About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – Google Gemini
- Niche – Cultural heritage
- Language – English
- Category – Art
- Prompt Title – Thai temple mural prompt in Gemini
Prompt Details
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### **Optimized Dynamic Prompt Template for Gemini: The Thai Temple Muralist**
This template is designed to be a comprehensive and flexible tool. You can fill in the bracketed `[variables]` to generate an infinite variety of authentic and artistically compelling Thai temple murals. The structure guides Gemini to act as a specialized artist, ensuring high-quality, culturally-aware results.
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#### **I. Persona & Core Instruction**
**Role:** You are an expert art historian and a master digital artist specializing in the recreation of traditional Thai temple murals (*Kittakam Faphanang*). Your knowledge spans the Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, and Rattanakosin periods. Your goal is to generate a visually stunning and culturally authentic digital painting that captures the essence of this unique art form.
**Primary Command:** Generate a high-resolution digital painting in the style of a traditional Thai temple mural. The artwork should be rich in detail, narrative depth, and stylistic accuracy, depicting the scene described below.
#### **II. Thematic & Narrative Core**
**Primary Scene Description:** `[Describe the central action or moment of the scene. Be specific. Is it a battle, a serene meditation, a divine audience, or a scene from daily life? For example: “A climactic battle scene from the Ramakien epic,” or “The Buddha, seated under the Bodhi tree, subduing the demon Mara and his army,” or “A tranquil scene from the Vessantara Jataka showing the prince giving away his possessions.”]`
**Key Characters & Creatures:**
* **Protagonist(s):** `[List the main characters and their appearance. Example: “Phra Ram, with a green complexion, golden crown, and holding his celestial bow. He is poised and focused.”]`
* **Antagonist(s) / Other Figures:** `[List secondary characters or antagonists. Example: “The ten-headed demon king Thotsakan (Ravana), with a furious expression, wielding multiple weapons in his twenty arms. His army of giants and demons surrounds him.”]`
* **Mythical Beings:** `[Include any mythical creatures like Kinnara (half-human, half-bird), Naga (serpents), Garuda, or Singha (lions). Describe their role in the scene. Example: “Hanuman, the white monkey-god, leaps through the air, his form powerful and dynamic.”]`
#### **III. Artistic & Stylistic Direction**
**Historical Art Style:** `[Choose ONE and describe its influence. This is a critical variable.]`
* **Early Rattanakosin (Bangkok) Style:** (Recommended for ornate detail) “Emphasize the Early Rattanakosin period style. This means extremely fine, delicate linework, elaborate and intricate patterns on clothing and architecture (*lai kranok*), and extensive use of gold leaf for crowns, ornaments, and divine light. Figures are graceful and theatrical, with poses derived from Thai classical dance.”
* **Late Ayutthaya Style:** “Capture the Late Ayutthaya period style. The composition should be dense and full of activity. Use a more somber and earthy color palette with reds, blacks, and creams, but still with significant gold leaf accents. Figures are more naturalistic than earlier periods but still highly stylized.”
* **Sukhothai Style:** “Render in the Sukhothai style. Focus on serene, elegant, and almost ethereal figures. Use simple, flowing lines and a more limited, yet powerful, color palette. The composition should feel more open and less crowded, emphasizing spiritual tranquility.”
**Composition & Framing:** `[Describe how the scene is laid out.]`
* **View & Angle:** `[e.g., Eye-level wide shot, Low-angle shot looking up at a divine figure, Close-up on a character’s emotional expression, Isometric view showing a large battle.]`
* **Layout Principles:** `[e.g., Employ the traditional Thai technique of ‘hierarchical scale,’ where the most important figure is the largest, regardless of perspective. Use traditional ‘sin-tao’ dividers (zig-zagging rock or cloud motifs) to separate different moments in the narrative within the same frame. The composition should have a sense of ‘horror vacui’ (fear of empty space), with every area filled with detail.]`
#### **IV. Visual & Technical Details**
**Color Palette:** `[Describe the desired colors.]`
* **Dominant Hues:** `[e.g., A rich palette of jewel tones: deep reds, lapis lazuli blues, and emerald greens, heavily accented with shimmering gold leaf.]`
* **Atmosphere:** `[e.g., Create a celestial and divine atmosphere with a warm, golden glow, OR a dark and chaotic mood for a battle or hell scene using deep reds and blacks.]`
**Lighting Style:** `[Describe the lighting.]`
* `[e.g., Traditional flat, two-dimensional lighting with no strong shadows to mimic authentic mural techniques, OR a dramatic chiaroscuro lighting that casts deep shadows to add a sense of modern, cinematic drama to the traditional style.]`
**Medium & Texture:** `[This adds immense realism.]`
* **Mural Surface:** “The final image must look like a painting on a physical surface. Render it in the style of *fresco secco* (painting on dry plaster).”
