Nova Anime v7 is a great update for Nova Anime v3, an excellent anime model based on Illustrious XL. 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, 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-generatedd
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 Artist Study using Animagine XL v3.1 for some artist style examples. The artist's styles are more well-defined in Nova. Many of the examples on this page have artist's names at the end of the prompts.
Check out this newer references of anime artists, all of which should work with Nova: NovelAI Anime Artist Tags
 Prompt: 1girl, looking to the side, blonde hair, curly hair, wind, purple-gray halter blouse, full skirt, patchwork skirt, cloudy sky, grassy field, autumn, dappled sunlight, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (otomo_katsuhiro:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, 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, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (anato_finnstark:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pink ruffled halter blouse, short pleated skirt, bare feet, sitting, seiza, on a wildflower hill, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (naguru_\(cyoroama\):1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pale purple hair, medium hair, sleeveless blouse, sitting on a grassy hill, surrounded by wildflowers, cloudy sky, close portrait, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (anato_finnstark:1.3) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.2), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, fairy, insect wings, translucent wings, large wings, sleeveless dress, rainbow ombre dress, slight smile, white hair, gold crown, short hair, in the woods, (fairy queen of the forest), masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (yajuu:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, abstract, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, simple background, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, magenta hair, long hair, braided hair, dress shirt, sitting on a grassy hill, surrounded by wildflowers, cloudy sky, pale purple clouds, close up, facing viewer, looking to the side, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (aoi_ogata:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, close up, night, wet street, rain, raindrops, water, puddles, city, street, hood, jacket, navy jacket, shorts, bending forward, looking at viewer, from below, upper body, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (yoneyama_mai:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, low quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pink hair, curly hair, bending over, looking down, reaching for a lavender flower, smiling, in a lavender field, in Tuscany, pink-gray blouse, halter blouse, hand reaching for a flower, from below, denim shorts, on a hill, wildflower hill, rolling hills in the background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (takatsuki_nato:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pink hair, curly hair, bending over, looking down, reaching for a lavender flower, smiling, in a lavender field, in Tuscany, pink-gray blouse, halter blouse, hand reaching for a flower, from below, denim shorts, on a hill, wildflower hill, rolling hills in the background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (Akira Toriyama:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, solo, close up, rain coat, pink hair, short hair, in a fishing boat, scenic cloudy background, dusk, wind, looking at viewer, holding a fishing pole in one hand, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (abpart:1.2) Negative Prompt: ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, extra digits, fewer digits, bad hands, missing fingers, very displeasing, (worst quality, bad quality:1.2), sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, username, signature, simple background, bad ai-generated Guidance Scale: 4.4 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pale purple hair, long hair, messy hair, sleeveless blouse, pants, sitting on a curb, from below, city sidewalk, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (ido_\(teketeke\):1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, red hair, looking up, raining, in the rain, smiling, wet, pink blouse, sleeveless blouse, arms reaching up to the sky, from above, denim shorts, ruffle trim shorts, on a hill, wildflower hill, rolling hills in the background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (chihuri:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, red hair, looking up, raining, in the rain, smiling, wet, pink blouse, sleeveless blouse, arms reaching up to the sky, from above, denim shorts, ruffle trim shorts, on a hill, wildflower hill, rolling hills in the background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (takatsuki_nato:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pale purple hair, short hair, messy hair, sleeveless blouse, sitting on a grassy hill, surrounded by wildflowers, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (mochizuki_kei:1.25) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, low quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, pale purple hair, short hair, messy hair, sleeveless blouse, sitting on a grassy hill, surrounded by wildflowers, cloudy sky, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (ido_\(teketeke\):1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
 Prompt: 1girl, red hair, looking up, raining, in the rain, smiling, wet, pink blouse, sleeveless blouse, arms relaxed, denim shorts, ruffle trim shorts, on a hill, wildflower hill, rolling hills in the background, masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, (koretsuki_azuma:1.2) Negative Prompt: bad anatomy, lowres, ugly, fewer digits, extra digit, missing fingers, bad hands, blurry, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.3), very displeasing, signature, watermark Guidance Scale: 4.5 |
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