526Mix-AnimeMac

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Image examples on CivitAI: https://civitai.com/posts/127435

An alternate upload of 526Mix-AnimeMac, a Stable Diffusion 1.5 model based on 526Mix and Macaron Mix by Nerfgun3. The model tries to transfer the whimiscal and artistic personality of 526Mix into an anime form.

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USAGE TIPS

bad-artist (the base version, not the anime version) negative embedding recommended. To lean output more towards an anime style rather than semi-realistic, type anime in your prompt. I don't use any other negative embeddings and try to limit their use as much as possible, as they reduce model expressiveness. Since anime does ground the wacky things you can make a bit, said wacky things in your prompts may need extra weighting to come out in flying colors.

Background

The goal of this model was to bring 526Mix's whimsical and artistic personality into anime (even though 526Mix can do a pretty cool anime style, it can be a bit finicky and likes giving people red/orange eyes all the time).

I'm not big on anime myself, so this was more of an experiment, but this model seems to be just as capable as I'd want it to be if I were an avid anime enjoyer. If you liked 526Mix's variety and personality (and cozy interior design), and also like anime, you'll probably have fun with this.

This model is a straightforward mix of 526Mix-V1.3.5, and Nerfgun3's Macaron Mix, the latter having had the noise offset added at 0.70 multiplier. This is done with a weighted sum at a 40:60 ratio. I always like Nerfgun3's art and embeddings, so I felt I could trust that model to be fairly in line with my own creative desires and expectations.

As always, I suggest going to the source models for the full experience, and Nerfgun3's Macaron Mix and Newartmodel aren't exceptions here.

This model has a baked Waifu Diffusion 1.4 VAE, same as 526Mix. No-bake version to follow.