* **Condition & Age:** `[Choose ONE: “Pristine, newly painted with vibrant, unfaded colors,” OR “Aged and gracefully faded, with a beautiful patina, minor cracks in the plaster, and some areas where the paint has flaked away to reveal the wall beneath,” OR “Heavily weathered and damaged, with significant cracks and water stains, representing a rediscovered ruin.”]`
#### **V. Exclusions & Refinements**
**Negative Prompts (What to AVOID):**
* **AVOID:** 3D rendering, CGI look, photorealism of faces, modern clothing or objects, anachronisms, Western or Japanese art styles (no anime, manga, or ukiyo-e influence), single-point perspective, empty space, hard shadows (unless specified), photographic bokeh.
**Parameters (For Gemini):**
* **Aspect Ratio:** `ar 16:9` (for a wide, narrative scene) or `ar 4:5` (for a vertical, portrait-like focus).
* **Quality:** High detail, 4K resolution.
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### **Example Prompt in Practice**
Here is a filled-out version of the template, ready to be used in Gemini.
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**Role:** You are an expert art historian and a master digital artist specializing in the recreation of traditional Thai temple murals (*Kittakam Faphanang*). Your knowledge spans the Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, and Rattanakosin periods. Your goal is to generate a visually stunning and culturally authentic digital painting that captures the essence of this unique art form.
**Primary Command:** Generate a high-resolution digital painting in the style of a traditional Thai temple mural. The artwork should be rich in detail, narrative depth, and stylistic accuracy, depicting the scene described below.
**Primary Scene Description:** A dramatic and pivotal scene from the Ramakien epic: the monkey-god Hanuman, having found Nang Sida (Sita) in the gardens of Lanka, presents Phra Ram’s (Rama’s) ring to her as a sign of hope. The mood is one of intimate revelation, sorrow, and burgeoning hope amidst captivity.
**Key Characters & Creatures:**
* **Protagonist(s):** “Nang Sida, depicted as the epitome of Thai beauty with a serene but sorrowful expression, is seated gracefully beneath an Ashoka tree. Hanuman, in his humble, small form, kneels before her, offering the ring with one hand while the other is raised in a respectful ‘wai’.”
* **Antagonist(s) / Other Figures:** “In the background, partially obscured by decorative foliage, two female demon guards (*asuras*) are shown sleeping or inattentive, emphasizing the secrecy of the moment.”
* **Mythical Beings:** “Hanuman is the key mythical being. His fur is a brilliant, divine white, and his posture is one of deep respect and loyalty.”
**Historical Art Style:** “Emphasize the Early Rattanakosin period style. This means extremely fine, delicate linework, elaborate and intricate patterns on clothing and architecture (*lai kranok*), and extensive use of gold leaf for crowns, ornaments, and the divine light emanating from the ring. Figures are graceful and theatrical, with poses derived from Thai classical dance.”
**Composition & Framing:**
* **View & Angle:** “Eye-level medium shot, focusing on the emotional exchange between Sida and Hanuman.”
* **Layout Principles:** “Use the traditional Thai technique of ‘hierarchical scale,’ making Nang Sida slightly larger than Hanuman to show her royal status. Frame the scene with lush, stylized flora and fauna of the garden. Use a subtle ‘sin-tao’ rock motif in the lower corner to separate this scene from an implied adjacent one.”
**Color Palette:**
* **Dominant Hues:** “A rich palette of jewel tones: Sida’s robes are deep crimson red and emerald green, while the garden is filled with lush blues and greens. The entire scene is heavily accented with shimmering gold leaf.”
* **Atmosphere:** “Create a serene but emotionally charged atmosphere. The scene is set at night, but a soft, divine light emanates from Hanuman and the ring, illuminating Sida’s face.”
**Lighting Style:** “Traditional flat, two-dimensional lighting with no strong shadows to mimic authentic mural techniques, but with a divine, radiant glow effect around the ring and Hanuman.”
**Medium & Texture:**
* **Mural Surface:** “The final image must look like a painting on a physical surface. Render it in the style of *fresco secco* (painting on dry plaster).”
* **Condition & Age:** “Aged and gracefully faded, with a beautiful patina, minor cracks in the plaster, and some areas where the gold leaf has subtly flaked away to reveal the wall beneath.”
**Negative Prompts (What to AVOID):**
* **AVOID:** 3D rendering, CGI look, photorealism of faces, modern clothing or objects, anachronisms, Western or Japanese art styles (no anime, manga, or ukiyo-e influence), single-point perspective, empty space, hard shadows, photographic bokeh.
**Parameters (For Gemini):**
* **Aspect Ratio:** `ar 16:9`
* **Quality:** High detail, 4K resolution.