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Novel AI: Create Stories, Characters, and Worlds with AI

Turn your ideas into expressive anime characters, immersive scenes, and engaging stories with Novel AI. Explore how this AI anime art generator brings your imagination to life, then discover more creative possibilities with Dreamina.

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Ready-to-copy prompts for Novel AI image generation

Create polished artwork faster with these ready-to-copy prompts for Novel AI image generation. Each prompt gives you a clear creative starting point, making it easier to explore characters, scenes, styles, and imaginative worlds.

  • Prompt for a fantasy character portrait

    A girl with silver hair, violet eyes, standing in a moonlit forest, flowing white cloak, delicate armor details, soft glowing particles, anime style, dramatic lighting, detailed background, masterpiece quality

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  • Prompt for a slice-of-life scene

    A cozy tea shop interior, warm afternoon light through the window, two characters chatting at a wooden table, steaming teacups, soft pastel colors, slice of life anime aesthetic, gentle expressions, detailed linework

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  • Prompt for a mythical creature illustration

    A majestic dragon perched on a floating island, iridescent scales, swirling clouds below, fantasy anime illustration, dynamic pose, glowing runes along its wings, epic scale, painterly detail

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Key features of the NovelAI generator

NovelAI combines AI-powered storytelling and intelligent prompt analysis to support both writing and visual creation. Its features help writers develop richer narratives while giving artists more control over the details of their generated images.

Turn prompts into full narrative prose

Turn prompts into full narrative prose

NovelAI's Kayra and Erato language models expand short prompts or story beats into full narrative prose that follows your writing style and pacing. Rather than responding like a chatbot, its text-to-image generator continues scenes naturally, helping fiction writers move past writer's block and draft interactive text-adventure scenes with greater ease.  

Build worlds and characters with Lorebook

Build worlds and characters with Lorebook

NovelAI's Lorebook acts as a database for characters, factions, locations, and world rules, each linked to keyphrase triggers. When those keywords appear in a story, the AI automatically brings the relevant details into the scene, helping preserve traits, relationships, and worldbuilding character consistency across longer narratives.  

Refine art details with inpainting

Refine art details with inpainting

NovelAI's Inpaint tool lets you mask a specific area of a generated or uploaded image and regenerate only that section. Use the image modifier to fix details such as hands, faces, clothing, or backgrounds, or expand the canvas outward, giving artists precise control over edits without regenerating the entire artwork.  

Benefits of using Novel AI art generator

Novel AI art generator makes it easier to turn creative ideas into polished visuals without starting from scratch. From character concepts to detailed scenes, it helps creators explore styles, refine ideas, and bring imaginative worlds to life.

Expand ideas into detailed narratives

Expand ideas into detailed narratives

A single sentence, image, or character can be the spark, but NovelAI's AI art generator helps expand that idea into richer details, scenes, and narrative depth, so writers can enjoy developing the story instead of filling blank pages.  

Save time on visual development

Save time on visual development

Designing a character often takes several rounds of manual sketches before one version feels right. NovelAI's AI image generator can produce multiple finished takes at once, helping artists explore options and settle on a design sooner.  

Add your own style to every creation

Add your own style to every creation

Many AI art tools can give different users a similar generic look, but NovelAI offers more room to guide the visual direction. Creators can shape each result around their style and taste, keeping the work personal and still theirs.

Use cases of NovelAI designs

From storytelling and game design to character concepts and creative projects, NovelAI designs can adapt to many imaginative workflows. Here are some practical ways creators can put its image generation capabilities to use.

Fiction and fanfiction authors

Fiction and fanfiction authors

Fiction and fanfiction writers use NovelAI to draft entire chapters in their own voice, while the Lorebook keeps original characters, relationships, settings, and canon details consistent across long, ongoing works with ease.

