NovelAI

NovelAI is an AI anime art generator and AI story writer for illustrators, fanfic authors, comic creators and roleplayers who want original characters and worlds with a consistent look and voice.

How does NovelAI generate anime images?

Its NovelAI Diffusion V5 model creates characters, scenes and full comic pages from natural-language prompts or tags, with multiple characters per image and strong character consistency. It includes inpainting to fix specific areas, character positioning and Director Tools to change expression, colors or style on an existing image.

Is NovelAI good for writing stories?

• In-house text models (the current one built on GLM 4.6) designed to write with you, not for you.
• Lorebook entries for characters, places and world rules the AI keeps in mind.
• Large context windows on higher tiers so long stories do not lose key details.
• Text-to-speech to listen to your stories.

A common workflow is to design a character as an image first and then describe it in the lorebook, so artwork and story share the same identity across a long project such as a graphic novel, a roleplay campaign or a fanfic series.

NovelAI pros and cons

Pros: encrypted privacy (prompts are encrypted and generated images are never stored on its servers), commercial use of images with no extra license, and a highly polished anime style. Cons: the interface is English-only and image tags are written in English, large or bulk generations consume Anlas (its in-app currency), the style is strongly anime-focused, and it is web-only with no desktop app.