Cartoon 3D semireal | no VAE [experimental]

Cartoon 3D SemiReal is a custom checkpoint designed for stylized, semi‑3D illustrations with cinematic depth. It balances between cartoon clarity and 3D‑like atmosphere, making it ideal for fantasy storytelling, epic battles, expressive portraits, and whimsical experiments. While results can vary, in the right setup this model delivers striking, atmospheric renders that feel like frames from an animated film.

It excels at character‑driven fantasy, large‑scale battle scenes, magical portraits, and surreal or humorous concepts — all with vibrant colors and dramatic lighting.

🤌🏻 Best for:

• Atmospheric fantasy scenes

• Epic compositions

• Portraits and half-body shots

• Game-inspired aesthetics

✨ Core Features:

• Semi-3D style: a balance between cartoon illustration and 3D animation

• Atmosphere: confidently handles lighting, fog, snow, and magical glow

• Scalability: equally effective with single characters and large-scale scenes

• Color and mood: vibrant palettes, smooth transitions, and emotional tone

☝ Tips:

• Forge recommended — results are more stable, detailed, and cinematic
  A1111 — flatter and less consistent overall, but occasionally produces surprisingly good results

• masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, 4k, very aesthetic, high resolution, ultra-detailed, absurdres, newest, cartoon, toon, 3d animation

• ADetailers and Hi‑Res Fix/Upscaling are recommend for better results

• VAEs: sdxl_vae and xlVAEC_c9. xlVAEC_c9 is just brighter

• Samplers and Schedulers: Euler a, Automatic

• Steps: 20-35

• CFG: 4.5-5

• Width and Height: 832×1216

🩵 **All examples are made in SD Forge

**You can use this site to better understand the settings of the examples 🩵

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You can help me with it, tips are always welcome 💌

1. Purpose & Nature of the Model
This model is provided strictly for research, artistic exploration, and experimental purposes, including NSFW content generation. It does not intend to copy, reproduce, or replace any existing artworks, characters, brands, or visual styles — including those protected by copyright, trademark, or patent law. All training and merging processes were performed solely for transformative learning of visual features, without direct reproduction of any specific protected works. All depicted characters are fictional and imagined as adults (21+); any resemblance to real persons, names, or events is purely coincidental and unintentional.
2. Liability & Responsibility
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This model is a derivative merge built upon architectures and components licensed under the following frameworks: SDXL, Illustrious, NoobAI-XL.

As such, this model remains subject to the terms and conditions of the above licenses, including the Open RAIL-M restrictions on harmful or commercial misuse, and the FAIPL-SD provisions for public AI sharing and research.