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Idea to image prompt
Turn this idea into 3 detailed image prompts for [tool]: [idea]. Structure each as subject, action, setting, composition, lighting, colour palette, medium/style, mood. Vary the style between them.
Writing & Creative · 15 prompts
The Image Prompt Atelier
Get the picture in your head out of Midjourney, DALL-E and friends.
15 prompts for AI image generators like Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion and Ideogram: a prompt-building formula, styles, lighting, product shots, social graphics, consistent characters and editing. Includes meta-prompts that turn your idea into a detailed image prompt.
What's inside
Every prompt in the PDF, listed by section.
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- 01Idea to image prompt
- 02Prompt formula card
- 03Style explorer
- 04Lighting and lens vocabulary
Use cases
- 05Product photo
- 06Social graphics
- 07Blog header
- 08Consistent character
- 09Logo and icon ideas
- 10Pattern and texture
Iterate
- 11Diagnose a bad result
- 12Negative prompt
- 13Variations set
- 14Describe a reference
- 15Mood board brief
Sample prompts
Three of the 15, so you can see how specific they are. The PDF has the rest, plus a short introduction.
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Prompt formula card
Create a reusable fill-in template for image prompts with slots for subject, setting, camera/lens, light, style and mood, plus 5 example fills.
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Style explorer
Describe 10 distinct visual styles for an image of [subject] (e.g. risograph print, 1970s film photo, clay animation, ink wash) as ready-to-use prompt fragments.