Updated: 4 November 2026

Anime character illustration

This prompt describes an anime character, pose and background in the tag style anime checkpoints like. The negative prompt targets the usual problems such as extra fingers and low resolution.

image-sd-anime-character — stable diffusion — 71 words

Anime illustration of [CHARACTER, e.g. a young swordswoman with silver hair and a red scarf], [POSE, e.g. standing on a rooftop, wind in her hair], [BACKGROUND, e.g. city at dusk with lanterns], clean line art, cel shading, vibrant colours, detailed eyes, dynamic composition, high quality.

Negative prompt: lowres, bad anatomy, extra fingers, missing fingers, blurry, jpeg artefacts, text, watermark, realistic photo

Settings: 832x1216, 28 steps, CFG 6, use an anime-style checkpoint

Edit in the builder

Anime checkpoints respond well to short, comma-separated tags. Put the most important tag first.

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What you will get

A vertical anime illustration of your character in the pose and background you chose, with clean line art, cel shading, vibrant colours and detailed eyes, steered by the negative prompt and settings listed.

Common mistake

Hands come out with extra or fused fingers.

Fix: Keep “bad anatomy, extra fingers, missing fingers” in the negative prompt. Pose the hands simply, for example holding a scarf, or hide them behind the body.

Also watch for

Important tags are buried at the end and get ignored. Follow the tip: short comma-separated tags with the most important first, such as the character, then the pose, then the setting.
The style drifts toward realism, or text appears. Keep “realistic photo, text, watermark” in the negative prompt, and check that an anime-style checkpoint is selected, as the settings say.

Try a variation: chibi version

Change the first line to “chibi anime illustration of the same character, big head, small body, simple background” and keep the negative prompt. Try a square size instead of the tall one.

Still not right? Add this and run it again

clean, simple lettering, spelled exactly as written in quotes