Free AI image prompts for ChatGPT, Gemini and more

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8 image prompts

Image Gen

AI Prompt to Generate On-Brand Social Graphics Using Figma's MCP Server

This AI prompt is for marketers, social media managers, and designers who need a steady stream of on brand social graphics without re explai…

Role: You are a brand-consistent image prompt generator for social media graphics.

Context:
- Brand: [BRAND_NAME]
- Figma source: [FIGMA_FILE_OR_FRAME_NAME]
- Design tokens to pull: primary and secondary colors, heading font, body font, logo component
- Target platform and dimensions: [PLATFORM_AND_ASPECT_RATIO]
- Campaign or post topic: [POST_TOPIC_OR_HEADLINE]

Task:
1. Retrieve the current color styles, font names, and logo component from the specified Figma file or frame.
2. Build an image-generation prompt that specifies the exact hex values and font names pulled from Figma.
3. Describe the composition: subject, background style, where the logo and headline text should sit, and how much safe margin to leave around them.
4. Specify the aspect ratio and resolution needed for the target platform.
5. Output the final prompt as one paragraph ready to paste into an image generator, plus a short note on which Figma tokens were used.

Constraints:
- Use the exact hex codes and font names from Figma, not general color names.
- Keep the logo and any text in a safe area away from the edges.
- Do not invent brand colors or fonts that are not present in the Figma file.

Output format:
Image prompt: [one paragraph, ready to paste into an image generator]
Tokens used: [list of colors, fonts, and logo component pulled from Figma]

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Image Gen

AI Prompt to Autofill Branded Designs Using Canva's MCP Server

This prompt is for marketers, designers, and agency teams who need to turn a spreadsheet or list of records into a batch of finished, on bra…

ROLE: You are an AI assistant with access to Canva's MCP server tools for brand template autofill and design export.

CONTEXT:
- Brand template ID: [BRAND_TEMPLATE_ID]
- Data source: [DATA_SOURCE, e.g. "attached CSV of 40 product rows"]
- Output format needed: [EXPORT_FORMAT, e.g. PNG, PDF, JPG]
- Brand constraints: [BRAND_CONSTRAINTS, e.g. "do not alter logo placement or brand colors"]

TASK:
1. Retrieve the brand template's dataset for [BRAND_TEMPLATE_ID] and list every field name, type, and whether it is required.
2. Map each field in [DATA_SOURCE] to the matching template field. Flag any data field with no matching template slot, and any required template field with no matching data.
3. For each record in [DATA_SOURCE], run an autofill job using the mapped data.
4. Check the status of every autofill job until each one reports success or failure. Report failures with the specific error and which record caused it.
5. For each successfully autofilled design, export it in [EXPORT_FORMAT] and return the final download link.

CONSTRAINTS:
- Do not invent field values that are not present in [DATA_SOURCE].
- Do not export a design that failed autofill.
- Preserve [BRAND_CONSTRAINTS] exactly; do not suggest layout or color changes.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
Return a table with columns: Record ID, Autofill Status, Design ID, Export Link, Notes (for any errors or unmapped fields).

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Image Gen

AI Prompt to Generate YouTube Thumbnail Concepts That Boost Click-Through Rate

This AI prompt for YouTube thumbnail concepts helps creators, editors, and channel managers turn a video's topic into several distinct thumb…

Role: You are a YouTube thumbnail strategist who designs concepts optimized for click-through rate, then hands off render-ready descriptions to an image generator.

Context:
- Video topic: [VIDEO TOPIC]
- Target audience: [TARGET AUDIENCE]
- Channel style or niche: [CHANNEL STYLE, e.g. tech reviews, true crime, cooking]
- Video tone: [TONE, e.g. urgent, lighthearted, educational]
- Number of concepts needed: [NUMBER OF CONCEPTS]

Task:
1. Propose [NUMBER OF CONCEPTS] distinct thumbnail concepts for this video.
2. For each concept, specify:
   - The emotional hook it relies on (curiosity, shock, humor, urgency, etc.)
   - The focal subject and what it's doing or expressing
   - Exact text overlay wording (3-4 words maximum)
   - Color palette and contrast approach
   - One sentence on why this concept would stop a scroll for [TARGET AUDIENCE]
3. Convert each concept into a detailed image-generation prompt describing composition, lighting, camera angle, and text placement, written so it can be pasted directly into an image model.

Constraints:
- Each of the [NUMBER OF CONCEPTS] concepts must use a different emotional hook or composition approach — no near-duplicates.
- Keep text overlays short enough to read clearly at thumbnail size on a mobile screen.
- Avoid copyrighted characters, logos, or real public figures in the generated image prompts.

Output format:
Return a numbered list of concepts. For each: a "Concept" line summarizing the idea, a "Why it works" line, and a "Image prompt" line containing the full render-ready description.

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Image Gen

AI Prompt to Generate a Brand Mood Board From a Style Description

An AI prompt for a brand mood board turns a short description of a brand's personality, audience, and tone into a cohesive set of visual dir…

Role: You are a brand visual identity assistant helping me build a mood board concept.

Context:
- Brand name: [BRAND NAME]
- Brand personality in 4-6 adjectives: [ADJECTIVES, e.g. warm, tactile, unpolished, confident]
- Target audience: [AUDIENCE DESCRIPTION]
- Industry or product category: [INDUSTRY]
- Primary color palette (if known): [COLOR NAMES OR HEX CODES]
- Reference brands or styles to lean toward or away from: [REFERENCE BRANDS]

Task:
Describe a cohesive 4-image mood board for this brand, where every image shares the same color palette, lighting style, and texture language. For each image, describe:
1. A hero concept image that captures the brand's core feeling
2. A material or texture close-up that reinforces the tone
3. A color-and-typography pairing suggestion
4. A lifestyle or in-context scene showing the audience interacting with the brand

Constraints:
- Keep the palette and lighting description consistent across all 4 descriptions
- Avoid generic stock-photo language; be specific about color names, materials, and composition
- Do not include any brand logos, text, or watermarks in the described imagery

Output format:
Return the 4 image descriptions as a numbered list, each 2-3 sentences long, followed by a short "shared visual system" summary (palette, lighting, texture) that ties them together.

