How to Use These
Each style comes with a template for GPT Image 2.0, Nano Banana 2 or other models you can copy directly and just swap the nouns. Fill in the brackets with your own subject, setting, and colors, or steal the example as-is and change only what you need.
GPT Image 2.0 works best with full sentences and plain description. Use the template that matches whichever tool you’re working in.
Also read: 10 Design Prompts That Turn Any Photo Into Artistic Style
If a result drifts off-style, don’t add more nouns to fix it. Repeat the style words (flat, matte, cel-shaded, no gradients, whatever applies) and lower the stylize value instead.
1. Dark Deco Noir
1940s crime jazz. Silhouettes cut from shadow by one hot light. Use this for moody city storytelling, lone-figure reveals, jazz and crime eras, or anything that needs a cinematic silhouette and a single dramatic light source.
Style DNA: art deco, film noir, single-source rim light, cel-shaded flat, towering geometry, atmospheric haze.
GPT Image 2.0 template: Cinematic 1940s art-deco film-noir illustration of [SUBJECT] [ACTION], standing on [SETTING] above a rain-slicked city at night. Render the figure as a near-solid black silhouette, only a razor-thin [RIM COLOR] rim light tracing the shoulders, hat brim and jawline. A single hot [LAMP COLOR] street lamp is the only light source, throwing a hard cone of glow across wet brick and casting long diagonal shadows. Towering deco skyscrapers with geometric setbacks, water towers and fire escapes loom behind, bathed in a limited palette of [2-3 COLORS] over deep ink-black shadow. Flat cel-shaded rendering with hard-edged shadow shapes, subtle film grain, atmospheric haze catching the light, high contrast, smoky late-night jazz mood, dramatic low-angle composition, [ASPECT].
Example: Cinematic 1940s art-deco film-noir illustration of a lone saxophonist mid-solo, head tilted back, standing on a rooftop ledge above a rain-slicked city at night. The figure is a near-solid black silhouette, only a razor-thin amber rim light tracing his fedora brim, coat shoulders and the curve of the brass sax. A single hot sodium street lamp below throws a hard cone of warm glow up the wet brick, casting long diagonal shadows. Towering deco skyscrapers with geometric setbacks, water towers and fire escapes loom behind him, bleeding crimson and deep violet into ink-black shadow. Flat cel-shaded rendering, hard shadow shapes, subtle film grain, amber haze catching the lamp light, high contrast, smoky late-night jazz mood, dramatic low-angle vertical composition, 9:16.
2. Surreal Sci-Fi Gouache
70s hand-painted surrealism. Uncanny stillness, matte and dreamlike. Use this for dreamlike sci-fi, alien biology, meditative or eerie scenes, anything that should feel hand-painted, still, and a little unsettling. Think La Planete Sauvage energy.
Style DNA: gouache texture, retro surrealism, biomorphic forms, muted matte palette, flat dream lighting, uncanny stillness.
GPT Image 2.0 template: Surreal 1970s French sci-fi gouache illustration of [SUBJECT], with [DISTINCTIVE FEATURE]. Painted in soft opaque gouache with visible brush strokes and a faint paper tooth, every form biomorphic, rounded and dreamlike. A muted [COLOR] palette of dusty, desaturated tones, no pure white or black, colors melting into soft matte gradients. Flat, even, otherworldly lighting with no harsh shadows and an eerie windless stillness over the whole scene. Strange organic details [DETAILS] sit against a hazy, atmospheric background. Hand-painted grain, uncanny and meditative, La Planete Sauvage / Rene Laloux aesthetic, [ASPECT].
Example: Surreal 1970s French sci-fi gouache illustration of a serene blue humanoid child seen up close, with enormous glassy red eyes and a translucent domed skull holding a slow-turning galaxy of tiny stars and a pale blue moon. Painted in soft opaque gouache with visible brush strokes and paper tooth, every form biomorphic and rounded. A muted palette of dusty lilac, cornflower and desaturated blue, no pure white or black, soft matte gradients. Flat even otherworldly lighting, no harsh shadows, an eerie windless stillness. A small ornate seed-pod rests on the child’s shoulder against a hazy lavender atmosphere. Hand-painted grain, uncanny and meditative, Rene Laloux aesthetic, 16:9.
3. Folk Occult Tarot
Naive hand-painted mysticism. Symbols, borders, aged parchment. Use this for tarot and oracle cards, ritual and mystery themes, folklore, symbolic archetypes. Great for cover art that needs to feel ancient and hand-made.
