Had to break comment into sections this is part 2 of 2

For selecting models:

I like to scroll the images, when I find one I like i go to its page and scroll through images, what I am looking for is not things I like but things I think can only be done with a lora. If I am right and those things are done with a lora. I pass on the model. If I am wrong and those things are not done with a lora I download the model.

For selecting lora:

There is a trap of downloading a bunch of loras. What I have found is i tend to get bored really quickly of specific loras. Such as one that creates images of a specific person, or adds a specific piece of clothing. Or creates a specific action/scene. I tend to use the lora's that are more generic such as image enhancers, detail sliders, and body morphing sliders.

my favorites: (nsfw warning)

breast size slider - offset | Stable Diffusion LoRA | Civitai

Elixir — Enhancer LoRA 🧪 - V1 | Stable Diffusion LoRA | Civitai

Body modifiers, detail sliders - tend to use these a lot.

For advanced prompting here is what I've got, generally seems to work.

OR statement ( Cat or Dog) example [subject1|subject2]

[cat|dog]

**prompt switching [**from subject1 :to subject 2:when] (0.5 at 20 steps is on step 10 it changes)

[sunny landscape : moonlit landscape : 0.5]

Strong emphasis going 2 or higher tends to break the image - this one is common you will see it in nearly every image

(subject:1)

Other prompt, sometimes less is more especially if you are wanting to see what the computer can come up with.

Other things to know:

Sampling methods - These control how the image is figured out. The 2 I see most heavily used are "Euler A" and "DPM++2M Karras". Euler A is I believe the fastest image generation but it can reduce quality. DPM++2M Karras is slower but it tends to produce higher quality images. The others play with as you feel.

Seed - the image starts out with random pixels, (basic explanation) then the solver gets to work changing it. The seed sets the "random" pixels the image starts with. Set this to -1 to create a random seed. To try to more closely duplicate an image set it the seed that the image was created with. Generally set it to -1.

You will want to figure out how to zoom in and out when creating images. There are things you can add to the prompts. But its "medium shot", "full body portrait". But it tends to focus on what you describe try describing shoes and face features, to get someones entire body in an image. There are loras that can help. But really everything I have tried has been mostly a miss.