Nova Anime v18 is a great update to the Nova Anime series, a popular model based on Illustrious XL. This update adds more characters and styles, improved posing, and more vivid colors. Like most anime models, Nova works best with Danbooru tags.
Here are a few suggestions from the Nova Anime page on Civit:
Prompt: masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, 4k, very aesthetic, high resolution, ultra-detailed, absurdres, newest, scenery, {Prompt}, BREAK, depth of field, volumetric lighting
Negative Prompts: modern, recent, old, oldest, cartoon, graphic, text, painting, crayon, graphite, abstract, glitch, deformed, mutated, ugly, disfigured, long body, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, missing fingers, extra digits, fewer digits, cropped, very displeasing, (worst quality, bad quality:1.2), bad anatomy, sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, username, signature, simple background, conjoined,bad ai-generated
Their Civit examples use these negative prompts: photorealistic, realistic, 3d, cleavage, cleavage cutout, (particles, adversarial_noise:1.2), multiple views, multiple angle, split view, grid view, two shot, outside border, picture frame, framed, border, letterboxed, pillarboxed, 2koma, modern, recent, old, oldest, cartoon, graphic, text, painting, crayon, graphite, abstract, glitch, deformed, mutated, ugly, disfigured, long body, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, missing fingers, extra fingers, extra digits, fewer digits, cropped, very displeasing, (worst quality, bad quality:1.2), sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, username, (censored, bar_censor, mosaic_censor:1.2), simple background, conjoined, bad ai-generated
Recommended Steps: 20~30 (Their example images have 20 steps)
Recommended CFG: 4~6 (Their example images are set to 4.5)
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Nova can create many anime characters and artist's styles. Check out this MonAI Anime Artist Gallery to see thousands of artist styles. Many of the examples on this page have artist's names at the end of the prompts.
![]() Prompt: 1girl, close up, pink hair, short hair, sleeveless dress, bending forward, facing viewer, hands together, cupping hands, looking at a butterfly in her hands, surprised, open mouth, from above, on a wildflower hillside, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres Negative Prompt: photorealistic, realistic, 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark, bad AI generated Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, dark pink hair, long hair, braided hair, dress shirt, jeans, sitting on a grassy hill, side view, surrounded by wildflowers, cloudy sky, pale purple clouds, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, absudres, (yuizaki kazuya:1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, solo, gray hoodie, hood up, silver hair, blue eyes, short hair, (thumbs down:1.2), head tilt, angry expression, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (kurororo_rororo:1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, messy short white hair, green eyes, tired eyes, dark circles under eyes, burns on arms, burns on face, steampunk goggles on head, white lab coat, burns on lab coat, holding green potion, thinking pose, lab background, close portrait, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (Nilitsu:1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, solo, turquoise blouse, sleeveless blouse, light orange hair, pixie cut hair, green eyes, heart hands, smiling, happy, looking at viewer, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (simz:1.2) Negative Prompt: photorealistic, realistic, 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, short hair, silver hair with aqua highlights, front view, green eyes, looking at viewer, hugging own head, smiling, plaid blouse, orange blouse, spaghetti strap blouse, sleeveless blouse, upper body, mint gradient background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (hxxg:1.3) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, solo, canvas jacket, cargo shorts, violet hair, short hair, sitting in a small boat, facing viewer, looking at viewer, hugging own knees, lake, mountains, mist, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres Negative Prompt: photorealistic, realistic, 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark, bad AI generated Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, solo, gray hoodie, hood up, pink hair, short hair, smoking a cigarette, swirls of smoke, head in her hands, head tilt, looking to the side, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, (menma\(enaiv31\):1.2) Negative Prompt: photorealistic, realistic, 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, solo, close up, rain coat, pink hair, short hair, wind, night, city, scenic background, wet, street, reflections, neon, looking at viewer, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, absudres, (unfairr:1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, close up, striped shirt, purple-wine shirt, amber hair, messy bun, coffee shop, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (poyo\(hellmayuge\):1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, solo, pink hair, short hair, quiff, looking at viewer, emerald green eyes, greenish-yellow sleeveless blouse, close portrait, on a wildflower hill, scenic background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (moshimoshine:1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, close up, striped shirt, purple-wine shirt, amber hair, messy bun, coffee shop, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (simz:1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, pink hair, short hair, blue jeans, halter blouse, riding animal, riding Pegasus, flying Pegasus, flying toward viewer, she is hugging its neck, dynamic angle, clouds, scenic, at dawn, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres Negative Prompt: photorealistic, realistic, 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark, bad AI generated Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, lavender hair, short hair, curly hair, transparent jacket, hood, magenta blouse, denim jeans, crouching, looking down at a cat, reaching down, side view, from below, close up, city, street, rain, neon, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
![]() Prompt: 1girl, solo, gray hoodie, hood up, silver hair, blue eyes, short hair, (double thumbs down), head tilt, angry expression, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (watanabe_tomari:1.2) Negative Prompt: 3d, glitch, deformed, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, displeasing, (bad quality, worst quality:1.2), signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |