Decided to share this merged comic book style model that I originally made just for myself. I have been trying to get a stable mix of different art models, and I feel like this is finally one of my best attempts so far!<h3 id="updates:-zpk82idm8">Updates:</h3><ul><li>v4: More consistent and less busy look, experimenting with some Lora merges for a flatter look</li><li>v3: Updated with better curated models and a more consistent look</li><li>v2: Merged with updated initial models, and added a wider variety of models for better styles</li></ul>Please do share your images, I am super excited to see them!<h3 id="good-to-knows-r6xkz4txa">Good-To-Knows</h3>Here are some thing to know/keep in mind about this model:<ul><li>You can get detailed images out of relatively short prompts (I'll keep updating the sample images as and when I try more stuff)</li><li>Works really well with embeddings like EasyNegative.</li><li>Sometimes has trouble with male bodies; adding feminine in negative prompts tends to help for that.</li><li>Model handles NSFW quite well imo, but do note that its not a dedicated nsfw model. So you might have better success for only nsfw prompts elsewhere.</li></ul><h3 id="reasoning-42av6kr6y">Reasoning</h3>I find myself coming back to this model a lot. While other comic models get the 'texture' of a page and lines better, I gravitate towards clean lines, flat areas, and visual fidelity a lot - the kind found in modern comic book workflows. I feel like this model does that quite well.I'm still quite new to the checkpoint game, having only trained a couple of loras and dreambooth checkpoints myself so far. I will be experimenting and hopefully versioning up this model as I find more stable and interesting models to incorporate!<h3 id="ingredients-fl4vddlmw">Ingredients</h3>Its a merge between <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/16164?modelVersionId=43844">ICoMix</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/16164?modelVersionId=43844">Babes</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/63920/occidentalmix">OccidentalMix,</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/86546/western-animation-diffusion">Western Animation Diffusion</a>, and a sprinking of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/24387/aniflatmix-anime-flat-color-style-mix">Aniflatmix</a> (overall I wanted something weighted towards non anime style faces). Additionally, I'm applying a LoRA that is this one very sensitive comic book style model that I have at extremely low weight (0.1).Actual merge board recipe for the checkpoint can be found in the model info with v2 onwards.Thanks to <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/lostdog/models">lostdog</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/alexds9/models">alexds9</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/SpicyTree/models">SpicyTree</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/Lykon/models">Lykon</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/duskfallcrew/models">Duskfallcrew</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/CyberAIchemist/models">CyberAlchemist</a> for their work on the initial models!If you like this, check out <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/MachineCode/models">my other models!</a>

MCBS - MachineCode's Comic Book Style

# Recipe = icomix_V05 + babes_31, 0.5, ckpt = O1 + occidentalmix_v30, 0.15, ckpt = O1 + westernAnimation_v1, 0.15, ckptMCBS_v4_base = O2 + O3, 0.5, ckptMCBS_v4_sauce = O4 + aniflatmixAnimeFlatColorStyle_v20 + v1-5-pruned-emaonly, 0.1, ckpt + Anythingv4 VAE

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