About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – ChatGPT, Grok, Deepseek, Gemini, Copilot, Midjourney, Meta AI and more
- Niche – Deep Ocean Life
- Language – English
- Category – Light FX
- Prompt Title – Underwater Bioluminescent Creature VFX Prompt
Prompt Details
This prompt is designed to be a comprehensive template. You can mix, match, and modify the bracketed `[keywords]` to create an infinite variety of high-quality, specific visual effects shots.
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### **The Optimized Dynamic Prompt Template for Bioluminescent VFX**
This template is structured in a modular way, moving from the core concept to the fine details of lighting and rendering. This hierarchical structure helps AI models better understand the context and prioritize the most important elements of the scene.
**Instructions for Use:**
Copy the entire structure below and replace the text within the `[brackets]` with your desired concepts. The more specific you are, the better the result. You don’t have to use every single line, but providing more detail generally yields more controlled and impressive outputs.
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**(1. CORE CONCEPT & SCENE FOCUS)**
* **Primary Subject:** `[Describe the central creature or event, e.g., A colossal, spectral leviathan emerges from an abyssal trench; A swarm of tiny, bioluminescent jellyfish pulse in unison; A lone, predatory dragonfish with a glowing lure hunts its prey]`
* **VFX Focus:** `[Specify the primary visual effect, e.g., Volumetric light rays, ethereal light trails, hypnotic pulsing glow, dynamic caustics, subsurface scattering through a translucent body]`
* **Overall Mood:** `[Set the emotional tone, e.g., Majestic and awe-inspiring, mysterious and terrifying, serene and otherworldly, frantic and dangerous]`
**(2. CREATURE DESCRIPTION & BIOLOGY)**
* **Anatomy & Form:** `[Describe the creature’s shape and structure. Use analogies. E.g., Serpentine body like a mythical dragon, gelatinous bell of a deep-sea medusa, complex colonial structure of a siphonophore, chitinous armor with glowing seams, amorphous and ever-shifting]`
* **Texture & Material:** `[Detail the surface qualities. E.g., Translucent membrane, shimmering iridescent scales, gossamer-thin fins, wet rubbery skin, crystalline exoskeleton, bioluminescent mycelial network]`
* **Bioluminescence Source:** `[Pinpoint where the light originates. E.g., A single, brilliant esca (lure), rows of photophores along its spine, intricate patterns across its entire body, glowing internal organs visible through its skin, symbiotic glowing bacteria forming constellations on its hide]`
**(3. BIOLUMINESCENCE & LIGHT FX (The Core of the Prompt))**
* **Light Pattern & Behavior:** `[Describe how the light behaves. E.g., Slow, rhythmic pulsing like a heartbeat; a constant, steady ethereal glow; rapid, chaotic flashes for communication; cascading waves of light rippling down its body; hypnotic, swirling spiral patterns]`
* **Light Color Palette:** `[Be specific with colors. Use 2-3 for a dynamic look. E.g., Dominated by electric cyan and deep violet with highlights of magenta; spectral greens and ghostly whites; warm amber and volcanic orange; a full spectrum rainbow shimmer]`
* **Light Interaction with Environment (Crucial for VFX):**
* **Volumetrics:** `[E.g., Casting powerful, cinematic volumetric god rays through the murky water; its glow creates a soft, hazy aura around it; sharp, defined shafts of light pierce the darkness]`
* **Particle Illumination:** `[E.g., Illuminating swirling clouds of marine snow and plankton, making them glitter like dust in a sunbeam; highlighting microscopic organisms caught in its light trails]`
* **Caustics & Reflections:** `[E.g., Its light creates shimmering, dancing caustics on the unseen seafloor below; specular highlights glint off its own wet body and nearby rock formations]`
* **Subsurface Scattering (SSS):** `[E.g., The light glows from within, causing dramatic subsurface scattering through its semi-translucent flesh, revealing faint silhouettes of internal structures]`
**(4. DEEP OCEAN ENVIRONMENT)**
* **Location:** `[Set the stage. E.g., The inky blackness of the midnight zone; drifting past a colossal hydrothermal vent spewing black smoke; navigating a dense forest of giant tube worms; inside a vast, ancient underwater cave system; hunting over the abyssal plain]`
* **Environmental Elements:** `[Add secondary details. E.g., Tense water pressure distortion, floating particulate matter, streams of bubbles from a geothermal fissure, ancient whale skeleton on the seafloor, otherworldly deep-sea flora]`
**(5. CINEMATOGRAPHY & COMPOSITION)**
* **Shot Type:** `[Frame the scene. E.g., Extreme wide shot showing immense scale, macro shot focusing on a single glowing photophore, dynamic low-angle shot making the creature appear dominant, over-the-shoulder tracking shot, dramatic establishing shot]`
* **Lens & Camera Effects:** `[Add cinematic flair. E.g., Shot with a wide-angle lens, shallow depth of field (DoF) with bokeh on distant lights, anamorphic lens flare from the brightest light sources, subtle motion blur on fast-moving tentacles, edge-of-frame vignetting to increase focus]`
**(6. STYLE & RENDERING)**
* **Art Style:** `[Define the aesthetic. E.g., Ultra-photorealistic, hyper-detailed, cinematic concept art, award-winning wildlife photography, style of a National Geographic documentary]`
* **Rendering Engine/Quality:** `[Guide the AI’s “digital renderer.” E.g., Cinematic lighting, Octane render, Unreal Engine 5 VFX, V-Ray, high dynamic range (HDR), 8K resolution, physically-based rendering (PBR), global illumination, insanely detailed]`
**(7. ADVANCED PARAMETERS (Platform Specific))**
* **Negative Prompts:** `[Exclude unwanted elements. E.g., –no blurry, cartoon, 2D, flat lighting, text, watermark, human divers, submarines, ugly, deformed]`
* **Aspect Ratio:** `[Set the dimensions. E.g., –ar 16:9 for cinematic widescreen, –ar 3:4 for a dramatic portrait, –ar 21:9 for ultrawide]`
* **Other Commands:** `[Use other platform-specific commands. E.g., –style raw, –chaos 15, –seed 12345]`
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### **Example Prompt in Practice**
Here is a complete, ready-to-use prompt that follows the structure above.
