This document provides guidance on how to structure prompts to get the desired output from AI image generators. It recommends asking yourself questions about the type of image wanted, such as if it's a photo or painting, the subject, desired details, art style, and more. These answers can then be combined into a prompt sentence with keywords separated by commas to help steer the generation. Ordering and presentation of concepts is important to get the intended results.

1. Prompt Engineering

2. This is an example of a prompt and all the parameters:
Portrait of a well defined cyborg, cute-fine-face, black-hair beautiful
symmetrical face, soft shadows, realistic shaded perfect face, ultra fine
details. realistic shaded lighting by ilya kuvshinov katsuhiro otomo
ghost-in-the-shell, magali villeneuve, artgerm, rutkowski, wlop jeremy lipkin
and giuseppe dangelico pino and michael garmash and rob rey, 8 k, ultra hi
definition, dynamic lighting, radiant glow, reflective surfaces, sub surface
lighting, balanced composition, symmetrical face, octane rendering,
trending on art station, trending on deviant art, high fashion, honey, milky,
hazy and dreamy
Prompt Engineering

3. Start by asking yourself a list of questions:
1. Do you want a photo or a painting?
2. What’s the subject of the photo? Person? An animal or perhaps a landscape?
3. What details do you want to add?
Special Lighting. Soft, ambient, ring light, neon
Environment. Indoor, outdoor, underwater, in space
Color Scheme. Vibrant, dark, pastel
Point of view. Front, Overhead, Side
Background. Solid color, nebula, forest
4. In a specific art style? 3D render, studio ghibli, movie poster
5. A specific photo type? Macro, telephoto
This is not an all-inclusive list, but it will help you get great results when you start
your prompt. Also consider tone of language. The image to the right contains more
emotional phrases while some take a more poetic tone.
Prompt Format
Prompt: Breathtaking 80mm landscape photo of the old west, setting golden
orange sky, rumbling clouds creeping in the sky, lonesome shadows cast, 8
K, HDR processing, professionally staged, slight wind blows, dust particles
slowly flowing through the air, professional cinematography, strong dramatic
rim light, composition by Stanley Kubrick, aesthetic by Wes Anderson, mood
by Paul Thomas Anderson

4. Answer the following questions:
1. Do you want a photo or a painting? => painting
2. What’s the subject of the photo? Person? An animal or perhaps a landscape?
=> shih tzu pomeranian
3. What details do you want to add? => Hyper realistic render
Special Lighting. Soft, ambient, ring light, neon => Dynamic Lighting
Point of view. => Portrait
4. In a specific art style? 3D render, studio ghibli, movie poster=> Francois
Boucher, Michael Cheval, William Adolphe Bourguereau, Unreal Engine,
8K, HD, octane render
Use the answers to create a sentence separated by commas and feel free to
experiment with order. Swapping a few word positions can create dramatically
different results.
Example
Prompt: A fantasy style portrait painting of a shih tzu pomeranian dog, in the
style of François Boucher, Oil Painting, hyperrealistic, render, Regal, Refined,
Detailed Digital Art, RPG portrait, Michael Cheval, William-Adolphe
Bouguereau, dynamic lighting, Highly Detailed, Cinematic Lighting, Unreal
Engine, 8k, HD, octane render

5. The order and presentation of our desired output is almost as an important aspect as the vocabulary itself.
It is recommended to list your concepts explicitly and separately that trying to cram into one simple sentence.
The order of words are important
A cat sitting on a martian table A cat sitting on a table on Mars
A cat sitting on a table.
The table is on Mars