About the long hair tag
long hair is a hair tag that NovelAI Diffusion can use. On Danbooru it has 4,350,743 posts, and its best-rated still image scores 2,785. The samples above put the tag at the front of a fixed base prompt with seed 1234, so the differences between tags come from the tag alone.
How each model draws long hair
Follows composition and expression instructions closely, so the effect shows in a tidy form.
Reacts to the tag more strongly, so its effect is easier to see.
WAI illustrious SDXL v17, a local model. Shows how the same tag reads outside NovelAI.
Writing long hair in a prompt
Put the subject first, then this tag, then quality tags.
1girl, solo, long hair, best quality, masterpiecewlop, 1girl, long hairThe negative prompt and the full settings are on the terms page.
How these samples were made
Every image uses 832×1216, seed 1234, 23 steps and the k_euler_ancestral sampler. The base prompt and negative prompt stay the same for every tag, and only the tag under test changes. Images flagged by the NSFW check are regenerated with a new seed or hidden.
From the Danbooru wiki
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Hair longer than shoulder-length, up to waist-length. Shoulder-length hair should be tagged with medium hair instead.
Examples of long hairstyles include the hime cut, the jellyfish cut, and the ponytail.
See very long hair for hair longer than waist-length, or absurdly long hair for hair longer than body-length.
Examples
- : Hime cut
- : Jellyfish cut
- : "Default" (short), short, medium, long hair.
Hair lengths
- bald / bald female
- very short hair
- short hair (shorter than shoulder length)
- medium hair (shoulder length)
- long hair (longer than shoulder length, up to waist length)
- very long hair (longer than waist length, up to floor length)
- absurdly long hair (beyond floor length)
See also
FAQ
Does NovelAI recognize long hair?
Compare the samples on this page. Every tag on this site shares the same seed and base prompt, so any change you see comes from long hair.
How do I write long hair in a prompt?
Write "long hair" near the front of the prompt and separate it from other tags with commas.
Should I use V5 or V4.5?
V4.5 shows the tag's effect more strongly. V5 gives steadier images with fewer artifacts.