Here are some commonly used negative prompts, organized by category:
🔹 General Image Quality
low quality
bad quality
blurry
overexposed
underexposed
out of focus
distorted
poorly drawn
noisy
pixelated
watermark
signature
grainy
JPEG artifacts
🔹 Anatomy & Human Features
extra limbs
missing limbs
deformed hands
bad hands
bad feet
fused fingers
extra fingers
mutated hands
multiple heads
poorly drawn face
asymmetrical face
distorted anatomy
cross-eyed
broken legs
unnatural body
long neck
🔹 Unwanted Art Styles
cartoon
anime
sketch
3D render
CGI
painting
illustration
vector
(Only include these if you want photorealism — otherwise skip.)
🔹 Background/Scene Issues
messy background
text
logo
frame
border
cropped
image cut-off
busy background
abstract background
clutter
reflections
shadows
motion blur
🔹 Lighting & Color Issues
overexposed
too dark
harsh lighting
saturated colors
unnatural colors
color banding
weird shadows
✅ Example Full Negative Prompt
If you want a clean, realistic portrait of a person, your negative prompt might look like this:
low quality, bad anatomy, deformed hands, extra fingers, missing limbs, blurry, cartoon, sketch, watermark, signature, text, distorted face, cross-eyed, long neck, bad lighting, extra limbs
