Atem ILL

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TridIsntAName

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Illustrious checkpoint, hosted on Yodayo with 12,184 generation runs there. The model is also listed on Civitai.

Creator notes

Atem is a dark, edgy, atmospheric checkpoint series, built around deliberate roughness. Heavy contrast, domineering characters, a drive to make your prompts edgier. The goal is output that resists being sanded into a generic anime look. What this model is good at - Gothic, horror-adjacent, and atmospheric compositions - Strong lighting contrast, deep shadows, selective glow - Characters with presence: dark elegance, quiet menace, mysticism - Cool color grading (teal, cyan, violet) with selective warm accents (blood red, amber) What this model isn't good at - Not built around explicit content. It can produce it, but I didn't tune it for that. - Not a clean, soft anime look. If you want polish and brightness, this isn't the tool. Recommended settings - Sampler: Euler Negative Dy, Restart, DPM++ 2M Karras. (Don't use Hiresfix for Euler Negative, unless you know what you are doing.) - CFG: 4-6 (higher CFG introduces "Splash Art Styles" occasionally, where the image is framed by white) - Steps: 30 for Euler Negative Dy. Feel free to use other steps for Restart and DPM++ 2M Karras - Resolution: Standard SDXL resolutions. Prefers 832x1216, 1024x1024, or 1216x832 for native performance. Prompt guidance -Atem works best with minimal negative prompts. A long negative neutralizes exactly the qualities this merge is built for. Trust the base and prompt sparingly against it. The recommended negative prompt: worst quality, (low quality, normal quality:1.3) -For atmosphere: lean into scene description (lighting, mood, environment) rather than quality tokens. Atem responds strongly to environmental cues. -For characters: describe specific aesthetic details (material, texture, expression) rather than generic quality words. "Black silk, torn at the edges" outperforms "high quality clothing." Merge composition Built on Illustrious XL 2.0 base, merged with 2.5D style models. Added dark fantasy LoRA, then re-merged with a few anime models to stabilise excessive artifacts. The point is to introduce structural noise that standard Illustrious merges sand away, while keeping the products stable. License and use Feel free to use outputs commercially. Merging into your own work is welcome credits are appreciated but not required. No training data restrictions beyond what the base license carries. If you build something interesting with this, I'd love to see it. Tag me on Twitter () or drop a link in my dms!

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Atem ILL Popularity Trend

Heat score since 19 Apr 2026

Heat score

8,282°

This week

▼

0.6%

8,285° then, 8,282° now

This month

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2.4%

8,295° then, 8,282° now

Past year

n/a

Wasn't released/tracked

7,000°

Floor

The scale runs from 0° to 9,999°. Everything below 7,000° is kept for models no source reports on yet, which carry a stand-in number there so lists stay complete. 7,000° is where measured data begins: a model with real data but almost no downloads sits at the floor, and the measurements fill the degrees above it. The floor says nothing about the model; only the degrees above it do, and they are what separates one model from another.

+26°

Civitai downloads

266 downloads of this exact version on Civitai. Downloads are the heaviest ingredient and are counted on a log scale: ten times the downloads adds the same 300°, so a model with a million downloads is not a thousand times hotter than one with a thousand. The six download sources share that one term, split between them in proportion to their counts.

+1,205°

Generation sites

12,219 downloads and generation runs of this model's copies on Yodayo. Each run counts as one download, and their downloads count like Civitai's; all of it shares the download term.

+396°

Likes

437 likes and thumbs up across the sources. A like weighs half a download, on the same log scale.

+2°

Adoption rate

About 0 downloads a day, measured between two readings of the sources, never guessed from a lifetime average. Speed weighs a quarter of the download term, so a fresh surge shows without letting a one-day spike outrank years of use.

+150°

Full model

+150° because this is a full model: a checkpoint, the weights themselves. A LoRA or an embedding is an add-on to someone else's weights and does not outrank a checkpoint of equal popularity.

−497°

Age

−497° because the SDXL weights came out in 2023. Every model inherits the age of the weights it is built on: 150° a year, up to 750°, and it keeps growing until then. Without it the top of the list would be 2022 and 2023 checkpoints on the strength of downloads that had years to pile up.

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Every number on this site can be checked. This model's heat score is 8,282°, and here it is built one ingredient at a time, with the running total after each: the floor, the degrees each source adds, the bonus for the kind of model and what the age of its weights takes away. The colors are the bands of the chart above. The glossary at the end defines every term.

