WaiSnackMix (Wai + Nova + Strange) by MGHerder - v1.0 | Illustrious Checkpoint | Civitai

Positive Prompt (slightly adds detail/refinement/shading quality, purely optional)

masterpiece, amazing quality, best quality, ultra-detailed,

Replace with the following for a slight adjustment to toon style

toon style,

Other tags that affect generation, albeit slightly:

anime style, retro style, kawaii style

Tags that will profoundly alter the style, if used all together:

vibrant hues, dynamic pose, blue palette, realistic, abstract background,

Generation Settings

EulerA, Simple or Karras - works great

CFG 5

Steps: 25-35 DPM++SDE with Karras-

CFG 2-6 (yes, 2 is perfectly fine, maybe better, 1 is 40% faster and comprehends prompts but sepia tones creep in)

Steps: 25-35

CFG at 3 or higher tends to give that bright, anime look but shading can suffer, especially if you want a scene of evening romance in the bedroom.

You can also experiment with lightning generations, slightly lower quality but iteration rate increases by 200% and you need fewer, resulting in generations only taking 3-5 seconds:

Euler A / Simple

8 Steps

CFG ~1.5

I'm curious to hear what you have to say about these settings, if people insist on CFG 1, I don't see how those outputs are acceptable with this checkpoint, fast or not if it looks all faded and sepia it's a no-go.

The following settings work great, phenomenal, but do not combine with the SDXL lightning lora, don't even try.

exp_heun_2_x0_sde

exponential

20 steps

CFG 3

There are so many tags that it responds to, I can't possibly hope to begin, just grab your favorite tag reference and go for it.