Creating images with AI, Resources
The most essential rules for building a prompt for a quality image, on a single page: structure, style, lighting, ratio and models. Save it or print it.
AI image, prompt rules
1Prompt structure
- Subject, the main object (who/what)
- Style, photorealistic, drawing, 3D...
- Composition, angle, shot
- Lighting + quality, at the end
2Style keywords
- photorealistic, watercolor, oil paint
- 3D render, anime, pixel-art
- An artist/style name adds precision
- Choose one main style
3Lighting and camera
- golden hour, soft light, neon
- bokeh, blurred background
- wide-angle, close-up, aerial
- 35mm, portrait lens
4Aspect ratios
- 1:1, square (avatar, post)
- 16:9, wide (banner, background)
- 9:16, vertical (stories, phone)
- 4:5, Instagram post
5Negative prompt
- State what should not be there
- For example:
blurry, extra fingers, text - Reduces low-quality results
- A separate field in many models
6Quality-boosting words
- highly detailed, sharp focus
- 8k, high resolution
- professional photography
- Don't overuse, in moderation
7Popular models
- Midjourney, artistic, high quality
- DALL·E, faithful to the prompt
- Stable Diffusion, open, flexible
- Leonardo / Firefly, free options
8Typical mistakes
- A too long, contradictory prompt
- Hands/fingers, text, may come out wrong
- Too many subjects at once, confusion
- Re-edit the result (iteration)