sd1.5_lora_lab

DoRA (259.07 MB): Aesthetic DoRA (U-Net only)

DoRA (1.62 GB): OneTrainer backup data.

Training Data (304.58 MB): Inference workflow and TE-only LoRAs.

This is a DoRA for novelai_v2.

It was trained on an aesthetic dataset of about 20,000 images.

Training was done only on the U-Net, using multiple resolutions ranging from 1024px to 1536px.

Difference from my previous model:

The main difference from my nai_v2_highres_v06 is that this time, no AI-generated images are included in the training data. Other than that, it uses the exact same aesthetic dataset.

While including AI images makes it easier to achieve high quality, it can sometimes result in that distinct "AI style" you often see in many popular SDXL models. Because this DoRA avoids that, it produces a much more natural illustration style, as if it were drawn by a human artist. Additionally, this version was trained for more epochs.

It’s not a matter of which DoRA is strictly "better"—it's just a matter of preference, so please use whichever you like. You could even mix both! Personally, I prefer this new one because it yields more natural and diverse results.

Inference & Settings:

For inference, 832x1216 is the most stable, but generating up to 1024x1536 works without any issues.

For i2i (image-to-image), the image won't break down even at large resolutions of 2048px or higher.

I've also shared my workflow, so please feel free to use it as a reference.

Bonus (TE-only LoRAs):

As a bonus, I’ve included LoRAs trained only on the Text Encoder (TE).

Since training CLIP can be very unstable, I’ve provided multiple TE LoRAs ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 steps. Which one to use is entirely up to your preference.

It is recommended to use it in combination with u-net only.

Here is a general guide for the TE LoRAs:

10,000 steps: A good choice when you just want to add a very slight change.

17,000 - 18,000 steps: The perfect balance. You can use these safely at a weight of 1.0.

30,000 steps: Overtrained. CLIP is much more sensitive than the U-Net, so it breaks easily. However, it actually works quite well if you lower the weight to around 0.5.

(The steps in between fall somewhere in the middle of these characteristics.)

Using any of these TE LoRAs at a weight of 0.5 to 0.7 will act as a nice little spice to your generations