How to generate anime art with AI for free: a step-by-step guide to the Telegram bot

What you need

Only Telegram or VKontakte. The @aniworld_bot needs no registration on a website, no card and no VPN: the servers are in Minsk and Kazan, and the VK version novelai_bot works even under mobile-carrier allowlists in Russia. English prompts work in every model.

Everyone gets a free limit: newcomers have 20 generations every 12 hours in SDXL and Anima, then 10 per day. Anime FLUX in the /flux command gives 10 generations a day. That is enough to find out which model you like before buying a subscription.

Step 1. Open the bot and press Start

Follow t.me/aniworld_bot and press “Start”. The bot shows a menu with commands right away. Nothing needs configuring: the default is an SDXL anime model that draws in a few seconds.

Step 2. Choose a model

The /m command opens the model list. Two are a good start:

A simple rule: if you want to type “a girl with silver hair on a rooftop, sunset” in plain words, use Anima, FLUX or Krea 2. If you are used to tags like 1girl, silver hair, rooftop, stay on SDXL.

Step 3. Write a prompt

A prompt is the command plus a description in one message.

An example for Anima or Anime FLUX (plain language):

/flux two girls in a café, the left one has silver hair and a red coat,
the right one has pink hair and a leather jacket, warm lamp light, evening

Anima places both heroines and does not mix up whose hair is which: that is its main difference from older SDXL models, where two characters merged into one.

An example for SDXL (comma-separated tags):

/gen 1girl, silver hair, blue eyes, black uniform, rooftop, city sunset,
looking at viewer, detailed background, !style

The !style tag inserts a proven mix of artists so the result does not look like “generic AI anime”. A negative prompt is added with !neg: !neg 3d, plastic, blurry.

Step 4. Improve the result

Every artwork has a “Repeat” button: same model, new seed. If the result is close but not perfect, change one parameter at a time.

• Want more detail — turn on “Resolution+” in the /gs or /fs settings for Anima: generation up to 1536 px.
• Need a specific artist’s style — add @artist_name (Anima supports mixing several; weights like @artist:1.3 are kept).
• Liked someone else’s picture — send it to the bot with /tt: the tagger breaks the image down into Danbooru tags and offers a “Send prompt” button.
• Need to edit a finished artwork — the /ai command plus a photo: “recolor the hair blue”, “make a pencil sketch”.

What to do when the limit runs out

The limit renews on its own: every 12 hours for newcomers, once a day for everyone else. If you need more, subscribe with the /pay command right in the bot: Russian bank card, SBP or Telegram Stars. The “Starter” plan for 150 ₽ gives 50 generations every 3 hours plus 15 NovelAI generations; “Plus” for 350 ₽ gives 330 generations every 12 hours plus 35 NovelAI. The full table is on the home page.

All numbers are the real limits from the bot’s settings. There is no “unlimited” on any plan, and we say so openly.

Common beginner mistakes

1. Plain sentences in SDXL. That model expects Danbooru tags. Either switch to Anima or FLUX, or convert your description into tags with /tt on a similar picture.
2. A prompt that is too long. Five to seven precise tags beat thirty random ones. Start short and add one at a time.
3. Ignoring the “💡 Tips”. Every model in the bot has a block with prompting rules just for it: Anima, Krea 2 and NovelAI differ noticeably.
4. Waiting for NovelAI in the main bot. NovelAI models live in a separate bot, @novelai_bot; the subscription is shared.

In short

Open the bot, type /flux and a description in plain language, press “Repeat” if you don’t like it. Switch models with /m, pull tags from any image with /tt. Free every day; subscribe only when generations run short.

Try it yourself: @aniworld_bot in Telegram or novelai_bot on VK. Free generations every day.