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Start at the floor.
Why 7,000° and not zero: the scale runs from 0° to 9,999°, and the part below 7,000° is reserved for models no source reports on yet, which carry a stand-in number there so the lists stay complete and never outrank a model with data. 7,000° is where measured data begins. A model with real data but almost no downloads sits here; everything that follows is measurement, and the room above the floor holds ten tenfold steps in downloads at 300° each. The floor is the same for every model, so it decides nothing; the degrees above it do.
7,000°
running total
2
Add the downloads.
12,485 download-equivalents in all, from Civitai downloads, Generation sites. Ten times the downloads adds the same 300°, so size matters but never runs away with the score.
+26° Civitai downloads
+1,205° Generation sites
+1,231°
8,231°
running total
3
Add the likes.
437 likes and thumbs up, at half the weight of a download.
+396°
8,627°
running total
4
Add the adoption rate.
About 0 downloads a day right now, measured between two readings, at a quarter of the weight.
+2°
8,629°
running total
5
Bonus for a full model.
A checkpoint carries the weights themselves; add-ons do not outrank one of equal popularity.
+150°
8,779°
running total
6
Take off the age.
The SDXL weights came out in 2023: 150° a year, up to 750°, growing until then.
−497°
8,282°
running total
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The heat score.
Where this model stands on every list of this site. Nothing else adjusts it.
8,282°

Glossary: the terms used here

Heat score: One number for how much a model is used and wanted right now, from 0° to 9,999°. Every list on this site that says hottest is sorted by it and nothing else.
Floor: The 7,000° every model with real data starts from. The scale runs from 0° to 9,999°; the part below the floor is reserved for stand-ins (models without data), so that a model with data always ranks above one without. The floor is the same for everyone and decides nothing; the degrees above it are the measurement.
Download-equivalents: Everything the score treats as a download, added up: downloads themselves, each torrent seeder as 1,000, each AI Horde image and each run on a generation site as one.
Log scale: Counting by tens, not by ones: going from 1,000 to 10,000 downloads adds the same degrees as going from 10,000 to 100,000. It keeps giants from crowding out everything else.
Likes: Thumbs up and likes from every source, worth half a download each on the log scale.
Adoption rate: How many downloads a day a model gets right now, from the difference between two readings of a source. A quarter of the weight of the download term.
Measured and estimated: Measured means two readings of a source exist and the difference is real. Estimated means only today's total is known and the past is spread over the model's life; the site says which one it is showing.
Seeder: Someone who keeps a copy of the weights online for others to download over a torrent, or a hosted mirror doing the same. Each one counts as 1,000 downloads.
AI Horde: A volunteer network that generates images for free on donated computers. The number of images it has made with a model is public, and each counts as one download.
Generation sites: Sites that host their own copies of a model and let people generate with it, such as PixAI, SeaArt and Yodayo. Their downloads count like Civitai's and each generation run as one download.
OpenRouter tokens: A text model served through an API, such as Claude or GPT, has no weights to download, so its usage is measured in tokens: the pieces of text it read and wrote through OpenRouter, a gateway many apps use, over the last 30 days. Every 10,000,000 tokens count as one download. Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), CC BY 4.0.
Full model (checkpoint): The weights themselves, the file that generates on its own. It gets a bonus because add-ons depend on it.
LoRA and embedding: Small add-on files that steer someone else's weights toward a style, a character or a concept. They cannot run alone.
Family and weights: The base a model is built on, such as SD 1.5, SDXL, Flux or Wan. Every model inherits the release date of its family's weights.
Age: Degrees taken off for how long ago the family's weights came out: 150° a year, up to 750°. It keeps old downloads that had years to pile up from freezing the top of the list.
Family boost: A small, bounded nudge for LoRAs of a family this site is pushing forward right now, always listed in the breakdown.
Stand-in score: A stable number below the floor given to a model no source reports on yet, so lists stay complete. It never ranks above a model with data.
New! (grace period): A model less than 7 days old shows New! instead of a score and holds no place in the rankings. Its score is computed from day one, but a model one day old grows faster than anything, so without the wait the week's #1 would always be whatever came out yesterday rather than what held up for a week.
Trend: How a model's growth over a period compares with the typical model's growth over the same period. Faster than typical reads as a rise, slower as a fall.
Typical model: The middle of the catalog: half the models with a figure grew faster over the period, half slower.

How this model's popularity has moved against the rest of the catalog: its growth in downloads, likes and usage over each period, measured against the typical model's growth over the same period, with its heat score at the time. Above the typical growth reads as a rise, below it as a fall. The past is reconstructed from today's totals, the model's first day and its measured download speed where two readings exist; a model that did not exist at the start of a period shows n/a.

