Negative prompts are helpful for specifying what you don't want in your generated image. They work alongside positive prompts to guide the image creation process.
There are universal negative prompts to ensure good image quality, like avoiding blurry or low-quality images. You can also use negative prompts to control specific aspects of the image, like preventing black and white or including certain objects.
Here is a list of the best negative prompts:
Commonly Used Words In Negative Prompts
There are many commonly used words that you can include in your negative prompts to improve your images. These words help prevent unwanted artifacts or details.
Here’s the list of commonly used words in negative prompts:
- Ugly
- Bad anatomy
- Bad proportions
- Bad quality
- Blurry
- Cropped
- Deformed
- Disconnected limbs
- Out of frame
- Out of focus
- Dehydrated
- Error
- Disfigured
- Disgusting
- Extra arms
- Extra limbs
- Extra hands
- Fused fingers
- Gross proportions
- Long neck
- Low res
- Low quality
- Jpeg
- Jpeg artifacts
- Malformed limbs
- Mutated
- Mutated hands
- Mutated limbs
- Missing arms
- Missing fingers
- Picture frame
- Poorly drawn hands
- Poorly drawn face
- Text
- Signature
- Username
- Watermark
- Worst quality
- Collage
- Pixel
- Pixelated
- Grainy
Negative Prompts for Proper Human Anatomy
Using negative prompts can enhance the accuracy of human anatomy in your images. Many users often struggle with generating accurate human figures. Incorporating these words into your negative prompts can significantly improve the depiction of human anatomy:
- Bad anatomy
- Bad hands
- Amputee
- Missing fingers
- Missing hands
- Missing limbs
- Missing arms
- Extra fingers
- Extra hands
- Extra limbs
- Mutated hands
- Mutated
- Mutation
- Multiple heads
- Malformed limbs
- Disfigured
- Poorly drawn hands
- Poorly drawn face
- Long neck
- Fused fingers
- Fused hands
- Dismembered
- Duplicate
- Improper scale
- Ugly body
- Cloned face
- Cloned body
- Gross proportions
- Body horror
- Too many fingers
You don’t have to use all these words together in your negative prompts. The best way to go around it is to try a combination of these words and generate images.
Negative Prompts for Realistic Images
Using the right negative prompts is crucial for achieving realistic outcomes. This involves including words that specify other styles in your negative prompts. Here are some negative prompts to help you create realistic images:
- Cartoon
- CGI
- Render
- 3D
- Artwork
- Illustration
- 3D render
- Cinema 4D
- Artstation
- Octane render
- Painting
- Oil painting
- Anime
- 2D
- Sketch
- Drawing
- Bad photography
- Bad photo
- Deviant art
The above words will ensure the output image is realistic and like a photograph. Most of these words are included to avoid other art forms such as drawings, paintings, illustrations, cartoons, and more.
These words work really well in negative prompts and you can get very realistic images by using them.
Negative Prompts for SFW Images
Many AI model checkpoints are biased towards producing NSFW or adult-oriented images. This might be beneficial if that's your goal. However, if you're aiming for SFW content and keep receiving inappropriate results, it can become frustrating. Fortunately, you can completely avoid this by incorporating the following words into your negative prompts:
- Nsfw
- Uncensored
- Cleavage
- Nude
- Nipples
Typically, there isn’t a need to write a long prompt to generate SFW images. Using the words above will work well in most cases.
Negative Prompts for Landscape & Nature Images
When creating landscape images, there are specific words you can include in your negative prompt to achieve beautiful results. Here are some words to try in your negative prompts:
- Overexposed
- Simple background
- Plain background
- Grainy
- Portrait
- Grayscale
- Monochrome
- Underexposed
- Low contrast
- Low quality
- Dark
- Distorted
- White spots
- Deformed structures
- Macro
- Multiple angles
Negative Prompts for Objects
Generating inanimate objects can sometimes be challenging due to the asymmetry in the output images. Using the following words in your negative prompts will help you create better objects:
- Asymmetry
- Parts
- Components
- Design
- Broken
- Cartoon
- Distorted
- Extra pieces
- Bad proportion
- Inverted
- Misaligned
- Macabre
- Missing parts
- Oversized
- Tilted