Creator: https://civitai.com/user/ElectricDreams
About this version
It's the first Illustrious version. It's obviously more focused in illustrations and cartoons and while it's less photorealistic than its counterpart, EHxl 5.0, it produces very interesting aesthetics with a lot of drama or extra flavour. See the gallery. All in all, I think It's a very interesting alternative to the XL version. The more choices the better.
Recommended settings with DMD2 lora:
Sampler : LCM
CFG : 1-1.3 (recommended is 1)
Steps : 8 - 12 steps
Clip : 2
VAE is bundled in, you don't need to download anything else.
Normal Recommended Settings:
Sampler : DPM++ 2M SDE Karras
VAE : is already Baked In
Steps: 30+ Steps
CFG: 3-5
Clip : 2