Subject
What is present? Be concrete about the object, person, material, or scene.
Visual prompt worksheet
Write a prompt for this image.
Start with what is actually visible. Then turn subject, light, composition, and atmosphere into language an image model can use.
Generate from an image
Look once. Describe precisely.
A strong prompt does not try to explain everything. It preserves the few choices that make a reference image feel like itself.
Frame
Where does the eye land? Notice scale, camera height, distance, and negative space.
Light
Describe direction, softness, time of day, contrast, and the way shadows fall.
Feeling
Name the visual mood through colors, textures, pace, and styling choices.
From observation to prompt.
Use the reference as a source of visual facts, not as a vague instruction to “make it look like this.”
Reference notes
matte charcoal vessel, sparse flowering branches, pale stone plinth, cool blue wall, soft window light from the left, restrained editorial still life
Prompt draft
editorial still life of a matte charcoal ceramic vessel with sparse flowering branches on a pale stone plinth, cool blue studio wall, soft side window light, quiet negative space, tactile paper and stone textures, restrained art direction
matte charcoal vessel, sparse flowering branches, pale stone plinth, cool blue wall, soft window light from the left, restrained editorial still life
Prompt draft
editorial still life of a matte charcoal ceramic vessel with sparse flowering branches on a pale stone plinth, cool blue studio wall, soft side window light, quiet negative space, tactile paper and stone textures, restrained art direction