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IllustriousPrompt

Your main creative control panel. Write what you want, add quality boosts, and connect other nodes for complex prompts.

What does it do?

  • Takes your text description and formats it for best results
  • Adds quality tags automatically (masterpiece, best quality, etc.)
  • Connects with other Illustrious nodes to build complex prompts
  • Handles tag formatting and weight syntax for you

Inputs

  • text: Your main description (characters, scene, style, etc.)
  • add_quality_tags: Auto-add "masterpiece, best quality" (recommended ON)
  • add_year_tag: Adds "year 2024" for latest art styles
  • add_chain_insert: Connect other Illustrious nodes here
  • prompt_strength: Overall intensity (1.0 = normal, 1.2 = stronger)
  • use_danbooru_format: Format tags with underscores (better for anime)

Outputs

  • prompt: Complete formatted text for encoders
  • raw_prompt: Unformatted version for debugging

Artist Tips

  • Start simple: "1girl, blue hair, sunset, beach"
  • Let quality tags do their work (keep them ON)
  • Use parentheses for emphasis: (beautiful eyes)
  • Use square brackets to reduce: [background]
  • Connect Character/Artist/Style nodes for instant complexity

Prompt Writing Basics

Good Prompt Structure:

  1. Subject: "1girl" or "landscape"
  2. Details: "long hair, red eyes, smile"
  3. Outfit/Scene: "school uniform, classroom"
  4. Style: "digital art, soft lighting"
  5. Quality: (auto-added if enabled)

Weight Control:

  • Normal: red hair
  • Stronger: (red hair) or (red hair:1.2)
  • Weaker: [red hair] or (red hair:0.8)
  • Very strong: ((red hair)) or (red hair:1.5)

Common Patterns

Portrait:

1girl, close-up, detailed eyes, soft smile, 
bokeh background, professional lighting

Full Scene:

1girl, standing, city street, sunset, 
urban environment, cinematic composition

Action Shot:

1boy, running, dynamic pose, speed lines,
action scene, dramatic lighting

Chain Insert Magic

Connect these nodes to the chain_insert:

  • Characters → Instant character details
  • Artists → Apply art styles
  • Clothing → Quick outfit selection
  • Hairstyles → Perfect hair every time
  • Scene Generator → Complex backgrounds

Example Workflows

Simple Portrait:

  1. Type: "1girl, portrait, smile"
  2. Keep quality tags ON
  3. Encode → Sample → Beautiful portrait

Complex Character:

  1. Connect: Character node → chain_insert
  2. Connect: Clothing node → chain_insert
  3. Add your scene description
  4. Everything merges automatically!

Style Mixing:

  1. Connect: Artist node → chain_insert
  2. Type your subject
  3. Instant style transfer!

For encoding, see IllustriousCLIPTextEncoder For characters, see IllustriousCharacters