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Zavy's Dark Atmospheric Contrast SDXL

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Zavy's Dark Atmospheric Contrast   SDXL
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Zavy
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by Zavy - Zavy's Dark Atmospheric Contrast - SDXL
Creator notes
Please consider joining my so I can keep most of my work available for everyone - I'll be releasing early access models there for a cheaper monthly fee than buying them here individually, and also will be providing exclusive models and more! For business inquiries, commercial licensing, custom models, and consultations, please get in touch at or . You can also contact me here through CivitAI DM or join my . Introduction This LoRA is specifically designed to enhance dark scenes, injecting them with atmospheric depth. Unlike many existing SDXL models which often render dark scenes with a stark, artificial effect, resembling a staged model shoot rather than realistic environments, this LoRA model addresses this limitation. By preserving tonal range in dark scenes more effectively, it brings out subtle details in shadows while maintaining a rich spectrum of tones. This not only creates a more immersive atmosphere but also provides greater flexibility for contrast adjustments in post-processing, eliminating the issue of a too strong black-level or a too spotlight filled scene. Triggers dark, chiaroscuro, low-key In general it works without trigger words fine as well (intended), but use it solely for scenes intended to be dark. You'll find that you're going to use the word 'dark' anyway :). Reminder, it will not work very well for high-key lighting scenes, since you're in essence fighting the LoRA when you do. Recommended settings Strength between 0.6 and 2.
Trigger words
dark
chiaroscuro
low-key
22,913 downloads · 2,435 likes on Civitai
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Updated Oct 22, 2026
Zavy's Dark Atmospheric Contrast SDXL on ModelTrends.ai: #24 Hottest Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 LoRA
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Zavy's Dark Atmospheric Contrast SDXL Popularity Trend
Heat score, last 12 months
Heat score
8,319°
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0.1%
8,321° then, 8,319° now
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Past year
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10.7%
8,379° then, 8,319° now
Zavy's Dark Atmospheric Contrast SDXL: Heat score, last 12 months7,000°7,508°8,017°8,525°9,034°Oct 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026May 2026Aug 2026Oct 20268,319°ModelTrends.ai
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.
+1,308°
Civitai downloads
22,913 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.
+508°
Likes
2,435 likes and thumbs up across the sources. A like weighs half a download, on the same log scale.
−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.
Show detailed breakdown
Every number on this site can be checked. This model's heat score is 8,319°, 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.
  1. 1
    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. 2
    Add the downloads.
    22,913 download-equivalents in all, from Civitai downloads. Ten times the downloads adds the same 300°, so size matters but never runs away with the score.
    +1,308°
    8,308°
    running total
  3. 3
    Add the likes.
    2,435 likes and thumbs up, at half the weight of a download.
    +508°
    8,816°
    running total
  4. 4
    Take off the age.
    The SDXL weights came out in 2023: 150° a year, up to 750°, growing until then.
    −497°
    8,319°
    running total
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    The heat score.
    Where this model stands on every list of this site. Nothing else adjusts it.
    8,319°
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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AtomicHeartTwinsCosplay in absolute darkness, profoundly no light, holding black-pink heart shaped orbstaff, pointed hat, translucent skin, Describe the captivating scene captured in the vintage photograph featuring a Bedouin artist skillfully swallowing a massive sword in the style of Final Fantasy, amidst a mesmerized audience. Provide details about the artist's attire, the sword's intricate design, and the expressions of the onlookers as they witness this extraordinary performance., amazing quality, masterpiece, best quality, hyper detailed, ultra detailed, UHD, perfect anatomy, portrait, dof, hyper-realism, majestic, awesome, inspiring, closeup, an weathered outworn old Fantasy cape, smooth, Closeup, by Dring, rust paint peelz, atmospheric haze, cinamatic composition, soft shadows, national geographic style
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very dark focused flash photo, amazing quality, masterpiece, best quality, hyper detailed, ultra detailed, UHD, perfect anatomy, portrait, dof, hyper-realism, majestic, awesome, inspiring,Capture the thrilling showdown between the ancient mummy and the colossal sand boss in an epic battle amidst swirling dust and desert sands. Embrace the action and chaos as these formidable forces clash in the heart of the dunes. cinematic composition, soft shadows, national geographic style
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concept art hidden face, mysterious, hooded, full body, dark enigmatic warrior, standing, storm of falling shards, glowing ethereal giant heavy thick sword in hand, warrior’s intricate armor, tattered cloak that billows in the wind, atmosphere is charged with an otherworldly energy, fantasy realism, dramatic lighting, detailed textures to bring the scene to life, <lora:zavy-cntrst-sdxl:1.5>, <lora:- SDXL - vanta-black_contrast_V3.0:0.4>, <lora:glowneon_xl_v1:0.4> . digital artwork, illustrative, painterly, matte painting, highly detailed
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A woman with Red hair and Luminous eyes looks at the camera, Beautiful picture of the character, character portrait, character portrait, 🤤 Charlie Bowater character art, epic portrait illustration, подробный character portrait, neo-artcore and Charlie Bowater, high quality portrait, fantasy concept art portrait, detailed matte fantasy portrait, charlie bowater art style, Detailed beautiful portrait, fantasy art portrait, dark, chiaroscuro, low-key, oil and watercolor painting
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