Krueger Caricature art style XL v1.0

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Introducing the Sebastian Krüger Art Style for SDXL 1.0 Experience the iconic artistry of Sebastian Krüger, a renowned German artist celebrated for his captivating caricatures and hyperrealistic portraits. Krüger's distinctive approach involves skillfully exaggerating details in his depictions of celebrities, capturing their essence while infusing a touch of surrealism. By manipulating proportions and expressions with finesse, he crafts larger-than-life interpretations that both celebrate and satirize his subjects, often drawn from the vibrant realm of pop culture. The artistic journey, however, isn't without its challenges.Diffusers obviously can't understand a persons personality and to create a caricature becomes a task of trial and error combined with prompting and seed surfing. This version 1.0, represents my initial exploration into the realm of training a LORA. While it might not be flawless, I hope it offers an enjoyable outlet for personal amusement. In my usage, I've found a weight of approximately 1 to be effective, although you may need to fine-tune it based on prompt complexity. A clip skip value of 1 was applied to the images shared on this page, and mostly CFG 7 normallly gave me decent results. The main trigger word is kru3ger_style. As I continue to explore the capabilities of this Lora, I invite you to review the prompts I've used for the images I've posted. Additionally, your contributions and prompts shared here will provide valuable insights into effective interactions. Personally in my testing i get good results for portraits with 3:4 ratio (1024*1365). I will post 3 example images with the same prompt & seed in this gallery to demonstrate the difference it makes in style when used with that aspect ratio,(1) with and (2) without trigger word, (3) one vanilla one It's important to note that my creation of this Lora was fueled purely by admiration, devoid of any commercial intent. For those captivated by this unique art style, I encourage you to explore Sebastian Krüger's official channels and consider acquiring pieces from this remarkable artist. If you're brimming with ideas for future projects, I welcome your input! Dive into the enchanting realm of this remarkable technology, experiment with its potential, and remember to share your outstanding creations for all to enjoy. Your feedback is invaluable, so if you find this tool beneficial, don't hesitate to leave a review and showcase your captivating works of art!

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kru3ger_style

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Krueger Caricature art style XL v1.0 Popularity Trend

Heat score, last 12 months

Heat score

7,777°

This week

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0.0%

7,779° then, 7,777° now

This month

▬

0.0%

7,785° then, 7,777° now

Past year

n/a

Wasn't released/tracked

7,000°

Floor

The scale runs from 0° to 9,999°. Everything below 7,000° is kept for models no source reports on yet, which carry a stand-in number there so lists stay complete. 7,000° is where measured data begins: a model with real data but almost no downloads sits at the floor, and the measurements fill the degrees above it. The floor says nothing about the model; only the degrees above it do, and they are what separates one model from another.

+942°

Civitai downloads

1,375 downloads of this exact version on Civitai. Downloads are the heaviest ingredient and are counted on a log scale: ten times the downloads adds the same 300°, so a model with a million downloads is not a thousand times hotter than one with a thousand. The six download sources share that one term, split between them in proportion to their counts.

+332°

Likes

163 likes and thumbs up across the sources. A like weighs half a download, on the same log scale.

−497°

Age

−497° because the SDXL weights came out in 2023. Every model inherits the age of the weights it is built on: 150° a year, up to 750°, and it keeps growing until then. Without it the top of the list would be 2022 and 2023 checkpoints on the strength of downloads that had years to pile up.

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Every number on this site can be checked. This model's heat score is 7,777°, and here it is built one ingredient at a time, with the running total after each: the floor, the degrees each source adds, the bonus for the kind of model and what the age of its weights takes away. The colors are the bands of the chart above. The glossary at the end defines every term.

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Start at the floor.
Why 7,000° and not zero: the scale runs from 0° to 9,999°, and the part below 7,000° is reserved for models no source reports on yet, which carry a stand-in number there so the lists stay complete and never outrank a model with data. 7,000° is where measured data begins. A model with real data but almost no downloads sits here; everything that follows is measurement, and the room above the floor holds ten tenfold steps in downloads at 300° each. The floor is the same for every model, so it decides nothing; the degrees above it do.
7,000°
running total
2
Add the downloads.
1,375 download-equivalents in all, from Civitai downloads. Ten times the downloads adds the same 300°, so size matters but never runs away with the score.
+942°
7,942°
running total
3
Add the likes.
163 likes and thumbs up, at half the weight of a download.
+332°
8,274°
running total
4
Take off the age.
The SDXL weights came out in 2023: 150° a year, up to 750°, growing until then.
−497°
7,777°
running total
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The heat score.
Where this model stands on every list of this site. Nothing else adjusts it.
7,777°

