How to Use DALL E 2

To keep this list as dense as possible I am not posting many pictures or photos in the post. Mostly lists of prompts to serve as inspiration.

DALL E 2 Prompts

DALL E 2 Beginner General Effects

• Digital Art
• Detailed
• Hyperdetailed
• 3d Render
• Photorealistic
• High Resolution
• Shaded colored line art
• Oil Painting
• Colored manga art
• Adding, photo, after anything makes the images never generate unrealistic objects
• “painted by…” is more effective than writing: “painting by…”
• “in the style of” triggers fan-art. But “painting by” or “original by” creates the style-convincing imitation
• The camera point of view : top/bottom view, ground level…
• The framing of the subject : full length, bust shot, close up I use also “profile pose” sometimes and the classic “high detail”
• Adding “ subtle smoke” gives usually a good vibe to the portrait
• “Bokeh” is for a blurry background

Art Styles

• Alternative
• Indie
• Superflat
• Surrealism
• Realism
• Rococo
• Contemporary Art
• Impressionism
• Pop Art
• Neo-Pop Art
• Comics Illustration
• Neo-Noir Comics
• Fantasy Illustration
• Pixel Art
• Vector Art

ABC doing XYZ by/in the style of ” ____”, painted by, or original by…

• Adolph Menzel (Realist painter focusing on historical subjects)
• Arthur Rackham (Book illustrator who’s work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour)
• Caspar David Friedrich (Romantic landscape painter)
• Edmund Blair Leighton (Pre-Raphaelite painter specialising in Regency and medieval subjects)
• Simon Stålenhag (Sci-Fi digital artist specializing in 1990s retro-futuristic art focused on nostalgic Swedish countryside alternate history environments and giant robots)
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Academic/Realist painter focusing on the female human body in classical themes)
• John William Waterhouse (Academic/Pre-Raphaelite painter focusing on women from ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend)
• Albrecht Dürer (Renaissance painter and woodcut printmaker)
• Frank Frazetta (Fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media)
• Jack Kirby (Comic book artist)
• Mœbius (Cartoon artist, same artist as “Jean Giraud”)
• Jean Giraud (Cartoon artist, same artist as “Mœbius”)
• Charlie Bowater (Digital artist and illustrator of book covers)
• Albert Bierstadt (Realist landscape painter)
• Charlie Bowater (Digital artist and illustrator of book covers)
• Albert Bierstadt (Realist landscape painter)
• Ivan Shishkin (Realist landscape painter)
• Hayao Miyazaki (Manga and anime artist)
• Thomas Cole (Realist landscape painter)
• J. C. Leyendecker (Illustrator best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations)
• N. C. Wyeth (Realist painter and illustrator)
• Chris Bachalo (Comic book artist)
• John Lavery (Painter)
• Shintaro Kago (Manga artist)
• Johann Karl Bähr (Painter)
• John Buscema (Comic book artist)
• John Singer Sargent (Portrait painter)
• Käthe Kollwitz (Expressionist painter)
• Otto Dix (Expressionist painter)
• Anton von Werner (German realist)

Artists

• Banksy (street art, public installations)
• Andy Warhol (pop art)
• Takashi Murakami (superflat, anime-inspired)
• Tim Burton (gothic, dark, and quirky)
• Norman Rockwell (Americana)
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Neoclassical)
• Jack Kirby (superhero comics)
• Frank Frazetta (fantasy and science fiction illustrations)
• Keith Haring (street art)
• Alan Moore (comics)
• Frank Miller (comics)
• Salvador Dali (Surrealism)
• Vincent van Gogh (post-Impressionism)
• Zaha Hadid (Deconstructivism)
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Rococo)
• Marjane Satrapi (graphic novels)
• Arthur Rachkam (comics)
• Günther Ücker (performance art)
• Carl Spitzweg (Romanticism)
• Gil Elvgren (pin-up art)
• Michael Sowa (illustration and animation)
• Roy Lichtenstein (pop art)
• Shigenori Soejima (Japanese Video Game Artist)
• Yoshitaka Amano (Japanese Visual Artist)

Digital / 3D Artists

• Hal Lasko
• Erik Johansson
• Sara Ludy
• Aiste Stancikait
• Jason Naylor
• Nik Ainley
• Sean Charmatz
• Alberto Seveso
• Stephen Mcmennamy
• David McLeod

Art and Illustration Styles

• Abstract Art
• Nouveau
• Contemporary
• Cultural
• Cyberpunk
• Expressionist
• Fantasy
• Fine Art
• Folk Art
• Graphic
• Historical
• Horror
• Humorous
• Illustration
• Magical Realism
• Manga Art
• Modern
• Mythological
• Naturalistic
• Painterly
• Political
• Portraiture
• Realistic
• Renaissance painting
• Romantic
• Sci-Fi
• Surreal
• Symbolic
• Traditional
• Vintage
• Western