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DPM++ 2M

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1977669202

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2080x3040

Prompt

1girl, (solo:1.6), white hair, long hair, hair over one eye, dark, edgy, abstract, ethereal, leaning, (looking at viewer :2.0),purple eyes, blush, smile, gentle expression, skeleton armor, bone armor, ribcage, skeletal body, glowing heart, purple heart, glowing purple, purple accents, chest cavity, white dress, skirt, long skirt, forest, outdoors, trees, sunlight, dappled light, soft lighting, warm lighting, bright, upper body, cowboy shot, body horror, elegant horror, masterpiece, best quality, absurdres

Negative prompt

worst quality, (low quality, normal quality:2), manga panel, portrait, bad anatomy

Render by Ayyyyyyylmao on

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Restart

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1536388049

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1664x2432

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Prompt

masterpiece,best quality,amazing quality,very aesthetic,absurdres, a creepy underwater scene of a tiny diver lost in the abyss, pitch darkness, eerie, deep blue and black color theme, doom, hopelessness, impending death, small gas bubbles floating up in a dynamic motion, faint glimpses of sea life in the shadows of the deep ocean, dramatic scene, extremely detailed, ultra high resolution, famous artwork, no light, cel shading, horror manga illustration, abyssal, deep, struggling, death throws, suffocation, , <lora:3315e74a-4f1c-49ec-9724-8e6d47514f4c:1.0>

Negative prompt

bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, censor, blurry, watermark,simple background, transparent background,

Render by TridIsntAName on

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Sampler

DPM++ 2M

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Guidance

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3922843409

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2080x3040

Prompt

1boy, solo, white hair, long hair, red eyes, glowing eyes, beard, combat stance, close-up, fire, clenched teeth, upper body, raising sword, climbing out of a sea, pale skin, dark skin, sharp features, serious expression, black coat, tattered cloak, armor fragments, holding sword, dark weapon, blood splatter, ruined city, night, red atmosphere, teal lighting, street lamps, rain, puddles, reflection, high contrast, dark fantasy, edgy, masterpiece, best quality, absurdres

Negative prompt

worst quality, (low quality, normal quality:1.3), manga panel, portrait, child, loli, wide shot, medium shot

Render by Ayyyyyyylmao on

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Restart

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Seed

1683179158

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1664x2432

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Prompt

masterpiece,best quality,amazing quality,very aesthetic,absurdres, a puppet with a mask wandering in the desert, brown hood and robe, bandaged, backpack full of tiny puppets, desert, sand, standstorm, blurry, blurry_background, , scenery, wide_shot

Negative prompt

bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, censor, blurry, watermark,simple background, transparent background,

Render by Ayyyyyyylmao on

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Sampler

Restart

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Guidance

Seed

697814369

Size

1664x2432

Clip skip

Prompt

masterpiece,best quality,amazing quality,very aesthetic,absurdres, psychedelic theme, a cow in a weird farm land, grass, tree, animal_focus, cow with rainbow ringed eyes, upside-down scenery, psychedelic colors, weird, strange, vibrant colors, colorful, high color saturation, , <lora:3315e74a-4f1c-49ec-9724-8e6d47514f4c:1.0>

Negative prompt

lowres, worst quality, bad quality, jpeg artifacts, signature, patreon, watermark, artist_name, logo, 3d, human, male, man, woman, female, child, person, people

Render by TridIsntAName on

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Sampler

DPM++ 2M

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Guidance

Seed

1723987718

Size

2240x2880

Prompt

((very aesthetic, best quality, ultra detailed), intricate details, upper body, scenery, 1girl, solo, long hair, red hair, (fox girl, fox ears), (blunt bangs) over one eye, kuudere, thin line eyebrows, gothic clothes, dark, bokeh, inverted colors, hair over one eye, glowing eyes

Negative prompt

worst quality, (low quality, normal quality:2), looking at viewer

Render by Ayyyyyyylmao on

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Sampler

Restart

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Guidance

Seed

1329976655

Size

2304x1792

Clip skip

Prompt

masterpiece,best quality,amazing quality,very aesthetic,absurdres, Japanese painting of willow trees arching over a river, ukiyo-e, incunable, manuscript, aged parchment, gold background, ink, rich color contrast, pigment, negative space, 19th century, aged painting, cascading willow trees, patches of swaying grass, colorful wildflowers, grainy, film grain, intricate details, highly detailed, famous artwork

Negative prompt

3d, cgi, render, animated, easynegative, monochrome, text, speech, signature, characters

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Sampler

DPM++ 2M

Steps

Guidance

Seed

1112320197

Size

2032x2976

Prompt

center part,rose, pink rose, glowing flower, abstract, surreal, dark, edgy, thorns, rose thorns, branches, organic shapes, circular frame, ornate frame, art nouveau, mandala, symmetry, bilateral symmetry, teal orb, glowing orb, moon, dark background, black background, space, gold filigree, intricate details, ethereal, dreamy, fantasy, soft lighting, bloom, glow, masterpiece, best quality, absurdres

Negative prompt

worst quality, (low quality, normal quality:1.3), manga panel, portrait, bad anatomy, human, 1girl, solo, 1boy

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