Zonkey V5 - Baked from scratch edition
Started with all the ingredients of Zonkey V3 and DARE merged them all in random order at 6% each for 50 iterations. Added 12.5% halcyonSDXL_v17 and 5% bemypony_real. Back to original Pony CLIP, so it should train LoRAs better than v4. Brought the brightness back up, for a more neutral style, and reduced the noise from 4.2.
I recommend either not using score tags with this version, running them for an early fraction of steps, or placing them near the end of the prompt. They can help with composition, but they nudge the image towards anime style. 1girl has a similar effect, so leave it out if you don't need it. The hashed token negative I used with previous versions tends to break things now, so I've stopped using it as well.
Zonkey V4.2 - Double Check Your Work edition
The extra noisiness of 4.0 was due to an incorrect setting on one of my CLIP DARE merge nodes. Fixed that, and snuck in a little extra oneFORALLPonyFantasy_v20DPO into the CLIP. 4.2 improves clarity, and a standard number of steps can be used again. All example images(except for the first one) use the same generation data as the 4.0 images, except using 30 steps for both first pass and Hires fix, instead of 40-100. They aren't cherry picked, so there are a few glitches I normally would have left out, but I wanted to show a direct comparison.
Zonkey V4 - Beat to the Punch edition.
Was gonna make a model called Godiva, but the name got scooped. Oh well, this model kicks ass, whatever it's called. Very little character accuracy was sacrificed for the photorealism. The CLIP is now modified. I replaced ~50% ofthe original Pony CLIP with oneFORALLPonyFantasy_v20DPO's CLIP and another 25% with proteusRundiffusionDPO_truereversecubich. Added ~40% proteusRundiffusionDPO_truereversecubich, ~10% datassRev3Pony_rev3, and ~5% damnPonyxlRealistic_damnV20EXTREME to the UNET, V Gradient merged it back with Zonkey V3 and put ~25% enjoyXLSuperRealistic_v30ModifiedVersion in the out layer.
This model is stuffed with creativity. It can be a little noisy, use Euler a, for the Hi-Res fix, instead of a DPM++ sampler if it's too much, I think I found a good balance between noise and creativity. It likes lots of steps, I'd suggest at least 30-40, and Hi-res fix, but overall, the anatomy is more reliable than any previous version, so you shouldn't have as many wasted generations if you give it those extra steps.
Enjoy and get wierd with it. I like seeing all the things that get made with it, whatever it is, so don't be shy about posting.
Zonkey V3 - Mad Surgery edition.
Zonkey V2 got a DARE injection of a CosXL merge of Copax Timeless, Rundiffusion Proteus, Art Universe, Realistic Stock Photo, and People Photography, add difference, paired with DARE removal of Jibmix, AnimeBoys, ToonSphere3D and Animagine. Then it was all DARE merged back into original PonyDiffusion V6 XL.
V3 is more versatile than previous versions, capable of achieving both higher photorealism, and more toon-like styles, but it has to be prompted for. Using the terms "real", or "real life" near the beginning of the prompt, without score tags, can help achieve high levels of photorealism, with better faces, especially when weighted fairly heavily. Using score tags can improve overall aesthetics, but will reduce photorealism, and give faces more anime/cartoon-like shape.
Along with improvements to contrast and color range, Zonkey V3 includes the Blessed VAE to amplify the effect.
Zonkey V2 - Big Hairy Juggs edition.
New Masked DARE injection of Juggernaught X, SDXXXL, Bordello and Ratatoskr. U-Net renormalization relative to PonyDiffusionV6 XL.
Improved photorealism
Better lighting
Sharper detail
Higher background variety and detail
More vivid colors
Fewer artifacts
Better anatomy
Higher character accuracy
Furrier furries
Zonkey was created with the goal of bringing as much photorealism as possible to a Pony model, while attempting to retain its flexibility and prompting power. Like other Pony realism models, it can have problems with eyes when faces are relatively small, but Hires fix often improves them.
All posted images are DPM++ SDE Exponential, 30 steps, CFG 3.5-5.0, Hires Fix Latent(bicubic antialiased), 1.5 or 2x. It can be easier to get better poses with Euler a and DPM++ 2S a, but the detail isn't as high. No ADetailer was used, but it may be helpful in some cases. See posted images for suggested prompting style.
The following checkpoints were used:
Animagine XL v3.1
Art Universe SDXL v2.0
Bordello v1.6
CinematicRedmond v1.0
ChacolRealPonyMixXL (Asian Version) v3.0a
Copax TimeLessXL v11
FULLY_REAL_XL v9.0
Juggernaut XL v8
Pony Diffusion V6 XL
Ratatoskr v3.8
Realistic Freedom Wonderland
RealVisXL v4.0
RunBull_XL v0.4
RsmPornXL v0.81
SDXXXL v3.0
Virile XL v1.0
yudas_woman v3
ZavyChromaXL v6.0
Along with the following Loras:
BoringReality_faces v4
**** Productivity(multi-concepts) PP-21 v1
RMSDXL Photo XL v1.0
SDXL Offset Example Lora v1.0
Styles for Pony Diffusion V6 XL Photo v2
The Handsomizer v1.0(Pony Diffusion V6)
