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About This Model
STABLE DIFFUSION 1.5 · Base Models
Dreamshaper 8 by Lykon is one of the most popular base models for illustrations and art. This update includes better support for character LoRAs, better photorealism, can still handle anime, and better NSFW
Creator notes
DreamShaper - V∞!
Please check out my other , including SDXL ones!
Check the version description below (bottom right) for more info and add a ❤️ to receive future updates.
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For LCM read the version description.
Available on the following websites with GPU acceleration:
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New Negative Embedding for this: .
Message from the author
Hello hello, my fellow AI Art lovers. Version 8 just released. Did you like the cover with the ∞ symbol? This version holds a special meaning for me.
DreamShaper started as a model to have an alternative to MidJourney in the open source world. I didn't like how MJ was handled back when I started and how closed it was and still is, as well as the lack of freedom it gives to users compared to SD. Look at all the tools we have now from TIs to LoRA, from ControlNet to Latent Couple. We can do anything. The purpose of DreamShaper has always been to make "a better Stable Diffusion", a model capable of doing everything on its own, to weave dreams.
With SDXL (and, of course, DreamShaper XL 😉) just released, I think the "swiss knife" type of model is closer then ever. That model architecture is big and heavy enough to accomplish that the pretty easily. But what about all the resources built on top of SD1.5? Or all the users that don't have 10GB of vram? It might just be a bit too early to let go of DreamShaper.
Not before one. Last. Push.
And here it is, I hope you enjoy. And thank you for all the support you've given me in the recent months.
PS: the primary goal is still towards art and illustrations. Being good at everything comes second.
Suggested settings:
- I had CLIP skip 2 on some pics, the model works with that too.
- I have ENSD set to 31337, in case you need to reproduce some results, but it doesn't guarantee it.
- All of them had highres.fix or img2img at higher resolution. Some even have ADetailer. Careful with that tho, as it tends to make all faces look the same.
- I don't use "restore faces".
For old versions:
- Versions >4 require no LoRA for anime style. For version 3 I suggest to use one of these LoRA networks at 0.35 weight:
-- (the girls with glasses or if it says wanostyle)
-- (if it says mksk style)
-- (not used for any example but works great).
LCM
Being a distilled model it has lower quality compared to the base one. However it's MUCH faster and perfect for video and real time applications.
Use it with 5-15 steps, ~2 cfg. IT WORKS ONLY WITH LCM SAMPLER (as of December 2023, Auto1111 requires an external plugin for it).
Comparison with V7 LCM
NOTES
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Version 8 focuses on improving what V7 started. Might be harder to do photorealism compared to realism focused models, as it might be hard to do anime compared to anime focused models, but it can do both pretty well if you're skilled enough. Check the examples!
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Version 7 improves lora support, NSFW and realism. If you're interested in "absolute" realism, try .
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Version 6 adds more lora support and more style in general. It should also be better at generating directly at 1024 height (but be careful with it). 6.x are all improvements.
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Version 5 is the best at photorealism and has noise offset.
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Version 4 is much better with anime (can do them with no LoRA) and booru tags. IT might be harder to control if you're used to caption style, so you might still want to use version 3.31.
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V4 is also better with eyes at lower resolutions. Overall is like a "fix" of V3 and shouldn't be too much different.
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Results of version 3.32 "clip fix" will vary from the examples (produced on 3.31, which I personally prefer).
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I get no money from any generative service, but you can buy me a coffee.
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You should use 3.32 for mixing, so the clip error doesn't spread.
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Inpainting models are only for inpaint and outpaint, not txt2img or mixing.
Original v1 description:
After a lot of tests I'm finally releasing my mix model. This started as a model to make good portraits that do not look like cg or photos with heavy filters, but more like actual paintings. The result is a model capable of doing portraits like I wanted, but also great backgrounds and anime-style characters. Below you can find some suggestions, including LoRA networks to make anime style images.
I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do.
Official HF repository:
SHA256
879DB523C30D3B9017143D56705015E15A2CB5628762C11D086FED9538ABD7FD
ModelTrends.ai Model ID
#6659
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Example renders
Prompts and settings shared by the people who made these renders on Civitai. Pick a render to see how it was made.