**(1. CORE CONCEPT & SCENE FOCUS)**
* **Primary Subject:** A colossal, ancient creature known as the “Coral Leviathan,” a living, moving reef system, awakens in a deep-sea trench.
* **VFX Focus:** Subsurface scattering through its crystalline coral structures and volumetric light rays emanating from its core.
* **Overall Mood:** Majestic, ancient, and profoundly awe-inspiring.
**(2. CREATURE DESCRIPTION & BIOLOGY)**
* **Anatomy & Form:** A massive, serpentine leviathan whose body is composed of an intricate, living lattice of symbiotic coral and crystalline formations, reminiscent of Ernst Haeckel’s biological illustrations.
* **Texture & Material:** Semi-translucent, glowing coral structures, iridescent pearlescent skin visible between the coral plates, covered in patches of phosphorescent deep-sea moss.
* **Bioluminescence Source:** A powerful, warm light source from a central internal organ (a “bio-furnace”) that glows from within, with thousands of smaller, pulsing polyps across its coral-shell acting as secondary lights.
**(3. BIOLUMINESCENCE & LIGHT FX)**
* **Light Pattern & Behavior:** The central core emits a slow, steady, powerful pulse of light, while the thousands of tiny polyps sparkle and fade randomly like a field of stars.
* **Light Color Palette:** The core light is a warm, molten amber and deep gold, while the polyps shimmer in electric cyan, soft pink, and ghostly white.
* **Light Interaction with Environment:**
* **Volumetrics:** The core’s pulse sends massive, sweeping volumetric god rays cutting through the abyssal darkness.
* **Particle Illumination:** The light catches millions of particles of marine snow, creating a swirling galaxy of illuminated dust around the creature.
* **Caustics & Reflections:** The light refracts through its own crystalline coral body, casting complex, rainbow-like caustics on the walls of the trench.
* **Subsurface Scattering (SSS):** Intense subsurface scattering makes the entire leviathan appear as a living lantern, with the bright core silhouetting its massive internal skeletal structure.
**(4. DEEP OCEAN ENVIRONMENT)**
* **Location:** The absolute darkness of the Hadal Zone, inside an unexplored, impossibly deep oceanic trench.
* **Environmental Elements:** Jagged, volcanic rock formations line the trench walls, with sparse, strange fauna clinging to the rock. The immense pressure visibly distorts the water at the edges of the frame.
**(5. CINEMATOGRAPHY & COMPOSITION)**
* **Shot Type:** Extreme wide shot, captured from a low angle to emphasize the sheer, unbelievable scale of the Coral Leviathan as it dwarfs the surrounding environment.
* **Lens & Camera Effects:** Shot on a cinematic 8K camera with a wide-angle lens. A subtle anamorphic lens flare is created by the creature’s core light. The focus is sharp on the creature, with the distant trench walls falling into a soft depth of field.
**(6. STYLE & RENDERING)**
* **Art Style:** Ultra-photorealistic VFX, reminiscent of a scene from Avatar: The Way of Water or a BBC Planet Earth documentary on an alien world.
* **Rendering Engine/Quality:** Cinematic lighting, Octane render, high dynamic range (HDR), global illumination, 8K, hyper-detailed, masterpiece quality.
**(7. ADVANCED PARAMETERS)**
* **Negative Prompts:** –no blurry, low resolution, cartoon, painting, divers, submarines, text, watermark, border.
* **Aspect Ratio:** –ar 16:9