Animal Crossing: New Horizon Style [Illustrious]

✦ Animal Crossing: New Horizons Style for Illustrious ✦
A soft, colorful anthro style LoRA inspired by Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Style is a style LoRA for Illustrious that produces rounded, expressive anthro characters with soft 3D shading and a slightly toy-like finish. It pairs simple character shapes with detailed clothing, props, and environments, from rainy village streets and autumn riversides to sunny beaches and warm bakery interiors.

If you want to give your characters that familiar Animal Crossing look, this LoRA is for you.

✧ What it does well

• Rounded villager-style proportions — large heads, compact bodies, and expressive faces

• Soft 3D shading with gentle highlights and subtle surface textures

• Detailed outfits and props — knitted sweaters, raincoats, gardening clothes, and fishing gear

• Colorful environments — gardens, village streets, beaches, rivers, and cozy interiors

• Seasonal lighting and atmosphere — sunny mornings, rainy days, autumn afternoons, and warm indoor light

• Everyday scenes with anthro characters of different species

✧ Recommended settings

LoRA weight : 1.0

Trigger word : acnhstyle

Base checkpoint : Illustrious — showcase images generated with BananaSplitz XXL 12.1

Sampler : Euler a

Scheduler : Normal

Steps : 20

CFG : 4

Resolution : 1024×1024 + hires fix

Hires fix : 2× Lanczos upscale, Euler / Simple, 20 steps, CFG 4, denoise 0.3

✧ Tips

• Describe the species, outfit, activity, and setting explicitly.

• Simple everyday activities like gardening, fishing, and baking fit the style well.

• Include the weather and lighting in your prompt to help establish the atmosphere.

• Use full-body framing to show the character’s proportions, clothing, and accessories.

• The settings above were used for the showcase images; results may vary with other checkpoints.

✧ Usage and sharing

• Generate freely and share your creations

• Tag me / drop your results — I'd love to see them

• Feedback and prompt tips are always welcome

✧ Credit and Links

Made by @GhostNoodl

Style inspiration: Animal Crossing: New Horizons by Nintendo

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