Glossary: the terms used here

Heat score: One number for how much a model is used and wanted right now, from 0° to 9,999°. Every list on this site that says hottest is sorted by it and nothing else.
Floor: The 7,000° every model with real data starts from. The scale runs from 0° to 9,999°; the part below the floor is reserved for stand-ins (models without data), so that a model with data always ranks above one without. The floor is the same for everyone and decides nothing; the degrees above it are the measurement.
Download-equivalents: Everything the score treats as a download, added up: downloads themselves, each torrent seeder as 1,000, each AI Horde image and each run on a generation site as one.
Log scale: Counting by tens, not by ones: going from 1,000 to 10,000 downloads adds the same degrees as going from 10,000 to 100,000. It keeps giants from crowding out everything else.
Likes: Thumbs up and likes from every source, worth half a download each on the log scale.
Adoption rate: How many downloads a day a model gets right now, from the difference between two readings of a source. A quarter of the weight of the download term.
Measured and estimated: Measured means two readings of a source exist and the difference is real. Estimated means only today's total is known and the past is spread over the model's life; the site says which one it is showing.
Seeder: Someone who keeps a copy of the weights online for others to download over a torrent, or a hosted mirror doing the same. Each one counts as 1,000 downloads.
AI Horde: A volunteer network that generates images for free on donated computers. The number of images it has made with a model is public, and each counts as one download.
Generation sites: Sites that host their own copies of a model and let people generate with it, such as PixAI, SeaArt and Yodayo. Their downloads count like Civitai's and each generation run as one download.
OpenRouter tokens: A text model served through an API, such as Claude or GPT, has no weights to download, so its usage is measured in tokens: the pieces of text it read and wrote through OpenRouter, a gateway many apps use, over the last 30 days. Every 10,000,000 tokens count as one download. Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), CC BY 4.0.
Full model (checkpoint): The weights themselves, the file that generates on its own. It gets a bonus because add-ons depend on it.
LoRA and embedding: Small add-on files that steer someone else's weights toward a style, a character or a concept. They cannot run alone.
Family and weights: The base a model is built on, such as SD 1.5, SDXL, Flux or Wan. Every model inherits the release date of its family's weights.
Age: Degrees taken off for how long ago the family's weights came out: 150° a year, up to 750°. It keeps old downloads that had years to pile up from freezing the top of the list.
Family boost: A small, bounded nudge for LoRAs of a family this site is pushing forward right now, always listed in the breakdown.
Stand-in score: A stable number below the floor given to a model no source reports on yet, so lists stay complete. It never ranks above a model with data.
New! (grace period): A model less than 7 days old shows New! instead of a score and holds no place in the rankings. Its score is computed from day one, but a model one day old grows faster than anything, so without the wait the week's #1 would always be whatever came out yesterday rather than what held up for a week.
Trend: How a model's growth over a period compares with the typical model's growth over the same period. Faster than typical reads as a rise, slower as a fall.
Typical model: The middle of the catalog: half the models with a figure grew faster over the period, half slower.

How this model's popularity has moved against the rest of the catalog: its growth in downloads, likes and usage over each period, measured against the typical model's growth over the same period, with its heat score at the time. Above the typical growth reads as a rise, below it as a fall. The past is reconstructed from today's totals, the model's first day and its measured download speed where two readings exist; a model that did not exist at the start of a period shows n/a.

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896x1195

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kru3ger_style, (masterpiece:1.2) ,12 mm, digital art, soft focus of a Biomorphic portly (Severus Snape:1.1) eating youkan, [Baroque|Shabby Chic] hair styled as Knottty, soft focus, Happy, unreal engine, (cgtalk:1.2) , (desaturated:1.2) ,8k <lora:sebastiankrueger-kru3ger_style-000007:1>

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4103312627

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1536x1024

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kru3ger_style . (Popeye:1.3) , octane render, angle from below of a [Foul:Adorable:9] Shabby stout (Uncle:1.3) , Inquisitor, concept art, Autochrome, sgraffito, Colorful outlines, Concept Art World, highly detailed, cinematic shot photo taken by ARRI, photo taken by sony, photo taken by canon, photo taken by nikon, photo taken by sony, photo taken by hasselblad incredibly detailed, sharpen, details professional lighting, photography lighting 50mm, 80mm, 100m lightroom gallery behance photographys unsplash <lora:sebastiankrueger-kru3ger_style-000007:1>

Negative prompt

panels, camera, cameras, lens, contact sheet, collage, crops, frames, boxes, lines, crop, split, split image, multiple images, split screen, split photo, two photos, text, blocks, jpeg, jpg, watermark, illustration, cgi, rendered, painting, comic book, drawing, mangled hands, comicbook

Render by gonzo on

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1544812556

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1024x1365

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kru3ger_style, (masterpiece:1.2) ,portrait, digital art,close up of a Stressed Robin Williams, Artisanal hairstyle, soft focus, Shameful, Motion blur, Oversaturated, (cgtalk:1.2) , (desaturated:1.2) ,8k <lora:sebastiankrueger-kru3ger_style-000008:0.75>

Negative prompt

(grainy, blurry), (double frame, cropped, out of frame:2),(simple picture), (worst quality:1.6), (low quality:1.6), (normal quality:1.6), lowres, bad hands, vaginas in breasts, multiple eyebrow, (cropped), oversaturated, extra limb, missing limbs, deformed hands, ,(bad hands), signature, watermark, username, artist name, conjoined fingers, deformed fingers, error, painting by bad-artist,(high pass:1.1)

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440538557

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832x1280

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trippy kruger style, kru3ger_style <lora:kru3ger_caricature_style_v1.0:1.0> caricature of Hunter S. Thompson

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