Z-Image is Tongyi-MAI’s undistilled foundation model, built for broad visual styles, negative prompting and the development of adapters or structural conditioning. Its S tier reflects Apache 2.0 licensing and adaptation flexibility in a comparison of local base models. For game art, test it with an actual character and background brief before choosing it over an editing-first model. Text prompting alone should not be relied on for repeated character identity. Keep the exact base, encoders, sampler settings and any trained adapter together in your asset register so you can reproduce the workflow.
Commercial use & license
The official release uses Apache 2.0; references and add-ons need separate permission checks.
Adult content rules
The model card does not establish explicit-content eligibility. Running locally does not resolve rights or provider terms.
What you need
A compatible GPU runtime, the required model components and enough storage; check memory use in your chosen workflow.
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