To be honest I didn't expect to update this quickly but I can't resist NoobAI's updated datasets. Artist tags also performs much better with less dependent on emphasis to achieve a desired effect. Overall it is an improvement of the already great model, Illustrous XL.

Tips for artist styles / characters

Similar to ILXL, just add in the artist or character tags and that's it. If you're not sure what to write for the tags, just search it on danbooru or here. See sample images for examples on how to prompt the tags..

My Settings

Sampling Method: - Euler a (less detailed and smoother textures)
                 - DPM++ 2M (more detailed lines and textures)
Sampling Steps: 25+
Upscaler: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k / Remacri
CFG Scale: 3 - 5
Clip Skip: 2

Positive Prompt:

very awa, masterpiece, best quality, absurdres, newest, perfect quality, detailed background, intricate details

Negative Prompt:

lowres, worst quality, bad quality, bad anatomy, signature, username, logo, watermark, artist name, old, bad hands

Illustrious ver.

About

Personally I still prefer the default style of the Pony version but the prompt adherence and style flexibility of the Illustrious XL is just too good to pass up. Prompting and tagging is also a lot easier than the pony version from what I've tested. I tried to replicate the look of the Pony version but there's just too much artist styles for me to do anything without messing with the overall quality, oh well..

Tips for artist styles / characters

Illustrious is a fine-tuned model trained on Danbooru datasets, so there are a lot of data on various artist's styles and characters. So you can prompt a specific style or characters without the need of loras as long as they have substantial amount of dataset on Danbooru and are not too recent. See sample images for examples on how to prompt styles..

My Settings

Sampling Method: Euler a, DPM++ 2M / DPM++ 3M SDE
Sampling Steps: 25+
Upscaler: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k / Remacri
CFG Scale: 3 - 6
Clip Skip: 2

Positive Prompt:

masterpiece, best quality, absurdres, newest, perfect quality, best quality, absolutely eye-catching, detailed background, intricate details

Negative Prompt:

lowres, worst quality, bad quality, bad anatomy, sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, artist name, old

Pony ver.

About

Just like with my HomoSimile model, I'm trying to get that specific look that's between 'anime' and 'western art'. I went a bit easy with the LORAs to ensure better compatibility with other styles. So if you want to use a specific artist's styles it wont diminish the results.

My Settings

Sampling Method: DPM++ 2M / DPM++ 3M SDE
Sampling Steps: 30+
Upscaler: 4x_NMKD-Siax_200k / Remacri
CFG Scale: 4 - 6
Clip Skip: 2

Positive Prompt:

score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, highly detailed, intricate details, detailed background

Negative Prompt:

score_6, score_5, score_4, score_3, score_2, score_1, low quality, deformed, bad hands, watermark