Settings
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras
Steps
25
Guidance
7
Seed
746810293
Size
512x768
Clip skip
2
Prompt
score_9, score_8_up,score_7_up, score_6_up, score_5_up, score_4_up, detailed background, hiker standing over edge, standing on the side of a mountain, mountainrange, looking into distance, from the back, landscape, "looking for buzz" text above monkey
Negative prompt
distortion, score_6_up, score_5_up, score_4_up,
Settings
Sampler
Euler a
Steps
27
Guidance
4
Size
768x768
Clip skip
2
Weight used
1
Prompt
potato robot assembly line, massive lego-built factory where potatoes are peeled, mashed, and shaped into mechanical bots, steam-powered mash press, conveyor belts transporting skins, red-hot gravy pipes overhead, robotic arms assembling figures with carrot bolts and pea eyes, comically industrial atmosphere, factory floor in warm tones, blend of toy-scale proportions with large mechanical logic, humorous chaos, overhead view of organized food industry madness, contrast of soft ingredients and hard structure, playful absurdity, (M.A.S.H., Lego)
Negative prompt
nudity, plastic skin, anime eyes, human characters, muscle tone, semi-realistic bodies, smooth surfaces, shiny materials, over-rendered lighting, cinematic bloom, photorealism, detailed human anatomy, provocative themes, lens flares, sweat rendering, anatomical focus, hyperreal detail
Settings
Sampler
Euler a
Steps
27
Guidance
4
Size
768x768
Clip skip
2
Weight used
1
Prompt
lego trench filled with mashed potatoes, battlefield of food toys, little potato soldiers launching butter bombs, gravy rivers flowing through craters, lego tanks with scoop wheels, clouds shaped like steam, cinematic dusk lighting, bittersweet nostalgic tone, fusion of childhood imagination and wartime parody, absurd historical reenactment, potato skins as camouflage, blocky structures crumbling into creamy rubble, toy realism, (M.A.S.H., Lego)
Negative prompt
nudity, anime proportions, plastic aesthetic, shiny skin, exaggerated anatomy, emotional expression, dramatic shading, hypersexual elements, visible muscles, digital sheen, close-up realism, hyper-detail of skin, CGI smoothness, explicit focus, filmic glow
Settings
Sampler
Euler a
Steps
10
Guidance
1
Seed
1184656305
Size
512x768
Clip skip
2
Prompt
<lora:Calligraphy-ink-style-darquelilly-v1:1> calligraphyinkstyle, red color, circle shape, monk temple, top of mountain, snow, sun
Negative prompt
simultaneous,bad anatomy, low-res, (watermarks:1.2), username, paintings, sketches, (worst quality:2), (low quality:2), (normal quality:2),bad anatomy, low-res, animal tail, anime, yellow light, canvas frame, ((disfigured)), ((bad art)), ((deformed)),, wierd colors, blurry, (((duplicate))), ((morbid)), ((mutilated)), [out of frame], signature, watermarks,paintings in the background, thunder, thunderstorms
Settings
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras
Steps
20
Guidance
7
Seed
455859946
Size
512x768
Clip skip
2
Prompt
beautiful colorful fantasy world with fairies and dragons, ((masterpiece)), ((best quality)), 8k, high texture resolution,
Negative prompt
worst quality, normal quality, low quality, blurry, blurred,jpeg artifacts,((monochrome)), ((grayscale)), error,poor effort,unsharp,bad composition, ugly from far away, ugly, lowres, signature, watermark, url, website, username, patreon username, writing, text, letters, logo, out of frame, grainy, noisy, draft,
Settings
Sampler
LCM
Steps
6
Guidance
1
Seed
268708332
Size
512x768
Clip skip
2
Prompt
white saber-tooth tiger, red eyes, albino, large canines
Settings
Sampler
DPM++ 2M
Steps
30
Guidance
7
Seed
983521761
Size
512x768
Clip skip
2
Prompt
((masterpiece, best quality)), illustration, graphic novel, science fiction, horror, fantasy, portrait of an alien creature, galactic night sky background,
<lora:tbh295-:0.7> style of H.R. Giger,
<lora:XenomorphDNA:0.9> xenomorphdna,
Negative prompt
lowres,bad anatomy,bad hands,text,error,missing fingers,extra digit,fewer digits,cropped,worst quality,low quality,normal quality,jpeg artifacts,signature,watermark,username,blurry,nsfw,
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