This checkpoint merge is particuarly good for:

stylized anime
illustration styles
2D, 2.5D
NSFW

This merge is not designed for creating NSFW and in general do not produce unsafe images unless you deliberately prompt for them.

Prompting:

Here are some suggested keywords to use in prompts for these models:

Semi-Realistic Style

2.5D, semi-realistic,
highest quality, detailed,
depth of field, natural blur, bokeh, HDR,

Anime Style (ComfyrollAnime)

2D, 2.5D,
anime line-art, illustration,

Illustration Styles

2D, 2.5D,
detailed concept drawing, illustration, line-art, stylized,

Lighting

subsurface scattering, chromatic lighting,
neon lighting, moody lighting, cinematic lighting,
Color
- colorized, flat colors, limited color palette

Camera

from-above, from-below, from-side, from-behind,
portrait, cowboy-shot, close-up, long-shot,

Recommended settings (Comfy):

Sampler: dpmpp_2m karras, uni_pc normal
Steps: 10 steps for a contrasty manga-style look and 30+ steps for a smoother look
Clip Skip: both -1 and -2 both work well, -2 provides a good semi-realistic look, -1 is great for anime and illustration styles
Img2Img Denoise: usually between 0.85 to 0.95 (lower values are good for illustration styles)
VAE: vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned (the models do not currently have baked VAE, so you will need a VAE loader node in your workflows)

These models work best when combined with noise masks in Img2Img or ControlNet. Please see the Comfyroll Template Workflows for examples of how to use noise. Recommended noise patterns include white noise, pink noise, dissolve noise and perlin noise.

Recommended settings (Auto 1111):

Hires fix is strongly recommended
Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, UniPC,
Steps: 20, Hires 30
Clip Skip: -2
VAE: vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned