel.app/ or https://booru-prompt-gallery.netlify.app/ + Article: https://civitai.red/articles/28324/web-app-booru-prompt-gallery-update-v90 Credit: @Mexes on Civitai
Z-Tipo for Webuis(Natural Language and Tags, Has Requirements): https://github.com/KohakuBlueleaf/z-tipo-extension Credit: KohakuBlueleaf on Github
THE POLL IS HERE!:
Also Anima >>>>> Illustrious
Alright, Thanks for reading my Half Baked article, See you later!❤️
Edit: Updated some links
Another edit: Fixed some Misinfo, Thanks to this Article: https://civitai.red/articles/30800/anima-prompting-guide-goodbye-stable-diffusion-crutches


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