Tabletop RPG game masters

Tabletop RPG game masters

Solo players and game masters use NovelAI as an on-demand storyteller, generating NPC dialogue, plot twists, character designs, and encounter outcomes for text-adventure campaigns, even when a full group is not available to play together.  

Concept artists and illustrators

Concept artists and illustrators

Illustrators and character designers use NovelAI art generation to explore anime-style designs from tag-based prompts, swapping outfits, poses, expressions, and visual styles much faster than sketching each option by hand.  

How to bring your characters and worlds to life with NovelAI

Describe your character or world
Select a model and generate
Refine details and download

AI Creation Pricing: Choose the Right Plan

Compare Dreamina's plans and choose the one that fits your creative needs and workflow. Get access to powerful AI tools to generate freely, edit precisely, and explore more creative possibilities with greater flexibility.

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USD0.29/monthUSD15
USD 0.29 for the first month, then USD 15.00/month. Cancel anytime.The subscription will automatically renew.
1575 credits/monthUSD1 = 5431 credits

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Generate up to 63 videos per month

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  • One-year free unlimited 2K generation with Seedream 4.1 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • One-year free unlimited 2K generation with Seedream 4.5 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • Free Image 5.0 (2K) for 1 year
  • Free Image 4.6 (2K) for 1 year

Standard

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USD21.60/monthUSD36
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3885 credits/monthUSD1 = 180 credits

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Generate up to 155 videos per month

Seedance 2.5: Save 19% credits at 720p from $0.17/sec

  • Remove the Dreamina watermark in downloads
  • Extend video length
  • Increase video resolution
  • Make videos smoother (frame rate to up to 60 FPS)
  • Lip sync audio generations
  • Fast queue
  • One-year free unlimited 2K generation with Seedream 4.1 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • One-year free unlimited 2K generation with Seedream 4.5 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • Free Image 5.0 (2K) for 1 year
  • Free Image 4.6 (2K) for 1 year

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USD79.50/monthUSD159
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8.6K17.6K23.5K35.5K
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Generate up to 704 videos per month

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  • Remove the Dreamina watermark in downloads
  • Extend video length
  • Increase video resolution
  • Make videos smoother (frame rate to up to 60 FPS)
  • Lip sync audio generations
  • Fast queue (highest priority)
  • One-year free unlimited 4K generation with Seedream 4.1 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • One-year free unlimited 4K generation with Seedream 4.5 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • Free Image 5.0 (4K) for 1 year
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USD260/monthUSD520
USD 260.00 for the first month, then USD 520.00/month. Cancel anytime.The subscription will automatically renew.
59000 credits/monthUSD1 = 227 credits

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Generate up to 2360 videos per month

Seedance 2.5: Save 49% credits at 720p from $0.08/sec

  • Remove the Dreamina watermark in downloads
  • Extend video length
  • Increase video resolution
  • Make videos smoother (frame rate to up to 60 FPS)
  • Lip sync audio generations
  • Fast queue (highest priority)
  • One-year free unlimited 4K generation with Seedream 4.1 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • One-year free unlimited 4K generation with Seedream 4.5 for users subscribe before Dec 15, 2025
  • Free Image 5.0 (4K) for 1 year
  • Free Image 4.6 (4K) for 1 year

Tools List

Online Video Editor

AI Image Upscaler

Text to Speech

AI Art Generator

Effects & Filters

Text-to-Image Generator

Trendy Music

Image Style Transfer

Sound Effects

AI Photo Editor

Auto Subtitles

AI Background Generator

Transcribe Videos

AI Cartoon Generator

Text Overlay

AI Logo Generator

AI Posters

AI Posters

AI Face Generator

AI Face Generator

Image Enlarger

Digital People

Digital People

What users say about NovelAI art generator

Vera Drew

I really like how simple the tagging system is. It makes trying different art styles feel easy, and being able to use NovelAI right in the browser is a big plus.

Dija Erozenin•August 12
Alice

There's a lot of room to experiment here. Simple prompts work fine, but I especially enjoy trying unusual ideas and seeing how NovelAI interprets them.

