demoA Story of Detours and Focus.My journey, guided by my AI technical advisor, 'dot robot', began with an ambitious goal: to create the ultimate anime model by merging various models I love. However, after numerous unsatisfactory merging experiments, I realized that simple blending couldn't forge the unique, soulful identity I was aiming for.Ultimately, I made a crucial strategic shift: from a 'Fusion Artist' to a 'Specialist Trainer'. I decided to stop pursuing breadth and instead seek depth. I set my sights on a model I believed had excellent potential—Hassaku v1.3 Style A—and performed a fine-tuning on it.For anyone interested, the entire thought process and project settings are documented in this log: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/articles/17258/dot-anime-project-core-settings-v11-update">Dot Anime Project Core Settings - v1.1 Update</a>Core Philosophy: Focus and RefinementThe core of <code>Dot Anime</code> is the fine-tuning of a solid foundation. My goals are:<ol><li>Inherit and Enhance: To fully inherit the excellent qualities and anime style of the base model.</li><li>Inject a Soul: To imprint my desired 'manga feel, crayon texture, and cel-shading style' more precisely through fine-tuning, creating <code>Dot Anime</code>'s unique artistic signature.</li><li>Stylistic Plasticity: The model retains a high degree of flexibility. You can guide it towards different artistic styles with precise prompts.</li></ol>Recommended Settings<ul><li>Steps: 25-40 (I personally prefer 35 steps for richer detail)</li><li>CFG Scale: 3-5 (A lower CFG can yield a softer, more painterly style)</li><li>Sampler: <code>dpmpp_2m</code></li><li>Scheduler: <code>sgm_uniform</code></li><li>Resolution: 1024x1024 or other aspect ratios with an equivalent pixel count is recommended.</li></ul>Prompting AdviceNote: This version may occasionally generate watermarks. To prevent this, it is highly recommended to include <code>watermark</code> in your negative prompt.For best results, it's recommended to use basic quality tags.<ul><li>Recommended Positive: <code>masterpiece, best quality, highres</code></li><li>Recommended Negative: <code>(worst quality, low quality, normal quality:1.4), blurry, watermark</code></li></ul>Future PlansThis is just the first step. In future versions, I will conduct deeper training based on community feedback and explore more possibilities.Prompting AdviceNote: This version may occasionally generate watermarks. To prevent this, it is highly recommended to include <code>watermark</code> in your negative prompt.For best results, it's recommended to use basic quality tags.<ul><li>Recommended Positive: <code>masterpiece, best quality, highres</code></li><li>Recommended Negative: <code>(worst quality, low quality, normal quality:1.4), blurry, watermark</code></li></ul>Hires. Fix / Upscaling AdviceUpscaler: I recommend using <a rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/116225/4x-ultrasharp">4x-Ultrasharp</a><ul><li>Denoising strength: Set this to a range of 0.1 - 0.25.</li><li>Key Tip: A lower denoising strength is crucial for preserving and stabilizing the original line art when upscaling. This helps to avoid blurring the image or causing unwanted stylistic shifts.</li></ul>License &amp; UseThis model is fine-tuned from <code>Hassaku</code> and therefore fully inherits its license agreement.All <code>Dot Anime</code> models use the <code>Fair AI Public License 1.0-SD</code> （<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://freedevproject.org/faipl-1.0-sd/">https://freedevproject.org/faipl-1.0-sd/</a>）.Thank you to every creator who downloads and tries <code>Dot Anime</code>. I look forward to seeing your amazing creations

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Recommended Settings<ul><li>Steps: 25-40 (I personally prefer 35 steps for richer detail)</li><li>CFG Scale: 3-5 (A lower CFG can yield a softer, more painterly style)</li><li>Sampler: <code>dpmpp_2m</code></li></ul>Scheduler: <code>sgm_uniform</code>

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