Camera Styles

• Aerial
• Portrait
• Lens type (24mm, 35mm 50mm, 80mm, 135mm, 200mm)
• Shutter speed (1/50 sec, 1/250 sec, etc)
• Depth of Field (f/1.4, f/1.8, f/2, f8, etc)
• EXAMPLE A photo of a golden retriever taken with a Canon 5Dmk3, 50mm lens, f/1.4
• Bokeh (to get a blurry background)
• pinhole-photograph (grainy vintage pinhole-photograph of Godzilla)

Composition

• Foreground
• Background
• Extreme close up
• Profile pose
• Close up
• Medium Shot
• Medium Full Shot
• Full Shot
• Long Shot
• Extreme Long Shot

Lighting

• Ambient lighting
• Chiaroscuro
• Cinematic Lighting
• Foggy
• Golden Hour
• Holographic
• Liminal
• Luminescent light
• Studio Lighting
• Single light source
• Transparent

Digital Art Styles

• Isometric
• Pixel Art
• Anime
• Digital Art
• Steam Punk
• Cyber Punk
• Ukiyo-E Art
• Deco Art
• Vector Art
• Low Poly Art
• Glitch Art
• Bauhaus Art
• Clay Art
• Modern Art
• Coloring Book
• Line Art
• Ball Point Pen Art
• Pencil Art
• Graffiti Art
• Cartoon Art
• Stock Art
• 3D Art
• Synthwave Art
• Children’s Drawing
• Watercolor Art
• Psychedelic Art
• Infographics
• Chibi
• Emoji
• Digital Wireframe

Camera/Picture/Movie Styles

• Vintage Photo
• GoPro Camera
• GoPro Photo
• Thermal Photo
• X-Ray Photo
• Fish Eye Lens
• Disposable Camera
• Contact Sheets
• Flash, Harsh Flash, Overexposed
• Polaroid
• Macro Photography
• Double Exposure
• Long exposure or Slow Shutter speed
• Disposable Camera
• Lomography for light leaks and vivid colors
• Drone Photography
• Kodachrome Film
• Telephoto Photography
• DAGUERROTYPE – the OG photographic medium of the late 1800s.
• Surveillance: Try words like trailcam, dashcam, CCTV, security footage

Painting Styles

• Abstract
• Acrylic
• Charcoal
• Colored Pencil
• Comic
• Digital
• Drybrush
• Etching
• Fresco
• Gouache
• Ink
• Lithography
• Marker
• Oil
• Pastel
• Pen and ink
• Pointillism
• Renaissance
• Sumi-e
• Surrealism
• Watercolor

DALLE 2: Godzilla riding a bicycle, illustration by Michael Sowa

Other Styles

• Abbozzo sketch (a preliminary or rough sketch for a painting)
• Anaglyphic 3D (Think the red and blue glasses to see 3d)
• “ligne claire” style by Mœbius”
• “Old paper texture”
• Impresa”; a type of personal insignia popular amongst both tradespeople and nobility in 16th century Italy
• One line drawing

Other Fun

• Stacked Characters (think movie poster of characters) Input keywords: “stacked characters” + e.g. “painted art,” “illustrated textless movie poster”, “comic cover art”
• A detailed image of (blank), created by using Fourier series
• Artist Style Cheat Sheet
• Knolling (Organizing items in neat parallel lines) Photo of a knolling of a camping dude
• wikihow how-to-illustration instructional guide for a DIY…
• One tip for getting extremely high “resolution” images is to include an expensive camera lens. (A portrait of a dog, Canon 135mm f/1.8
• Another variation of the camera lens trick is you can specify a specific phone, for example an iPhone 11 pro
• Polaroid of _____
• Add, double-exposure prism rainbow
• AUTOCHROME – a very early colour film format that makes certain colours pop OFF.
• FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY. Ask for this and terms like ‘editorial’, ‘magazine’, and outfit/setting prompts, to generate amazing get-ups fit for fashion week.
• Retro scifi [insert device description]
• Experiment with Photograph versus Adventure Photograph
• Adding the term “masterwork” yields good results with art related prompts
• Add “photoshop” key word for unrealistic photographs
• In the foreground: list___, in the background: list___; style qualifiers (year)
• adding “professional” in front of “digital art” seems to massively improve image quality
• “line art” is always black and white, unless you add “colored” in front of it, which will color it
• “3D” art is an actual 3D render, not 2D art drawn in a 3D style
• “comic book art” is similar in style to “colored fully shaded line art”, just a bit different
• Book cover art
• Octane Render

Dall E 2 Prompts

• A Polaroid of Godzilla attacking Tokyo
• Godzilla riding a bicycle, illustration by Michael Sowa
• Godzilla and King Kong both eating ice cream from McDonalds, illustration by Banksy
• Fantasy botanical illustration knolling
• Cave art of Godzilla
• In the foreground, a godzilla attacks Tokyo, ; in the background, King Kong is climbing the Tokyo Tower while planes fly overhead. 1955
• Realistic detailed professional shaded colored line art of Godzilla attacking Tokyo

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