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Image Gen

AI Prompt for Generating Consistent Character Portraits Across Multiple Images

This is an AI image prompt for keeping a character's face, outfit, and proportions consistent across a series of generated portraits — usefu…

ROLE: You are generating a portrait of a specific recurring character. Use the fixed character description below exactly as written, then apply only the scene-specific details requested.

CHARACTER SHEET (reuse this block unchanged in every prompt):
- Name/identifier: [CHARACTER NAME]
- Age range: [AGE RANGE]
- Gender presentation: [GENDER PRESENTATION]
- Face shape and skin tone: [FACE SHAPE, SKIN TONE]
- Eye color and shape: [EYE COLOR, EYE SHAPE]
- Hair color, length, and style: [HAIR DESCRIPTION]
- Build/body type: [BUILD]
- Signature clothing or accessories: [OUTFIT/ACCESSORIES]
- Distinguishing marks (scars, tattoos, freckles, etc.): [DISTINGUISHING MARKS]
- Overall art style: [ART STYLE, e.g. flat vector illustration, watercolor, 3D render]

SCENE-SPECIFIC DETAILS (change these per image):
- Pose or action: [POSE/ACTION]
- Expression: [EXPRESSION]
- Setting/background: [SETTING]
- Lighting: [LIGHTING]
- Camera angle/framing: [CAMERA ANGLE]

CONSTRAINTS:
- Do not alter any trait listed in the character sheet
- Keep the art style identical across all generated images
- [ANY ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINT, e.g. no text or watermarks in the image]

OUTPUT FORMAT: A single portrait image matching the character sheet and scene details above. If generating multiple images, repeat this exact prompt structure, changing only the scene-specific details section.

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Image Gen

Cinematic Product Photography

An image prompt that reads like a photographer's shot list : subject, surface, lighting, mood and camera. Midjourney responds well to that s…

Commercial product photography of [PRODUCT] on [SURFACE / PODIUM].
Lighting: dramatic studio lighting, rim light, softbox reflections.
Atmosphere: moody, premium, luxurious.
Camera: shot on 85mm lens, f/1.8, shallow depth of field, high resolution, 8k
--ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6.0

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Image Gen

AI Prompt to Generate Logo Design Concepts From a Brand Description

This AI prompt for logo design helps founders, marketers, and freelance designers turn a plain language brand description into several disti…

ROLE: You are a brand identity designer generating logo concept directions from a brief description.

CONTEXT:
- Brand name: [BRAND NAME]
- Industry / what the brand does: [INDUSTRY OR PRODUCT DESCRIPTION]
- Target audience: [TARGET AUDIENCE]
- Brand personality (2-4 words): [PERSONALITY WORDS, e.g. "approachable, precise, modern"]
- Preferred colors or palette constraints (if any): [COLOR PREFERENCES OR "none"]
- Symbols, styles, or cliches to avoid: [THINGS TO AVOID]

TASK:
Generate [NUMBER, e.g. 4] distinct logo concepts for this brand. Vary the logo type across concepts (wordmark, lettermark, icon-plus-wordmark, abstract mark) so the options are structurally different, not just color variations of one idea.

CONSTRAINTS:
- Each concept must tie back to the brand's industry or personality in one sentence of rationale — do not use generic descriptors with no connection to the brief.
- Avoid the symbols and cliches listed above.
- Keep each visual description specific enough that an image generation model could render it directly.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
For each concept, provide:
1. Concept name (short label, e.g. "Geometric Mark")
2. One-sentence rationale (why this direction fits the brand)
3. Visual description (shape, type style, color direction, composition) written as a ready-to-use image generation prompt

Number the concepts 1 through [NUMBER].

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Image Gen

AI Prompt to Generate Product Packaging Mockups in Multiple Color Variants

An AI image prompt for packaging mockups lets you generate the same product packaging design rendered in several color variants, without re…

ROLE: You are generating product packaging mockup images for a consumer product line.

FIXED ELEMENTS (keep identical across every color variant):
- Product type and packaging shape: [E.G. RECTANGULAR BOX, STAND-UP POUCH, CYLINDRICAL TIN]
- Material and finish: [E.G. MATTE CARDBOARD, GLOSSY PLASTIC, BRUSHED METAL]
- Camera angle: [E.G. THREE-QUARTER VIEW, STRAIGHT-ON, SLIGHT OVERHEAD]
- Lighting setup: [E.G. SOFT STUDIO LIGHTING, SINGLE KEY LIGHT FROM UPPER LEFT]
- Background: [E.G. PLAIN WHITE, LIGHT GRAY GRADIENT, NEUTRAL WOOD SURFACE]
- Logo and label placement: [DESCRIBE WHERE TEXT/LOGO APPEARS ON THE PACKAGE]

VARIABLE ELEMENT (change only this between generations):
- Color variant: [SPECIFIC COLOR, E.G. MATTE NAVY BLUE / TERRACOTTA ORANGE / SAGE GREEN]

CONSTRAINTS:
- Do not alter the packaging shape, material, camera angle, lighting, or background between color variants.
- Keep the same level of photorealism and image style across all variants.
- No added props, hands, or secondary objects in the frame.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
One photorealistic product mockup image per request, showing only the described packaging in the specified color variant.

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