Style DNA: naive folk art, occult symbolism, ornate border, aged parchment, red-black-ochre, vertical card.
GPT Image 2.0 template: Hand-painted folk-occult tarot card depicting [SUBJECT / ARCHETYPE], illustrated in a flat, naive, slightly wobbly primitive style like an old hand-made deck. A thick ornate border runs around all four edges, crammed with esoteric [SYMBOLS] painted in vermilion line-work over an aged, stained parchment ground. The central figures are near-black silhouettes with glowing red [BODY DETAIL] and simple symbolic features, set against a muddy ochre-brown field. Above them, [SKY ELEMENT]. Strictly limited palette of vermilion red, ink black, ochre yellow and dull teal, flat opaque paint showing real age with cracks and water stains, symbolic, mystical and ritualistic, vertical card format, [ASPECT].
Example: Hand-painted folk-occult tarot card depicting two robed figures standing side by side holding hands, one revealing a glowing red ribcage and heart, the other with a bare black tree growing from its head and red roots spreading below. Flat naive primitive style with a slight hand-drawn wobble. A thick ornate border of vermilion runes, spirals and tiny occult sigils frames all four edges over stained parchment. Above the figures a smiling anthropomorphic sun breaks through grey storm clouds, thin lines of rain falling between them. Strictly limited palette of vermilion red, ink black, ochre yellow and dull teal, flat opaque aged paint with cracks and water stains, mystical and ritualistic, vertical tarot format, 2:3.
4. Geometric Retro City
Hard-edge mid-century poster. Interlocking shapes, zero gradients. Use this for backgrounds, establishing shots, title cards, retro-futurist worlds. When you want bold graphic architecture that reads instantly and prints like a poster.
Style DNA: flat geometric, hard-edge shapes, mid-century poster, limited palette, screen-print flatness, retro-futurist.
GPT Image 2.0 template: Flat geometric illustration of a [SETTING], constructed entirely from bold, angular, hard-edged shapes with clean straight lines and sharp corners and almost no curves. Mid-century modern screen-print poster style with absolutely no gradients, each shape a single flat block of color. Buildings interlock as overlapping silhouettes that read as depth through layered flat planes, with small rows of tiny glowing windows in [ACCENT] adding rhythm. Limited palette of [COLORS] sitting on a muted [GROUND] ground, a faint gouache paper texture over everything. Retro-futurist 1960s aesthetic, strong graphic composition, [PERSPECTIVE], [ASPECT].
Example: Flat geometric illustration of a towering sci-fi city canyon seen from street level looking up, constructed entirely from bold angular hard-edged shapes with clean straight lines and sharp corners. Mid-century modern screen-print poster style, absolutely no gradients, each building a single flat block of color. Structures interlock as overlapping silhouettes reading depth through layered flat planes, rows of tiny glowing windows in mustard and red adding rhythm. Limited palette of brick red, mustard yellow, slate blue and charcoal on a muted olive-grey ground, faint gouache paper texture throughout. Retro-futurist 1960s aesthetic, strong vertical graphic composition, dramatic low-angle perspective, 4:5.
5. Vintage Rubber-Hose
1930s black-and-white cel. Pie-cut eyes, grain, mischief. Use this for retro cartoon characters, mascots, comic relief, vintage title sequences. Instantly nostalgic and full of personality with almost no color needed.
Style DNA: rubber-hose 1930s, black and white cel, bold ink outline, pie-cut eyes, aged film grain, Fleischer era.
GPT Image 2.0 template: Vintage 1930s rubber-hose cartoon [CHARACTER] with [EXPRESSION], drawn as a single black-and-white animation cel. Bold, clean, confident ink outlines of even weight, classic pie-cut eyes, a big rounded expressive head, rubber-hose limbs with no visible joints and white-gloved hands. Soft grayscale brush shading in a few flat tones over rounded, appealing shapes. The whole frame carries aged, worn film-stock character: fine grain, faint vertical scratches, dust specks, slightly milky whites and a soft vignette. Early Fleischer Studios / vintage Disney style, mischievous and full of bounce, centered [SHOT], [ASPECT].
