Welcome!Spooky Season is upon us!  I put this together to build some spooky/scary/scarousing images for Halloween!  Using some of these tokens will help you get the most out of this merge:Spooky, dark atmosphere, horror, gothic, monster, Halloween If you haven't used my merges before, my focus has been creating models that I really like the style of "out of the box", without needing to tweak the visuals with tons of LoRA or TIs.  This model puts out some really nice looking 2d/2.5D images.  Please check out the resources linked in the Suggested section as well! All sample images were generated with no LoRA or TI.  I use Adetailer and Hires.fix on all of my gallery images.  Faces still generally look OK without Adetailer, but I recommend using it if possible.  I use face_yolov8s.pt for most of my uploads.  If you are new to Pony, here are some tips:Scoring - Use score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, score_6_up, score_5_up in your positive prompt instead of SD1.5/SDXL quality tags.  I have personally found that my images have much lower chance of frying if I keep the tokens below 200 (I usually shoot for under 150 when possible). My base negative prompt looks like this: score_1, score_2, score_3, score_4, score_5, score_6, watermark, text, signature, logo, monochrome, muscular, censored, ugly Or use Zovya's Tis that do this for you with fewer keystrokes:<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/332646/pony-pdxl-negative-embeddings">https://civarchive.com/models/332646/pony-pdxl-negative-embeddings</a> You can also use some of the baked in sources and content ratings  to control  the kind of output you get: Sources - 'source_pony', 'source_furry', 'source_cartoon' and 'source_anime'Ratings - 'rating_safe', 'rating_questionable' and 'rating_explicit'  My Usual Settings / Other Tested OptionsSampler -DPM++ 2M SDE Karras / Restart / Euler ASteps - 30--50 (30 for fast gens to test ideas, 50 for things I may save/post)Resolution -896x1152, 832x1216 (or flip for landscape) Hires.fix:Upscaler - Ultramix_balanced, 4x_UltrasharpSteps - 15 or 20Denoise -.3-.4Upscale by - 1.5 - 2.0

Spooky

Completely new style for Illustrious! This model blends dark fantasy and playful Halloween energy — perfect for spooky-cute, gothic, and fantasy-boudoir themes. It’s tuned for rich lighting, cinematic color contrast, and expressive character detail. Expect bold, moody palettes with glowing eyes, elaborate outfits, and a touch of mischievous charm.Try it for witches, vampires, angels, or monster girls — it handles everything from elegant portrait shots to full-body compositions with vibrant atmosphere and depth.

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