AI image prompt template library
Good image prompts follow patterns: lead with subject and medium, then layer
composition, lighting, and quality cues. This library collects battle-tested
templates across portrait, landscape, product, icon, concept art, character, and
abstract categories. Each one is a ready structure with [bracketed] placeholders
you swap for your specifics — copy, customize, paste.
Why structure matters in image prompts
It is tempting to write image prompts as free-flowing descriptions, the way you might describe something to a person. But AI image models respond to information in a particular order, and the way you structure a prompt significantly affects what you get.
The pattern that consistently produces the most controllable results is:
- Subject — what the image is primarily of, stated clearly at the start
- Medium or style — the visual language (oil painting, digital illustration, photograph)
- Composition — framing, angle, scale (close-up, wide shot, bird’s eye view)
- Lighting — the single most powerful mood lever (golden hour, dramatic rim light, soft diffuse)
- Quality modifiers — resolution and render quality cues (highly detailed, sharp focus)
- Model parameters — aspect ratio and other syntax placed last
When elements appear in this order, the model resolves subject and style first — which produces the most coherent images — and quality modifiers last, where they act as a finishing instruction rather than competing with the subject for attention.
Categories in the library
- Portrait — people, faces, expressions, and character lighting setups
- Landscape — environments, panoramas, weather, and time-of-day compositions
- Product — commercial-style product photography on clean or contextual backgrounds
- Icon — flat and isometric icon styles, consistent colour palettes
- Concept art — environment and character concept work for games and film
- Character — full-body character design with style and costume guidance
- Abstract — non-representational compositions using shape, colour, and texture
How it works
Filter by category and style, or search by keyword to find a template that
matches your subject. Templates are written in plain descriptive language so they
transfer across Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL·E, Flux, and Ideogram. The
copy button puts the template on your clipboard; fill in the brackets and add any
model-specific parameters (Midjourney --ar, SD weights) yourself.
Tips for customizing
- Replace every bracket. A leftover
[subject]in the final prompt confuses the model — fill or delete each placeholder. - Keep the order. The subject-first, quality-last structure is deliberate; reordering tends to weaken the result.
- Add one detail at a time. Start from a template, generate, then add a single modifier and regenerate so you can see what each change does.
- Layer model parameters last. Append
--ar 3:2or weight syntax after the descriptive text, never in the middle of it.