Example: Vintage 1930s rubber-hose cartoon black cat with a huge mischievous ear-to-ear toothy grin and wide pie-cut eyes glancing sideways, drawn as a single black-and-white animation cel. Bold clean confident ink outlines of even weight, big rounded expressive head, pointed ears, long whiskers, rubber-hose neck. Soft grayscale brush shading in a few flat greys. The frame carries aged worn film character: fine grain, faint vertical scratches, dust specks, milky whites and a soft vignette. Early Fleischer Studios style, mischievous and bouncy, centered head-and-shoulders portrait, 1:1.
6. Trippy Editorial
Modern magazine art. Extreme crops, reflections, sparkle, grain. Use this for op-eds, blog headers, concept pieces, anything that needs a bold contemporary hook. Playful and surreal without leaving the world of clean editorial art.
Style DNA: editorial illustration, psychedelic reflection, extreme close-up, vibrant magenta-violet, sparkle glints, grainy brush.
GPT Image 2.0 template: Modern conceptual editorial illustration, an extreme macro close-up of [SUBJECT] filling the frame, cropped tight so the [FEATURE] dominates. A reflective [SURFACE] acts as a mirror showing a surreal miniature [SCENE INSIDE] with its own light and depth. Vibrant, saturated [COLOR] palette, bold flat shapes softened by airbrushed gradient shading, scattered four-point sparkle glints and tiny stars catching the light. A heavy, grainy digital brush texture over the whole image gives it a tactile risograph feel. Warm skin or surface tones contrasting cool, vivid reflections, playful, dreamy and conceptual, contemporary magazine art, [ASPECT].
Example: Modern conceptual editorial illustration, an extreme macro close-up of a face filling the frame, cropped from brow to lips so mirrored sunglasses dominate. Each lens acts as a mirror showing a surreal miniature pink sky full of tiny flying birds, soft clouds and radiating light beams, with its own depth. Vibrant saturated magenta, violet and hot-pink palette, bold flat shapes softened by airbrushed shading, scattered four-point sparkle glints catching the light. Heavy grainy digital brush texture with a risograph feel, warm terracotta skin against cool vivid reflections, a small gold nose ring, playful, dreamy and conceptual, contemporary magazine art, 16:10.
7. Chrome Anime Render
Liquid mirror-metal. Anime line meets hyper-gloss Y2K chrome. Use this for premium tech, fashion, avatars, poster hero shots. When you want a sleek, expensive, futuristic object that feels sculpted from mercury.
Style DNA: liquid chrome, anime linework, mirror-polished, monochrome gloss, Y2K metal, specular highlights.
GPT Image 2.0 template: Hyper-glossy liquid chrome render of [SUBJECT] in [POSE], the entire surface a flawless mirror-polished liquid metal reflecting its surroundings in sharp black-and-white streaks. Smooth, flowing, sculptural forms with soft rounded volumes, an anime-style face drawn with clean confident linework, delicate lashes and lips defined against the mercury sheen. Extreme high-contrast specular highlights, crisp bright-white hotspots melting into deep black reflections, with subtle blue-grey mid-tones. A flat, cool grey studio background with a faint gradient and a whisper of film grain so the chrome reads cleanly. Sleek, expensive Y2K futurism, editorial poster mood, [ASPECT].
Example: Hyper-glossy liquid chrome render of a woman’s head and shoulders in strict side profile, the entire surface flawless mirror-polished liquid metal reflecting the room in sharp black-and-white streaks. Smooth flowing sculptural forms, a sleek chrome bob curving around the face, an anime-style eye and lips drawn with clean confident linework against the mercury sheen. Extreme high-contrast specular highlights, crisp white hotspots melting into deep black reflections, subtle blue-grey mid-tones on the neck and shoulder. A flat cool grey studio background with a faint gradient and a whisper of film grain. Sleek expensive Y2K futurism, editorial poster mood, 4:5.
Universal Rules That Apply to All Seven
Name your palette out loud every time. Two to five colors, stated explicitly, not left to the AI to guess. State the frame. The aspect ratio decides the whole composition, so don’t skip it.
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If a result drifts off-style, repeat the style words rather than adding new subjects. More nouns just gives the engine more to misinterpret.
Keep one strong idea per image and let the style do the rest. Overloading a prompt with too many concepts usually weakens all of them.
Mix and Match
These styles cross-breed well. Try chrome lighting on a noir subject, or a tarot border wrapped around an editorial face. Borrow one style’s color palette and pair it with another style’s texture, and you end up with a combination nobody else is running.
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