About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – Google Gemini
- Niche – Nature illustration
- Language – English
- Category – Art
- Prompt Title – African savanna wildlife prompt Gemini
Prompt Details
This response is structured in three parts:
1. **Guiding Principles:** An explanation of the structure and best practices for prompting Gemini in this niche.
2. **The Dynamic Prompt Template:** The core, reusable template with variables for you to customize.
3. **Example Prompt:** A ready-to-use example demonstrating how to fill out the template.
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### **1. Guiding Principles for the Dynamic Prompt**
This dynamic prompt is designed as a modular framework rather than a rigid sentence. Google Gemini responds well to structured, detailed, and descriptive language. By breaking down the request into logical components, we can exert fine-grained control over the final illustration, ensuring consistency while allowing for immense creative variation.
**Best Practices Incorporated:**
* **Structured Input:** Using clear headings (e.g., `[SCENE]`, `[STYLE]`) helps the AI parse the distinct elements of your request, preventing concepts from blending together undesirably.
* **Artistic Vocabulary:** The prompt uses specific terms from art, illustration, and cinematography (e.g., “gouache,” “linocut,” “golden hour,” “low-angle shot”). This guides Gemini toward a more sophisticated and intentional artistic output.
* **Sensory and Atmospheric Detail:** Describing not just what to see, but also the atmosphere, mood, and lighting, creates a richer, more evocative image.
* **Negative Prompting:** The `[EXCLUSIONS]` section is crucial for steering the AI away from common pitfalls like photorealism (when you want illustration), unwanted objects, or jarring elements.
* **Dynamic Variables:** The use of `[placeholders]` makes the prompt a powerful, reusable tool. You can systematically change one variable at a time (like the `[Primary Medium]` or `[Time of Day]`) to explore different styles without rewriting the entire prompt.
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### **2. The Optimized Dynamic AI Prompt Template**
**Instructions for Use:** Copy the entire template below and replace the text within each `[bracketed placeholder]` with your desired specifications. Use the detailed component breakdown below for ideas and options.
“`text
/imagine prompt:
**ROLE:** Act as a professional nature illustrator with a deep understanding of animal anatomy, botanical accuracy, and evocative art styles.
**PRIMARY SUBJECT:** [Describe the main animal(s), including species, number, age, and action or pose. Be specific and emotive.]
**SCENE & ENVIRONMENT:**
* **Setting:** [Detailed description of the immediate surroundings: e.g., under a baobab tree, near a watering hole, amidst tall savanna grass.]
* **Background:** [Describe what is in the distance: e.g., a distant mountain silhouette, a vast, dusty plain, a dramatic cloud formation.]
* **Flora & Fauna:** [Specify secondary plants or animals: e.g., scattered acacia trees, a flock of distant flamingos, vibrant wildflowers.]
**ATMOSPHERE & MOOD:**
* **Time of Day:** [e.g., Golden hour just before sunset, high noon with a hazy sun, crisp early morning with low-lying mist, twilight with a rising moon.]
* **Weather:** [e.g., Clear and dry, after a recent rain with damp earth, windy with dust devils in the distance, dramatic storm clouds gathering.]
* **Overall Mood:** [e.g., Serene and peaceful, powerful and majestic, playful and energetic, mysterious and quiet.]
**ARTISTIC STYLE & EXECUTION:**
* **Primary Medium:** [Choose a specific illustration medium: e.g., Vintage watercolor and ink wash, stylized digital gouache, textured linocut print, minimalist line art, children’s book illustration with soft pastels.]
* **Artistic Influence:** [Optional: Name an artist or art movement for inspiration: e.g., in the style of Charley Harper’s minimalist wildlife, reminiscent of Mary Blair’s color theory, inspired by vintage safari posters from the 1930s.]
* **Color Palette:** [Describe the dominant colors and their relationship: e.g., A warm, desaturated palette of ochre, burnt sienna, and deep indigo; a vibrant, high-contrast palette of teal, magenta, and gold; a muted, earthy scheme of khaki, olive green, and dusty rose.]
* **Detail & Texture:** [Specify the level of detail and surface quality: e.g., Highly detailed with fine cross-hatching, simple flat color blocks with clean outlines, heavy impasto-like digital brushstrokes, delicate and translucent watercolor layers.]
**COMPOSITION & LIGHTING:**
* **Camera View:** [Describe the perspective: e.g., Low-angle shot looking up, eye-level with the subject, sweeping panoramic landscape view, intimate close-up (macro) shot.]
