About the tanuki yousuke tag
tanuki yousuke is an artist tag that NovelAI Diffusion can use. On Danbooru it has 140 posts, and its best-rated still image scores 66. The samples above put the tag at the front of a fixed base prompt with seed 1234, so the differences between tags come from the tag alone.
How each model draws tanuki yousuke
Follows pose and expression instructions closely. Good for clean standing portraits.
Picks up face shape, line and palette more strongly. Good when you want the style to lead.
WAI illustrious SDXL v17, a local model. Shows how the same tag reads outside NovelAI.
Writing tanuki yousuke in a prompt
Put the artist tag near the front, then add the subject and quality tags.
tanuki yousuke, 1girl, solo, best quality, masterpiecetanuki yousuke, hatsune miku, 1girltanuki yousuke, awa, 1girlThe mix example uses awa, the closest style on this site. The negative prompt and the full settings are on the terms page.
How these samples were made
Every image uses 832×1216, seed 1234, 23 steps and the k_euler_ancestral sampler. The base prompt and negative prompt stay the same for every tag, and only the tag under test changes. Images flagged by the NSFW check are regenerated with a new seed or hidden.
From the Danbooru wiki
Artist. Main artist of Sanbikiga Kittari Tsuitari Moyashitari. Was known long ago as Naritaya and did a lot of animal ears style furry characters.
Most of the girls in his webpage are students of the 私立たぬき学園 (Tanuki Private School); the theme of which is a slightly (extremely) lewd high school life. Tanuki are fertility spirits, and since the school principal is a Tanuki, it rubs off on the students.
Artist name: 田貫 庸介 (Tanuki Yousuke) Currently used nickname: たぬき (Tanuki) Nickname mainly used as an Alice soft staff: 成田屋 or なりたや (Narita-ya or Naritaya) Old nickname: まくす (Makusu or Max) Old nickname used in Naritaya Doubutsu Land: なりたや秀太朗 Site name: たぬきの巣穴 (Tanuki no Suana) Blog name: たぬきのにっきちょう (Old name: いろいろらんど2) Old website name: なりたやどーぶつランド or 成田屋どーぶつランド (Naritaya Doubutsu Land, Naritaya's Furries Land) Old Toyguns-themed website name: おとなの玩具箱 (Otona no Omocha-bako, NARITAYA'S Toybox) Pixiv ID: tanukiudon
FAQ
Does NovelAI recognize tanuki yousuke?
Compare the samples on this page. Every tag on this site shares the same seed and base prompt, so any change you see comes from tanuki yousuke.
How do I write tanuki yousuke in a prompt?
Write "tanuki yousuke" near the front of the prompt and separate it from other tags with commas.
Which artists draw in a similar style to tanuki yousuke?
awa, rikumoto yoshiyuki, taki minashika are the closest on this site, judged from the V4.5 samples.
Should I use V5 or V4.5?
V4.5 gives a stronger tanuki yousuke look. V5 gives steadier poses and fewer artifacts.

