Hi everyone! I'm excited to share TOT Horizon Art XL (v1.0) — an SDXL/Pony-based checkpoint I built to break away from the usual plastic 3D renders and generic anime look.
The core focus here is on illustrations, oil painting textures, and concept art. The model preserves a soft brushwork feel, pastel tones, and a storybook atmosphere while keeping anatomical stability solid thanks to its Pony foundation.
What it excels at:
Concept Art & Storybooks: Fantastic for fantasy landscapes, castles, fairytale scenes, and book-style artwork.
LoRA Compatibility: The checkpoint is clean (no heavily baked-in sliders), making it very responsive to external LoRAs — from ink work to futuristic architecture.
Color Saturation: With the right tags and a slightly lower CFG, it unlocks vibrant, rich color saturation for digital art.
Quick Recommended Settings:
Fairytale & Painterly Style: CFG 6.0 – 7.0, 30–35 steps, Sampler: dpmpp_2m or euler_a (Scheduler: karras).
Saturated Sci-Fi & Digital Art: Drop CFG to 4.5 – 5.0, 38–40 steps, Sampler: dpmpp_2m_sde (Scheduler: exponential). Adding the StarCity-Pony LoRA (strength 0.50 – 0.70) works wonders for glass reflections and sharp architecture.
Starter Prompts:
Positive: score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, rating_safe, masterpiece, storybook illustration, painterly style, [YOUR SUBJECT], soft warm lighting, detailed background, oil painting style, fairy tale artwork
Negative: score_4, score_3, score_2, score_1, worst quality, low quality, 3d render, photo, photorealism, plastic skin, cyberpunk, neon, bad anatomy, bad hands
Universal Negative Prompt: score_4, score_3, score_2, score_1, worst quality, low quality, 2d, flat colors, traditional art, painting, watercolor, oil painting, sketch, lineart, muted colors, dim lighting, rough texture, grainy, noise, blurry, bad anatomy, bad hands, deformed body
Give it a spin! I'd love to see your renders and hear your feedback.