* **Lighting Style:** [Describe the quality and direction of light: e.g., Dramatic backlighting creating a rim-lit silhouette, soft diffused light from an overcast sky, long, dramatic shadows cast by the low sun, dappled light filtering through tree leaves.]
**EXCLUSIONS (Negative Prompt):**
* **–no:** [List elements to avoid: e.g., photorealism, 3D render, humans, vehicles, text, blurry background, overly complex patterns, ugly, deformed.]
**FORMAT:**
* **Aspect Ratio:** [Specify the desired shape: e.g., 16:9 for widescreen, 4:5 for vertical social media posts, 1:1 for a square format.]
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### **Component Breakdown with Examples**
* **[PRIMARY SUBJECT]:**
* *Example 1:* A majestic, solitary bull elephant with large tusks, kicking up dust with its front foot.
* *Example 2:* A cheetah mother and her three cubs resting in the shade, alert and watchful.
* *Example 3:* A tower of giraffes gracefully moving across the plains, their long necks silhouetted.
* **[Primary Medium]:**
* *Example 1:* Vintage natural history field journal illustration with watercolor and delicate ink annotations.
* *Example 2:* Bold, graphic serigraph print with limited colors.
* *Example 3:* Whimsical storybook illustration with soft, textured colored pencils.
* **[Color Palette]:**
* *Example 1:* Monochromatic scheme using only shades of sepia and cream.
* *Example 2:* Analogous colors of deep orange, rich red, and warm yellow for a sunset scene.
* *Example 3:* Complementary palette of deep blue shadows and bright orange highlights.
* **[Camera View]:**
* *Example 1:* Worm’s-eye view, making a rhinoceros appear immense and powerful.
* *Example 2:* High-angle, bird’s-eye view of a hippo pod in a river.
* *Example 3:* Dutch angle shot to create a sense of unease during a predator-prey scene.
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### **3. Example of a Completed Prompt**
Here is a practical example using the template to generate a specific, high-quality illustration.
“`text
/imagine prompt:
**ROLE:** Act as a professional nature illustrator with a deep understanding of animal anatomy, botanical accuracy, and evocative art styles.
**PRIMARY SUBJECT:** A mother giraffe gently nuzzling her young calf. The mother is calm and protective, and the calf is curious and safe. Both are depicted with grace and anatomical accuracy.
**SCENE & ENVIRONMENT:**
* **Setting:** Standing in a field of tall, golden oat grass under the sprawling, flat-topped canopy of a single, iconic acacia tree.
* **Background:** The vast, dusty plains of the Serengeti stretch to the horizon, with the faint, hazy silhouette of Mount Kilimanjaro visible in the far distance.
* **Flora & Fauna:** A few small, colorful lilac-breasted rollers are perched on the acacia branches. The ground has patches of red clay soil.
**ATMOSPHERE & MOOD:**
* **Time of Day:** Golden hour, about thirty minutes before sunset.
* **Weather:** Clear, warm, and still. The air is thick with golden dust motes illuminated by the sun.
* **Overall Mood:** Serene, tender, and heartwarming. A moment of profound peace and maternal love.
**ARTISTIC STYLE & EXECUTION:**
* **Primary Medium:** Stylized children’s book illustration created with digital gouache and subtle watercolor textures.
* **Artistic Influence:** Inspired by the beautifully simple compositions and emotive character design of classic Little Golden Books and the color theory of Mary Blair.
* **Color Palette:** A warm and inviting palette dominated by golden yellows, soft oranges, dusty purples for the shadows, muted olive greens for the acacia, and a soft sky blue.
* **Detail & Texture:** Simplified shapes and forms, but with a visible canvas or paper texture. Clean lines, but with a soft, slightly imperfect hand-drawn feel. Focus on emotion over hyper-realism.
**COMPOSITION & LIGHTING:**
* **Camera View:** Eye-level shot, placing the viewer right there with the giraffes, creating an intimate connection. The composition is balanced, with the acacia tree framing the top-left of the image.
* **Lighting Style:** Warm, low-angle side lighting from the setting sun. This casts long, soft purple shadows and creates a beautiful, warm glow on the giraffes’ coats.
**EXCLUSIONS (Negative Prompt):**
* **–no:** photorealism, 3D, CGI, humans, vehicles, harsh black outlines, chaotic composition, generic clip art, watermarks, text.
**FORMAT:**
* **Aspect Ratio:** 4:5 for vertical social media posts.
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