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  language:
  - en
  license: other
  thumbnail: "https://huggingface.co/ai-characters/Darkest-Diffusion/resolve/main/gandr-collage.jpg"
  tags:
  - stable-diffusion
  - text-to-image
  - image-to-image
  
  ---
  ### Darkest-Diffusion-v1.0
  
  #### Disclaimer
  
  **None of the images that were used to train this or any of my other models were created by me or are owned by me.** 
  
  If you are the owner of some of the images and would like them removed from the model, contact me (AIGeneratedCharacters@mailbox.org) and I will train a new version of the model in question without them included. The old model and dataset version will then be deleted. A public link to the dataset used for this model can be found down below on this page.
  
  #### Example generations (scroll down for the full prompt information of how these were generated)
  ![Thumbnail](https://huggingface.co/ai-characters/Darkest-Diffusion/resolve/main/gandr-collage.jpg)
  
  A free and open source Stable Diffusion model created by *AI-Characters*, trained on the artstyle of the game "**Darkest Dungeon**". The model was trained at a **512x512** resolution using **Stable Diffusion v1.5** as a base model. 
  
  Write "***in the artstyle of dd***" in your prompt to trigger the artstyle!
  
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  ## Recommended settings
  
  These are my recommended settings for quick high quality results. These are also the settings on which I tested the model.
  
  - Sampler: Euler_a
  
  - Steps: 20
  
  - CFG: 7
  
  - Resolution: 512x512, then rescaled to 1024x1024 using either high-res fix or Img2Img
  
  ## Tips and Tricks
  
  ###### I recommend using a UI that supports high-res fix, Img2Img, and negative prompts at the very least. Personally I use the "Automatic1111 WebUI".
  
  - **Rescale to a 1024x1024 resolution** using either Img2Img or high-res fix at a 0.5 denoising strength for much better, higher quality results.
  
  - Use "in the artstyle of dd" as a **negative prompt**, if you want to generate images that are closer to what the standard StableDiffusion model would generate. Be mindful however, that due to the nature of how this model was trained the output generated via this way will still look different from the original vanilla model.
  
  - Use "armor" and "medieval" as **negative prompts** to achieve more modern looking results. No guruantee that it will always work however. At times it may also reduce the output quality.
  
  - If you notice recurring elements in your outputs, such as every output image having sunglasses in it, make said recurring element a **negative prompt**. No guruantee that it will work.
  
  - Emphasize the artstyle like **(artstyle of dd:1.3)** to get the classic Darkest Dungeon style black eyes as can be seen in the image examples down below!
  
  ![Black Eyes](https://huggingface.co/ai-characters/Darkest-Diffusion/resolve/main/black%20eyes.jpg)
  
  - Change the wording of the prompt and use negative prompts to get more varied results! Compare the following two examples (prompts see in the prompt section):
  
  ![knight](https://huggingface.co/ai-characters/Darkest-Diffusion/resolve/main/grid-0083.png)
  
  ![varied knight](https://huggingface.co/ai-characters/Darkest-Diffusion/resolve/main/grid-0082.png)
  
  **But I much recommend doing an initial generation in the vanilla v1.5 Stable Diffusion model and then using Img2Img in my model to transfer the Darkest Dungeon artstyle to that initial generation to get more varied results instead, as one can get more varied outputs in the original v1.5 Stable Diffusion model!**
  
  See below for an example!
  
  ## Img2Img example
  
  Here is an example of how to do effective Img2Img with this model!
  
  First I did an initial Txt2Img generation in the vanilla v1.5 Stable Diffusion model with the following prompt:
  
  - Emma Watson wearing a Supergirl outfit and standing in a street in New York City
  Steps: 20, Sampler: Euler a, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 3210643789, Size: 512x512, Model hash: a2a802b2, Batch size: 2, Batch pos: 0
  
  ![example1](https://huggingface.co/ai-characters/Darkest-Diffusion/resolve/main/00364-3210643789-Emma%20Watson%20wearing%20a%20Supergirl%20outfit%20and%20standing%20in%20a%20street%20in%20New%20York%20City.png)
  
  I then switched models to my Darkest-Diffusion v1.0 model and did a first Img2Img pass at a 512x512 resolution with the f