Common Mistakes
- Combining close-up and full body framing in the same prompt.
- Adding many style directions that fight for visual priority.
- Using vague words such as beautiful without concrete visual detail.
Camera recipe
Use this recipe as a modular prompt lesson. Start with the subject, add one readable pose, then layer clothing, scene, camera, lighting, mood, and style. The prompt fragments stay in English so they can be copied directly into most image models.
thoughtful detective in a fictional city, original character, walking forward with steady posture, checking a small notebook while moving, long coat, simple hat, messenger bag, rainy neon alley, signs reflected in pavement, no real brands, low angle medium shot, shallow depth of field, blue and pink neon reflections, soft rain haze, mysterious but non-violent investigation mood, cinematic digital illustration, clean noir color contrast, clean composition, coherent anatomy, detailed materials, balanced colors, polished illustration
low quality, blurry, extra fingers, deformed hands, unreadable details, harsh artifacts, watermark, text overlay
aspect ratio: 4:5 steps: 28 CFG scale: 6.5 sampler: DPM++ 2M
Add only the fragments you need, then refine them in the Builder.
thoughtful detective in a fictional city, original character
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleywalking forward with steady posture
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleychecking a small notebook while moving
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleylong coat, simple hat, messenger bag
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleyrainy neon alley, signs reflected in pavement, no real brands
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleylow angle medium shot, shallow depth of field
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleyblue and pink neon reflections, soft rain haze
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleymysterious but non-violent investigation mood
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleycinematic digital illustration, clean noir color contrast
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleyclean composition, coherent anatomy, detailed materials, balanced colors, polished illustration
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleylow quality, blurry, extra fingers, deformed hands, unreadable details, harsh artifacts, watermark, text overlay
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleyaspect ratio: 4:5 steps: 28 CFG scale: 6.5 sampler: DPM++ 2M
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleygolden hour rim light, warm edge highlights, soft long shadows
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleywatercolor illustration, textured paper grain, gentle color washes
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon Alleywide shot, more background context, subject placed on rule-of-thirds line
Source: Detective Walking Through Neon AlleyA clear character-pose recipe for practicing action stance prompts without unsafe or graphic content.
A safe rainy-street scene focused on atmosphere, camera framing, and environmental detail.
A lighting-first indoor recipe for a calm study scene with practical prompt fragments.