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@Cacoethes Memento: New Pilgrimage

This image has been in a long time in a making partially because I never could create the details that I intended and sadly there is no DiT-model for realistic generations to do some complex expression. Incase you're reading this, after more than a year of your inactivity, I'm forced to conclude that to my dismay that @Cacoethes has probably left PixAI for good. I remember finding him when I was browsing through Latest section of PixAI when I stumbled upon some realistic looking artwork that were of high quality (and didn't contain random women) and I immediately was interested. Then I opened his profile and it was just a gigantic tutorial on how to make great realistic artwork for 0 credits! (Back then when the 200 minimum wasn't implemented). Up and till then I was really stuck using anime-models, trying to trick it to generate something realistic or get frustrated with bad models. Cacoethes's guide was a transformative moment for my presence on PixAI and my works on historical depictions has drastically increased in quality since then. We shared a lot of joy in our joined little space of creating realistic style images and other creative concepts that in general didn't involve the usual pretty uncreative licensed anime girls, to put it mildly we were not the usual target demographic of PixAI, a shared trait we clearly valued. And I for one appreciate for you wearing your morales on your sleeves be it on Discord or on PixAI, especially on that one moment when the UK showed its ugly side. If only you could see me now with Project Europa! Although in my defense it's heavily rooted in history and will remain so under my profile at least, it made people read more history through the stories I tell which I won't be a surprise to you. Regardless, I wish you good luck on whatever you're doing now may your future be a fortunate one! Farewell! https://pixai.art/en/@cacoethes/artworks

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#Male#Realistic#Christmas#Robe#Staff#Beard#Old Man#Facial Hair#Starry sky#rock#Hood#Tolkien's legendarium
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((realism)), 1 middle-aged man with a salt and pepper beard, wearing square black glasses, he wears pilgrim hood and ridiculously muscular and holding a wandering stick. Head facing right. deep shadows highlighting the man's muscular physique and expressive face. (Background: On top of a cliff, stars in the sky, night sky) Zoomed out shot, full body shot ,AddXL, surreal realistic Coat of Arms behind
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20
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DPM++ SDE Karras
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2
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worst quality, large head, low quality, extra digits, bad eye, EasyNegativeV2, ng_deepnegative_v1_75t
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