Akium Toon is a merge checkpoint built around a bold, western cartoon-inspired aesthetic, thick confident outlines, flat cel-shaded color fields, and strong light/shadow contrasts that give characters real weight and presence.
The style leans into a graphic, illustrative quality closer to western animation and comic art: expressive shading that reads clearly at a glance, vivid saturated palettes, and a visual language that holds up in both clean and atmospheric compositions. If you're looking for something that feels distinctly toon rather than anime, this is it.
📋 Usage Guidelines
✅ Merge Friendly — Free to use in your own personal merges and creative workflows.
❌ Commercial Restrictions — Do not resell this model or market direct merges of it as paid content.
🤝 Credit — Attribution is not mandatory but is always appreciated to help the community grow.
⚙️ Recommended Settings
Parameter | Setting
Clip Skip: 2
Sampler: Euler A
Steps: 20 - 35
CFG Scale: 6 - 8
Hires. Fix:
Upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B, 4x-AnimeSharp
Hires Steps: 10 - 20
Denoising Strength: 0.3 - 0.4