Velvette-XL ✨

Velvette-XL is a refined version of a discarded checkpoint, recovered and rebuilt with the intention of exploring hybrid and versatile styles.

It is based on a fusion of 2D styles, ranging from stylized sketches to semi-realistic detailed illustrations. Its main focus is line versatility: it can produce both illustrations with defined strokes and lineless art, always with a high level of detail.

Velvette was born from the previous concept — Providence —, an experimental LoRA that combined multiple styles through tags. The same philosophy applies here: a lightweight, flexible, and adaptable model, capable of adjusting to the desired style without losing consistency, while offering a more complete creative experience.

The dataset was intentionally softened to avoid overwriting Utopia’s core concepts.

🔹 Some NSFW elements were reduced, but the essentials were preserved for experimentation.

🎛️ Behavior with CFG and Steps

CFG 1–3 → Faithful to applied LoRA, cleaner lines.
CFG 4–6 → Velvette’s base style takes over, sketch-like look.
CFG 7–8+ → More saturated and cartoonish appearance, similar to using a style LoRA at strength 1.5–2.

📌 Practical tip:
If you’re not using LoRAs at low CFG, add:

Positive → hdr:2.5
Negative → flat color:2.5

This adds extra detail even at CFG 1–2, reaching quality comparable to Utopia v4 at CFG 4.

🔹 Step Performance

Minimum useful → 8 steps at CFG 1.
Optimal → 14–30 steps.
High CFG → experimental, depending on tags and style mixing.

💡 Hidden Control with Cutelatte Negatives

A unique feature of Velvette is that it can soften or transform its base style using Cutelatte triggers in negatives. This unlocks a range of hidden styles that normally wouldn’t be available in a merged checkpoint.

📊 Behavior Table with Cutelatte Negatives

⚙️ Interaction with CFG

CFG 1–3 → fine lines and human detail.
CFG 5–6 → refined sketch/cartoon.
CFG 8–10 → saturated poster-like look.

👉 In short: Velvette doesn’t collapse at high values—it transforms them into additional styles. This sets it apart from other checkpoints and allows free experimentation.

⚙️ Quick Guide

Steps → 10–30 (optimal: 14–30)
CFG → 2.5 for smoothness | 3+ for stronger definition
Samplers → DPM++ 2M Karras, Euler a
Resolution → 1024×1024+ (1152×1344 and 1536×896 work very well)
Upscalers → R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B / 4x-UltraSharp
VAE → integrated

🏷️ Useful Tags

Basic styles:
pvdc_il, pvdc_stl, sketch style, pastel style, cartoon style, thick lines, hatched style, comic style, detailed style, fabulosity style, cutecore, horrorcore, glitchcore, cutelatte, anime, shiny

Examples:

(sketch style + thick lines + hatched style)
(comic style + detailed style)
(pastel style + fabulosity style)

🧾 Notes

Providence was reduced to avoid redundancies.
Styles like oil painting were removed (they already exist in other checkpoints).
Maintains light NSFW support (less intense than Utopia).

🎨 Prompting Tips

General positives:
(masterpiece), (best quality), (ultra-detailed), perfect composition, intricate details, official wallpaper

By theme:

Anime/Cartoon → anime, cutecore, shiny skin
Realistic → (REALISTIC:1.15), detailed eyes, realistic lighting
Experimental → glitchcore, watercolor, abstract, dark theme

Recommended negatives:
bad quality, worst quality, watermark, text, bad hands, missing fingers, logo, simple shading, blurry, low contrast

Extras:
flat color:2.5, washed out:2.1, low saturation:2.5

📌 In conclusion:
Velvette-XL is a versatile and creative checkpoint, capable of alternating between cartoon, sketch, and detailed styles. Thanks to the use of negative triggers, it offers unique flexibility to control the intensity of its base style and unlock additional visual modes.

Velvette-XL ✨ — 「illustrious-SDXL」 - V1

Velvette-XL ✨ — 「illustrious-SDXL」 - V1

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