Ride My PONY - AniReal Edition

By pAInCREAT0R

Time to ride the PONY

This is one of three PONY checkpoint branches that I have been training and tweaking in my spare time. The AniReal Edition is the combination of the Anime Edition and the Real Edition. This lands it in a solid 3 dimensional render space that borders realism while retaining an anime aspect. This is actually my favorite aesthetic in the PONY space. Enjoy and post images if you create something remarkable.

Note on my PONY development:

I have been a slow adopter of PONY models. I have been dedicated to SDXL almost exclusively. Most of my posts are around "realistic" images. However, the overall prompt adherence, quality of hands, and persistence of the PONY community convinced me to explore this model type. (With extra incentive when the disappointing roll out of SD3 left me looking for another outlet to explore.) So I have developed three branches of PONY checkpoint development. Anime Edition is the first branch which is the most anime/cartoon influenced branch. I have a REAL Edition in development which is the most realistic. The third, AniReal Edition is a merge of these two that gives that semi-real animated look. The Anime Edition and the Real Edition are extremely distinct in their DNA from each other with only some of my shared training sets in common. Below is an illustration of how the models compare at this point in development:

Note: I am not releasing the REAL Edition at this time. It may be released at some point in the future. This is due to concerns over the use of realism models which prompted me to remove my realistic SDXL models.

This is NOT a lightning or hyper model. It performs best at 45-55 steps. CFG of 4 has worked best for me.

Disclaimer: This model is provided for educational purposes and for the advancement of AI art in general. The creator of this checkpoint assumes no responsibility or liability for the end user's outputs. Any illegal, unethical, or deep fake use of this model is the sole responsibility of the user engaged in those activities. The end user assumes all liabilities from use of the checkpoint.

No permissions are given for anyone to distribute this model on other sites. I do not give permission for it to be used on any image generation service other than CIVITAI.