How Pony & Illustrious prompts work
- Start with the score ladder: score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up for quality, optionally source_anime or source_pony for style.
- Use danbooru-style tags (1girl, solo, looking at viewer) — Pony and Illustrious are trained on them, so tag-based prompting works best.
- Rating tags (rating_safe, rating_explicit) steer content; they’re part of the trained vocabulary.
- Negative prompts use the same booru tags, and adding low scores (score_4, score_5) to the negative pushes quality up further.
Example Pony Diffusion prompt
score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, source_anime, 1girl, solo, kitsune, fox ears, multiple tails, red kimono, (detailed eyes:1.2), golden hour lighting, masterpiece
negative: score_4, score_5, score_6, worst quality, low quality, bad anatomy, extra fingers
Build Pony prompts faster with Prompt Builder
- One-click "score_9, score_8_up…" quality blocks — never retype the ladder.
- Offline danbooru tag autocomplete as you type.
- Pony and Illustrious template packs to start in seconds.
- Weight any tag with Ctrl/Cmd + ↑/↓.
Frequently asked questions
What do the score tags mean in Pony Diffusion?▾
They’re quality buckets from training. "score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up" asks for the highest-rated outputs; putting low scores in the negative prompt pushes quality up further.
Does Pony Diffusion use danbooru tags?▾
Yes — Pony and Illustrious are trained on danbooru-style tags like 1girl, solo, looking at viewer, so tag-based prompting works best.
What’s a good Pony negative prompt?▾
score_4, score_5, score_6, worst quality, low quality, bad anatomy is a solid baseline; add specifics as needed.
Keep exploring
- Prompt weighting & LoRA syntax guide
- Prompt glossary
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