Summary of prompt engineering for image generation

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Best prompt examples

Photography

1. portrait photo of a asia old warrior chief, tribal panther make up, blue on red, side profile, looking away, serious eyes, 50mm portrait photography, hard rim lighting photography–beta –ar 2:3 –beta –upbeta –upbeta

2. gorgeous young Swiss girl sitting by window with headphones on, wearing white bra with translucent shirt over, soft lips, beach blonde hair, octane render, unreal engine, photograph, realistic skin texture, photorealistic, hyper realism, highly detailed, 85mm portrait photography, award winning, hard rim lighting photography–beta –ar 9:16 –s 5000 –testp –upbeta –upbeta –upbeta

3. High Quality, Intricately Detailed, Hyper-Realistic Lawyer Portrait Photography, Volumetric Lighting, Full Character, 4k, In Workwear

4. Portrait of woman with small chest white and red hair sleepy red eyes vampire dressed with a suit long white and red streaks highlights hair tomboy

5. boy, long hair, yellow eyes, gray pants, black hair, black overcoat, white shirt, young, long ponytail, soft smile, holding a long scythe, calm personality, ruins destroyed background

6. a black and white photo of a woman in the water, mert and marcus, drops, kristine froseth, carola rubio, sequin top, frameless, freya, droplets, full shot photograph, wet amphibious skin, covered –v 5. 1 –ar 3:4

7. the woman in the field is dressed for the camera, in the style of daria endresen, kris knight, scottish landscapes, light navy and dark brown, georg jensen, intense close-ups, matte photo –ar 132:161 –s 750 –v 5. 2

8. street style photo portrait of the young instagram model, sparklecore, appropriation artist, clear edge definition, unique and one-of-a-kind pieces, light brown and light amber, Fujifilm X-T4, Sony FE 85mm f/1. 4 GM, no nudity, no NSFW, no brands, –quality 2 –s 750 –v 5. 2

Anime

1. an image of a woman in black leather near a neon sign, in the style of cyberpunk manga, ruslan lobanov, detailed costumes, 32k uhd, zeng chuangxing, daniel f. gerhartz, calculated –ar 77:100 –s 750 –niji 5

2. 4k anime girl in a kimono and purple clothing, in the style of photo-realistic drawings, light white and light gray, qian xuan, exaggerated nobility, sabattier filter, kawacy, accurate and detailed –ar 18:25 –s 750 –niji 5

3. Best Quality, Masterpiece, Extremely Detailed, High Resolution, 4K, Ultra High Resolution, Detailed Shadows, (Two Girls in Costumes Taking Selfies on the Street), Colorful Braids, Mixed Fujifilm, Big Breasts, Cute, Laugh

4. sketching on ivory paper with charcoal pencil, in the style of realistic hyper-detailed portraits, digital airbrushing, commission for, i can’t believe how beautiful this is –ar 55:64 –s 750 –niji 5

1. (a masterpiece), better quality, incredibly detailed illustration, a mature girl with pale and flushed skin, (hair with light brown waves:1. 3) in a long length, bangs in the eyes, (cute transparent glasses:1. 2), cute makeup, happy and shy, (black clothes)

6. Uraraka Ochako and Izuku Midoriya holding hands, Boku no Hero Academia, HD, ultra realistic, full pants

7. perfect anime illustration, 1girl, braided hair, medium hair, medium breasts, sidehair, racecar driver, ((firesuit, race track, car)), nascar, f1, indycar, (outdoors, speedway, track), standing next to a racing vehicle, hand on hip, good posture, looking at viewer. created by Artgerm, volumetric lighting, 8k, hdr, holga, 300mm lens f3. 5, aesthetic, unsharpened

1. Naruto as a black person in the style of rembrandt, anime style, portrait, cyberpunk mandalorian, skull, hdr, overcolored, Rainbow colored, futuristic, highly detailed, made with blender

Concept Art

1. Centered portrait of an ultra detailed Mechanical Cyberpunk male Android, looking into the camera, intricate, elegant, super highly detailed, smooth, sharp focus, no blur, no dof, extreme illustration, Unreal

2. enlightend compassionate, empathetic, confident, unique woman made of butterflies and flower petals, scorched beauty portrait, artgerm, peter mohrbacher

3. 1girl, 8k resolution, photorealistic masterpiece by Aaron Horkey and Jeremy Mann, intricately detailed fluid gouache painting by Jean Baptiste, professional photography, natural lighting, volumetric lighting, maximalist, 8k resolution, concept art, intricately detailed, complex, elegant, expansive, fantastical, cover

4. A burger falling in pieces juicy, tasty, hot, promotional photo, intricate details, hdr, cinematic, adobe lightroom, highly detailed

1. autumn by ashley on doodles, in the style of striking digital surrealism, pointillist dot paintings, feminine beauty, swirling colors, dark bronze, contemporary turkish art, digitally enhanced –ar 38:39 –s 750 –v 5. 2

6. underwater temple, (ancient city of atlantis), high detail, majestic city, dramatic scale, 8k, blue, fish, (coral reef), Greek temple, Greek architecture, godrays, cinematic lighting, concept art, distinct, in the style of studio ghibli

7. Cyberpunk cityscape with towering skyscrapers, neon signs, and flying cars.

8. Digital painting of an astronaut floating in space, with a reflection of Earth in the helmet visor.

Architecture

1. An iconic landmark in Kolkata, make the Howrah Bridge,a huge steel bridge over the Hooghly River. It is considered to be one of the longest cantilever bridges in the world.

2. In the style of el lissitzky, Bauhaus art, epic swimming pool, futuristic, geometric forms, light beams, light installation, space age, glow, color transition, establishing shot, Japanese print, space galaxy, mountains, 1980s fashion, flat forms, anamorphic lens, smooth, denoise –q 2 –v 5. 1 –ar 3:4

3. Hyper realistic eye level exterior photo of a futuristic style house overlooking the jungle, daylight, indirect lighting, AD magazine, Frank Lloyd, Eames, Mies van der Rohe

4. Cottagecore living room that has a high ceiling with lush, comfortable couches with warm blankets on them and beanbag chairs as well as a small table stationed in the middle of the room sitting on top of a cute, Cottagecore rug and lastly huge triangular windows at the back of the room; the wallpaper of the room is light gray and the flooring is a white wooden color

5. Bauhaus style Mandrill screaming towards full moon from concrete balcony of Santorini island hotel

6. create a residential building with 2 floor. Modern style. Color white. More opening in a side. Only 2 floor.

Prompt Tips

1. Start with a clear, concise problem statement
2. Use open-ended questions
3. Avoid biased language
4. Provide context
5. Be as specific as you can

Keywords

• Subject: using the names of famous people
• Medium: illustrations, paintings, 3D renderings, Japanese anime, photography, oil painting
• Style: impressionist, surrealist, pop art, hyperrealistic, fantasy, dark art
• Artist: multiple artists’ names to mix their styles, e.g. Van Gogh
• Art-sharing website: https://www.artstation.com/, https://www.deviantart.com/
• Resolution: highly detailed, sharp focus
• Additional details: sci-fi, stunningly beautiful, dystopian
• color: iridescent gold,
• Lighting: studio lighting

Negative keywords

• disfigured, deformed, ugly

Keyword weight

• (keyword: factor)