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🎨 AI Art Prompt Template & Cheat Sheet

Updated: Jul 23


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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]

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