30 AI picture ideas worth making this week
Thirty concrete prompts and jobs — for a business, a blog, a shop or a wall — each with the ratio to generate it at.
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The hardest part of an image generator is not the prompt, it is the blank box. Here are thirty jobs worth doing, grouped by what they are for, each with the ratio that fits. Steal any of them literally; changing one noun makes it yours.
For a business
| Idea | Ratio |
|---|---|
| Your product on a pale stone shelf, soft window light from the left | 1:1 |
| A seasonal banner with a plain area on the right for a headline | 16:9 |
| An empty workspace in your brand palette, for the About page | 16:9 |
| A flat-lay of the tools of your trade on a linen surface | 1:1 |
| A quiet storefront at dusk, warm light inside | 16:9 |
| An abstract texture in two brand colours, for slide backgrounds | 16:9 |
For writing and social
| Idea | Ratio |
|---|---|
| An empty meeting room at dawn, for an article about work | 16:9 |
| Rain on a window, one lamp lit, for an essay | 16:9 |
| A desk with two cold coffees, for a story about a long night | 16:9 |
| A single object centred on a coloured field, for a quote card | 1:1 |
| A path disappearing into mist, for a piece about uncertainty | 9:16 |
| A hand-drawn-looking map of an imaginary town | 4:3 |
| A close-up of one ingredient, dramatic side light, for a recipe | 1:1 |
| A minimal illustration of one idea: two shapes, two colours | 1:1 |
For a wall, a screen, or a gift
| Idea | Ratio |
|---|---|
| A mountain range in three flat colour bands, poster style | 4:3 |
| Your city as a simple skyline line drawing | 16:9 |
| A botanical study of one plant on cream paper | 4:3 |
| Deep space in muted colours, for a phone background | 9:16 |
| A lighthouse in fog, painterly, for a print | 4:3 |
| A tiny house in an enormous landscape | 16:9 |
| A pattern of one repeated shape, for wrapping paper | 1:1 |
| A calm beach at first light, for a laptop wallpaper | 16:9 |
For a project, a game or a class
| Idea | Ratio |
|---|---|
| A character portrait: age, clothing, expression, plain background | 1:1 |
| A tavern interior lit by one fire, for a campaign | 16:9 |
| A cutaway of an invented machine, technical drawing style | 4:3 |
| A historical street scene for a lesson, clearly illustrated | 16:9 |
| An icon set: six related objects, same flat style | 1:1 |
| A diagram-like scene showing one process step | 4:3 |
| A creature that does not exist, described anatomically | 1:1 |
| A weather scene for each of the four seasons, same viewpoint | 16:9 |
How to run any of these
Add a light and a finish to the line — "soft window light, photographic" or "flat colours, no shading" — pick the ratio before generating, and make four variants rather than one. Start on the home page; the reasoning behind each ingredient is in the prompt guide, and finished pictures with the prompt that made them are on Explore.