Alice Johnson•August 18
Bob

I really like how fast the results are generated. I can test several ideas quickly instead of spending forever fixing little visual details myself.

Becky Martin•August 15
Cathy

The anime artwork comes out with a lot of detail, and I like how straightforward the process feels. It doesn't take much effort to go from an idea to a finished image.

Cathy CEL•August 5
Vera Drew

I really like how simple the tagging system is. It makes trying different art styles feel easy, and being able to use NovelAI right in the browser is a big plus.

Dija Erozenin•August 12
Alice

There's a lot of room to experiment here. Simple prompts work fine, but I especially enjoy trying unusual ideas and seeing how NovelAI interprets them.

Alice Johnson•August 18
Bob

I really like how fast the results are generated. I can test several ideas quickly instead of spending forever fixing little visual details myself.

Becky Martin•August 15
Cathy

The anime artwork comes out with a lot of detail, and I like how straightforward the process feels. It doesn't take much effort to go from an idea to a finished image.

Cathy CEL•August 5
David

I've tried some of the older NovelAI models, and V3 was a noticeable improvement for me. The style control felt much better, and the images had more character.

Michael Brown•August 8
Emma

I've experimented with all kinds of prompts, and there's enough flexibility to try completely different concepts. It's fun seeing how each idea turns out.

Fresh Smith •August 16
David

The interface was easy for me to get used to, and the quick generation makes experimenting much less frustrating. I also like having the added security features.

Charity Davis•August 21
Emma

What I enjoy most is the amount of control you get over the artwork. The prompts, styles, and editing tools give me plenty of ways to play around with different anime concepts.

Avrena Miller•August 17
David

I've tried some of the older NovelAI models, and V3 was a noticeable improvement for me. The style control felt much better, and the images had more character.

Michael Brown•August 8
Emma

I've experimented with all kinds of prompts, and there's enough flexibility to try completely different concepts. It's fun seeing how each idea turns out.

Fresh Smith •August 16
David

The interface was easy for me to get used to, and the quick generation makes experimenting much less frustrating. I also like having the added security features.

Charity Davis•August 21
Emma

What I enjoy most is the amount of control you get over the artwork. The prompts, styles, and editing tools give me plenty of ways to play around with different anime concepts.

Avrena Miller•August 17

FAQs about NovelAI

How do I use NovelAI?

Using NovelAI starts with entering a story idea, prompt, or opening passage to guide the AI. You can choose a writing model and adjust settings to influence the tone, style, and direction of the generated text. After generating a passage, you can edit it, add your own writing, and continue the story from there. NovelAI also supports image generation for creating visuals that complement your narratives.

Is Novel AI free to use?

Novel AI generator is not completely free to use, as its full set of writing and image generation features requires a paid subscription. New users may be able to explore the service through a limited trial, but continued use requires choosing one of its available plans. The subscription options provide different levels of access and generation resources.

Can I edit and refine images in Novel AI?

Yes, NovelAI provides ways to refine generated images by adjusting prompts, tags, and generation settings. You can change visual elements, experiment with different styles, and regenerate images to get closer to the result you want. Its image generation workflow is especially useful for exploring anime-inspired characters, scenes, and artwork.

Is Novel AI safe to use?

NovelAI is generally safe to use when you follow its terms, content policies, and recommended privacy practices. However, as with any online AI service, you should avoid sharing sensitive personal information and review how your data and generated content are handled. For creators looking for a more controlled experience, Dreamina offers a secure, moderated creation environment designed for making and refining visual content.

Which AI is best for making a story?

There is no single AI that is best for every type of story, since the right choice depends on your preferred writing style, level of control, and creative goals. NovelAI is a strong option for developing long-form narratives, characters, and interactive storytelling. If you want to take those ideas beyond text, Dreamina adds visual storytelling tools that can turn story concepts into engaging images and videos.

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