🎨 AI Art Prompt Template & Cheat Sheet

Master the art of prompting like a creative director

📌 BASIC TEMPLATE

“[Subject] [doing what] in [style], with [mood/lighting/composition details]”

🧩 BUILD YOUR PROMPT：Prompt Building Blocks

🔹 1. SUBJECT (Who)

• A young witch

• A golden retriever puppy

• A futuristic city

• An astronaut

🔹 2. ACTION (Doing What)

• dancing under the moonlight

• exploring an ancient forest

• sitting on a rooftop

• flying through a nebula

🔹 3. STYLE (Visual Style or Medium)

• watercolor painting

• 3D render

• Art Nouveau (Alphonse Mucha)

• vaporwave digital art

• cinematic photography

• anime style

🔹 4. MOOD / LIGHTING

• dreamy and nostalgic

• mysterious and surreal

• warm sunset lighting

• dramatic shadows

• bright and cheerful

• soft and ethereal

🔹 5. COMPOSITION / ANGLE

• top-down view

• side profile

• centered with bokeh background

• rule-of-thirds framing

• wide-angle lens perspective
  

🛠️ FULL EXAMPLES

Beginner Prompt:

A cat in a garden

Advanced Prompt:

A fluffy orange cat lounging on a velvet cushion in a Victorian-style sunroom, surrounded by potted plants and filtered morning light, digital painting in the style of Studio Ghibli, cozy and whimsical mood

💡 POWER TIPS

• Use artist references:“in the style of Monet / Mucha / Ghibli / Beeple”

• Add emotion or story:“evokes melancholy,” “tells a story of hope,” “feels like a dream”

• Specify setting/time:“at dusk in spring,” “underwater,” “in a cyberpunk Tokyo alley at night”

• Use adjectives generously:“cracked porcelain doll,” “lush alien jungle,” “glowing jellyfish lanterns”
  

🧾 COPY-PASTE READY TEMPLATE:

[A person / object]

[doing an action / in a specific setting]

[in the style of X artist or medium]

[with detailed lighting, mood, and color tone]

[shot from this angle / composition]

[A person / object] [doing an action / in a specific setting] [in the style of X artist or medium] [with detailed lighting, mood, and color tone] [shot from this angle / composition]