bartolomeobari style

If you want less "faded colors" look and more contrast, you can use another sampler such as DPM++ 2m SDE Exponential which works great with hires fix.

Base model: Pony Diffusion XL v6

CFG Scale: 3.5 - 4.0 (1.5 - 2.5 if you're using LCM-LoRA)

Sampler: LCM

Scheduler: simple (recommended to avoid very small noise / artifacts) / sgm_uniform

Steps: 30 (5 - 15 if you're using LCM-LoRA)

LoRA Strength: 0.8 - 1.0

It works surprisingly well even without the LCM-LoRA. Of course, adding the LCM LoRA will speed up the generation but you'll need to lower steps and CFG scale.

Then you can apply your hires workflow if you want to.

Another approach that works well too is to start generating your raw image using Euler A sampler, then refine i* ***ng LCM-LoRA with very few steps. This is preferred if you want a more complex background as LCM tends to simplify the details a lot, especially in the background.