I find the best chance of having a recognisable face is to have the subject facing the viewer. With subject looking away or at a weird angle it has a hard time for sure. Have part of your prompt reference eyes or face "gold eyes" or "portrait" may help.
Turning on face restore helps.
Embeddings and Loras also help to some extent.
embedding: ng_deepnegative_v1_75t / EasyNegative / badhandv4,
lora : epiCRealismHelper
Models: I am finding the "realcartoon" set to be pretty reliable.
You can also try adetailer, which after the base image is generated will re-generate in more detail either the face or body (your choice). Note: I am not using this at the moment as it slows down generation considerably.
What model(s) are you using? Does the same happen if you copy this prompt for example? Happy to try one of your prompts out to see what the result is.
Edit: final thought, some models struggle with resolutions they weren't trained in, so stick to 512x512 unless you're sure then upscale your choice.
It's locally run stable diffusion 1.5 with a few models and loras, nothing too special. Using an old 1080ti it's more than enough.
Most of the work here is being done by the model
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``` 2woman, silhouette of a bangs haired woman, apocalypse, by Minjae Lee, Carne Griffiths, Yoann Lossel, Wadim Kashim, Carl Larsson, Pascal Blanche-style hyper-realistic characters, (depth:1.3), masterwork, geometric patterns, intricately detailed, bokeh, perfect balanced, deep fine borders, artistic photorealism, smooth, adult, age 30.
[((best quality)), ((masterpiece)), (detailed), ultra quality, highly detailed, realistic, high quality, 4k, 8k, Meticulous design]. Negative prompt: boring,text,signature,logo,watermark,low quality, bad quality, loose artifacts, grainy, blurry, long neck, closed eyes, face jewellery, immature, child, doll Steps: 50, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 7.5, Seed: 111360720, Face restoration: CodeFormer, Size: 860x360, Model hash: 970e968dc2, Model: realcartoon3d_v12, Version: v1.7.0
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Note: Not my prompt, I modified this original on civitai and made it in Ultrawide.
Warrior version, original prompt with less focus on boobs and using img2img based on a game screenshot.
Theme Suggestion: Water (in it, near it, under it etc).
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1woman, (assassin). (armour), (armour with breast cutout). (long black hair), (irish), (deep green eyes). (skin cutout). (Medieval), (High Fantasy:1.2). , (ultra quality, highly detailed, realistic, high quality, 4k, 8k, Meticulous design). (Drawn), (exposed flesh). (sexy), (fantasy)., (sword on back).
Negative prompt: FastNegativeV2, painting, plastic, airbrushed, shine, shiny, photoshop, doll, bad anatomy, bad hands, extra fingers, deformed hands, watermark, text, ugly, child, immature,
Steps: 40, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 1388854282, Face restoration: CodeFormer, Size: 512x512, Model hash: 05f1465502, Model: realcartoon3d_v9, Version: 1.6.0 postprocessing Postprocess upscale by: 4, Postprocess upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+
Nice! Broken down truck - Check, Trashy Tattoos - Check, Cans of cheep beer - Check. Ready to record a country song.
The grey haired one with her arms up? Not sure what you mean exactly but nothing like that intended. I'll remove it to be safe.
Messing about with spell text from a tabletop role* playing game.
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parameters ([Find Familiar] summoning a spectral animal owl in the air of subject:1.4), vivid colours, [ultra quality, highly detailed, realistic, high quality, 4k, 8k, Meticulous design], Negative prompt: EasyNegative, anime, animated, painting, plastic, airbrushed, shine, shiny, photoshop, doll, cgi, bad anatomy, bad hands, extra fingers, deformed hands, watermark, text, ugly, child, immature, cartoon. Steps: 40, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 8, Seed: 1458099343, Face restoration: CodeFormer, Size: 512x512, Model hash: d05db48865, Model: Cust_Rev122_SFEB11_v01, Version: 1.6.0
postprocessing Postprocess upscale by: 4, Postprocess upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+
extras Postprocess upscale by: 4, Postprocess upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+
Messing about with spell text from a tabletop role* playing game.
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(the moon).(moonlight, large full moon), (windy night). (magic spell casting of [Dimension Door] a magic spectral interdimensional door :1.4) ultra quality, highly detailed, realistic, high quality, 4k, 8k, Meticulous design, (Sadahide style). 0people, 0men, 0woman,
Negative prompt: EasyNegative, plastic, airbrushed, shine, shiny, watermark, text, people, man, woman, child, person, human,
Steps: 30, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 3719775739, Face restoration: CodeFormer, Size: 600x600, Model hash: b1a3802d52, Model: realcartoonPixar_v4, Lora hashes: "GoodHands-beta2: c05ed279295e", Version: 1.6.0
postprocessing Postprocess upscale by: 4, Postprocess upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+
Bonus content, mummies through time / unexpected places.
Okay went with Egyptian mummies (sort of).
Theme suggestion: magic, clerics, sorceresses, powerful magic woman etc,
Entry:
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parameters (cgi), 1woman, (ancient Egyptian mummy), (mummy wrapped in bandages), (dark tanned skin), (bathing by a river), (bandaged arms, bandaged leg, bandaged torso, bandaged stomach), (natural breasts, sexy pose, relaxed), (sunset ), (alluring, smile, sexy, slutty, inviting),
[ultra quality, highly detailed, realistic, high quality, 4k, 8k, Meticulous design], , [perfect face, perfect hands, perfect hand, detailed hand]. Negative prompt: EasyNegative, painting, plastic, airbrushed, shine, shiny, photoshop, doll, bad anatomy, bad hands, extra fingers, deformed hands, watermark, text, ugly, child, immature, cartoon. Steps: 40, Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras, CFG scale: 7, Seed: 3122720251, Face restoration: CodeFormer, Size: 512x512, Model hash: d05db48865, Model: Cust_Rev122_SFEB11_v01, Lora hashes: "mummy_costume_v0.2: 1fe09ffc6744", Version: 1.6.0
postprocessing Postprocess upscale by: 4, Postprocess upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+
Nice work! Cool effect with the blood dripping from the hair. Do you mind sharing your prompt at all?
I like the idea of a weekly challenge, sound like a fun way to generate content and engagement as well.
Suggestion for next time: Medieval Heroes/Villains/Adventurers.
Normal Clowns
Bizarre, Creepy, Unsettling Clowns
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