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AI Image Prompts

Portraits, product photos, logos, anime and more — prompts engineered for Midjourney, DALL·E and similar image models.

An image prompt succeeds or fails on specifics: the lens, the light, the material, the background, and the one thing the picture is for. 'A nice photo of a woman' gives you a stock-photo accident; 'shot on 85mm, window light from the left, natural skin texture' gives you a portrait you can actually use. Each prompt here is written the second way — subject first, then style, lighting, composition and format.

You will also notice what is missing: endless comma spam. Modern image models read sentences better than keyword salads, so these prompts are written as clean, directed sentences with the technical details placed where they matter — at the end.

How to use these prompts

1

Start from the use, not the subject

Decide where the image will live — a profile picture needs a tight crop and a plain background; a listing photo needs copy space. The prompts note the format ('--ar 4:5', 'copy space at the top') for exactly this reason.

2

Change one variable per retry

Too dark? Change only the lighting phrase. Wrong mood? Change only the style words. Random re-rolls cost credits; directed edits teach you the model's language.

3

Add text later, not in the model

Image models still garble long text. Generate clean artwork with empty space where words belong, then add your real text in Canva or any editor — it will look designed instead of generated.

The AI Image Prompts 9 prompts

Professional Portrait Photo

A LinkedIn-ready corporate headshot with natural skin and real photographic depth.

Best for · Midjourney
Professional corporate headshot portrait of a confident woman in her early 30s wearing a navy blazer, standing against a softly blurred modern office background, natural window light falling from the left, gentle catchlights in the eyes, sharp focus on the face, realistic skin texture with visible pores, relaxed subtle smile, shot on an 85mm lens at f/1.8, editorial photography style, photorealistic --ar 4:5 --style raw

Tip: The words 'visible pores' and '--style raw' are what stop Midjourney from airbrushing the face into plastic. Remove them only if you want a beauty-filter look.

Product Photo on Marble

A clean luxury product photograph with soft shadows and space for your headline.

Best for · DALL·E
Studio product photograph of a luxury glass perfume bottle with a brushed-gold cap standing on white Carrara marble, soft morning light coming through sheer curtains, the gentle shadow of plant leaves on the wall behind, fine water droplets on the glass, one bright highlight travelling down the bottle, minimalist composition with generous empty copy space in the top third, ultra-clean commercial advertising style, photorealistic

Tip: The 'copy space in the top third' line is deliberate — it leaves room for your price or headline text when you use the photo in an ad or listing.

Minimal Logo Concept

A one-line logo idea for a coffee brand, presented the way a designer would pitch it.

Best for · Midjourney
Minimalist logo design concept for a coffee brand called Ember: a single continuous line drawing that forms a coffee cup, with the rising steam shaped as a small flame, flat vector style, deep espresso brown and burnt orange on a warm cream background, generous negative space, modern and scalable, the word 'ember' in clean lowercase sans-serif letters beneath the mark, presented flat on a plain background, no mockups, no 3D

Tip: Ask for 'no mockups, no 3D' — otherwise logo prompts return the design printed on cups and walls, and you cannot judge the mark itself.

Anime Character Design

An original full-body anime character with a clear silhouette and vibrant cel shading.

Best for · Midjourney
Original anime character design, full-body view: a cheerful teenage sky-pirate girl with a long teal braid and brass goggles resting on her forehead, cream blouse under a brown aviator jacket, fingerless gloves and tall boots, standing confidently on the wooden deck of a small airship, golden-hour sky with soft pink clouds behind her, clean confident line art, vibrant cel shading, expressive friendly face, character-sheet clarity, no text --ar 2:3

Tip: Describe the outfit piece by piece from head to toe. Anime models keep a character consistent across generations much better when every garment is named once, clearly.

Editorial Food Photography

A magazine-quality overhead pasta shot with falling parmesan and warm side light.

Best for · DALL·E
Overhead food photography on a rustic dark wooden table: a handmade ceramic bowl of creamy tomato pasta in the centre, fresh basil leaves scattered on top, shaved parmesan falling through the air mid-motion, a fork twirling a bundle of noodles beside the bowl, warm directional side light, gentle steam rising, rich saturated colours, shallow depth of field softening the table edges, editorial restaurant-magazine quality, photorealistic

Tip: 'Falling through the air mid-motion' is the line that makes food photos feel alive instead of arranged. Use it for grated cheese, herbs, or a drizzle of oil.

Real-Estate Interior

A bright, staged Scandinavian living room that makes a property listing look bigger and lighter.

Best for · Midjourney
Bright Scandinavian living room interior, wide-angle architectural photograph taken from the doorway corner, white walls, light oak floor, a linen sofa facing large windows with sheer curtains and daylight streaming in, green plants on a wooden shelf, a woven cream rug, spotless and professionally staged for a property listing, realistic soft shadows, airy spacious feeling, photorealistic --ar 16:9

Tip: 'Taken from the doorway corner' is the real-estate trick — corner viewpoints make rooms read noticeably larger than centre-of-room shots.

Infographic-Style Illustration

A friendly flat illustration of the water cycle, ready for a classroom poster or a blog.

Best for · DALL·E
Clean flat vector illustration in a friendly infographic style showing the journey of rainwater: soft blue clouds raining over green hills, a winding river flowing down to a small town, and a household water tap at the end, connected by smooth curved arrows, rounded simple shapes, a soft blue-and-green palette, lots of white space, crisp edges, cheerful educational poster for school children, minimal short labels only

Tip: Keep labels minimal in the prompt itself. If you need exact words, generate the art with blank label shapes and type the real text over them in an editor.

Vintage Travel Poster

A 1950s screen-print style poster of a lighthouse coast town, with authentic paper grain.

Best for · Midjourney
Vintage 1950s travel poster of a small coastal lighthouse town, screen-print illustration style with a limited colour palette — deep teal sea, coral-red rooftops, warm cream sky — bold simple geometric shapes, a small red-and-white lighthouse on grassy cliffs, three seagulls drawn as simple curved marks, subtle paper grain texture across the whole image, nostalgic mid-century travel art, no text, no letters --ar 2:3

Tip: Naming the exact palette ('teal, coral, cream') is what separates a real retro poster from a generic cartoon — limited colours are the whole style.

3D Profile Avatar

A warm Pixar-style 3D avatar portrait, sized and lit for social profile pictures.

Best for · DALL·E
Stylised 3D avatar portrait, head and shoulders: a friendly young man with short dark hair and round glasses wearing a mustard-yellow hoodie, gentle confident smile, soft studio lighting with a subtle rim light, smooth high-quality animated-film render style, solid warm peach background with no objects, centred composition with space around the head, charming and clean, ideal for a social media profile picture

Tip: Always specify 'solid background with no objects' for avatars — busy backgrounds turn into noise at the tiny size profile pictures are actually seen.

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