THE NEGATIVE PROMPT

Negative prompts tell the model what to stay away from. Keep a standard one handy for consistency.

The Standard Negative

worst aesthetic, worst quality, low quality, bad quality, lowres, bad anatomy, bad eyes, asymmetrical eyes, deformed eyes, ugly face, deformed face, bad hands, extra fingers, missing fingers, extra limbs, mutated, disfigured, 2girls, multiple girls, 2boys, cropped head, out of frame, watermark, signature, text, blurry, jpeg artifacts, monochrome, sketch, 3d render, multiple views, comic panels, character sheet, reference sheet, turnaround

What Each Chunk Does

Quality blocks (keeps output from looking rough):

worst aesthetic, worst quality, low quality, bad quality, lowres

Anatomy blocks (stops the body horror):

bad anatomy, bad eyes, asymmetrical eyes, deformed eyes, ugly face,
deformed face, bad hands, extra fingers, missing fingers, extra limbs,
mutated, disfigured

Character count blocks (keeps random people out):

2girls, multiple girls, 2boys

Composition blocks (keeps the frame clean):

cropped head, out of frame, watermark, signature, text, blurry,
jpeg artifacts

Style blocks (avoids unwanted looks):

monochrome, sketch, 3d render

Format blocks (stops reference sheet layouts):

multiple views, comic panels, character sheet, reference sheet,
turnaround

Add These Based on What You're Making

Dark-skinned characters - add to negative:

pale skin, fair skin, light skin

Light-skinned characters - add to negative:

dark skin, tan

Realistic models - add to negative:

anime, manga, cartoon

Anime/comic models - add to negative:

realistic, photorealistic, 3d