God Image Generation & Illustration
Prompt anatomy (works across models)
text[Subject + action] , [setting/context] , [style/medium] , [composition/camera] , [lighting] , [colour palette] , [mood] , [details/materials] , [technical: aspect ratio, quality]
Example: An elderly ceramicist glazing an İznik-style tulip plate, sunlit workshop in Kütahya, documentary photography, 50mm lens at eye level, shallow depth of field, soft window light from the left, cobalt and turquoise with warm wood tones, calm and focused, visible glaze drips and brush texture, 4:5
Model notes (late 2026; check current docs because they change fast)
| Model | Strengths | Prompting tips |
|---|---|---|
| Midjourney (v7+) | Aesthetic quality, styles | Short, evocative phrases; --ar 4:5, --stylize, --sref style refs, --cref/omni-reference for characters; --no text |
| GPT Image (ChatGPT) | Instruction following, text rendering, editing | Natural sentences; describe the layout explicitly; iterate conversationally; good for mockups with text |
| Google Gemini image (Nano Banana family) / Imagen | Editing, consistency, multi-image fusion, text | Describe edits precisely ("keep the face, change background to…"); supports reference images |
| FLUX (Black Forest Labs) | Photorealism, prompt adherence, open weights (dev/schnell) | Detailed natural language; LoRAs for brand styles |
| Stable Diffusion / SDXL | Open, controllable (ControlNet, LoRA, inpainting) | Weighted tags (keyword:1.2), negative prompts, ControlNet for pose/layout |
| Ideogram | Typography in images, posters | Put the exact text in quotes; specify the font style |
| Recraft | Vector/SVG output, brand styles, icons | Ask for "vector illustration, flat"; export SVG |
| Adobe Firefly | Commercially safe training data, Photoshop integration | Use for client work needing indemnity |
Style vocabulary
- Illustration techniques: flat vector, line art, risograph, screen print, linocut, woodcut, engraving/etching, gouache, watercolour, ink wash (sumi-e), pastel, charcoal, collage, paper cut, claymation, isometric, low-poly, pixel art, cel-shaded anime, children's-book, botanical illustration, technical cutaway, blueprint, editorial conceptual.
- Photography: documentary, editorial, studio product, macro, aerial/drone, street, fashion, still life, food (overhead flat lay / 45°), architectural (tilt-shift).
- Lighting: golden hour, blue hour, overcast soft, hard noon sun, Rembrandt, rim light, backlit silhouette, softbox studio, neon, candlelight, volumetric fog, chiaroscuro.
- Camera: 24mm wide (space), 35mm (story), 50mm (natural), 85mm (portrait), 100mm macro, aperture f/1.8 bokeh vs f/11 deep focus, low angle (power), high angle (vulnerability), Dutch tilt (tension), bird's-eye, worm's-eye.
- Materials: brushed aluminium, frosted glass, ceramic glaze, linen, terrazzo, travertine, walnut, felt, chrome, iridescent film, recycled paper.
- Styles from the atlas: every
god-stylesentry has a Prompt fragment. Combine it with your subject.
Workflow for design work
- Generate reference boards (4–8 variations) to lock the direction; pick one.
- Lock consistency with style references / seeds / LoRA / character references.
- Leave negative space where text will go. Add text afterwards in HTML/SVG/Figma (crisp, editable, correctly spelled, especially Turkish ı/İ/ş/ğ, which models often get wrong).
- Upscale and clean up (remove artefacts, fix hands and text).
- For illustration systems, define: line weight, colour palette (hex), shading method, character proportions, perspective. Then prompt every image with the same "style block".
Ethics and legal
- Don't prompt for living artists' names to imitate their signature style for commercial work. Describe the technique instead ("bold flat shapes, limited palette, risograph texture").
- No real people's likenesses without consent. No trademarks or logos you don't own.
- Disclose AI generation where platforms or laws require it (EU AI Act transparency duties, platform labels).
- Don't generate sacred or First Nations art (see
god-stylesworld-traditions protocol). Commission artists instead. - Check each model's commercial-use terms.
See references/prompt-library.md for ready prompts by design area.
