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Nothing you are about to see
is real. For real.
The following document contains:

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photos that are not real photos
paintings that are not real paintings, andpeople, places and things that do not exist.

The images you are about to see were all created by an AI tool called DALL·E 2.

All images are © Open AI.

3D render, cute robot holding up a warning sign, shallow depth of fieldTable of contents
Introduction

3. Illustration

6. DALL·E techniques•

Preface•

Monochrome styles••

Prompt design•

Analog media, colour•

Fixing details•

Digital media, colour​•

Replacing subjects

1. Vibes•

Instructional illustration•

Replacing backgrounds•

Moods and feelings•

3D + textured illustrations•

Size, structure, shape•

Character + cartoon•

Simple uncropping•

Looks + aesthetics•

Animation-related prompts•

Creative uncropping•

Illustrator-based prompts​•

Infinite zoom-outs•

Context jumping•

Landscape + portrait images•

Panoramas•

Murals•Combining images (one-shot)•

Combining images (wide)•

Variations

2. Photography•

Photo prompt structure

4. Art history•

Framing, proximity•

Ancient - Medieval•

Camera position, angle•

Renaissance - Modern•

Focus, speed, settings•

Modern & contemporary•

Lighting (outdoor)•

Artist prompt tests•

Lighting (indoor)•

Film stocks, types &5. 3D artwork

processes•

Sculpture materials•

Film & TV show prompts•

Items for bodies•

Photographer prompt tests•

Places and spaces•

Contexts & use cases•

Paper & textiles•

Final photography tips•

Ceramics & glass•

Photographing the work•

In-app edits

With an outside app

7. Showcase​
8. Appendix
a. Thanks + acknowledgementsb. Articles + videos
c. Resources + tools

Cyberwave vaporpunk art of a kneeling figure, looking up at a glowing neon book icon, smoke and mist, pink and blue lighting,cybernetic sci-fi renderPreface
Digital art of a man looking upwards, eyes wide in

DALL·E 2 is a game-changing new tool for AI
powered art creation, turning sentences into
beautiful pictures in seconds. Like magic.

wonder, awestruck, in the style of Pixar, Up,character, white background

This book is designed as a free, visual resource to inspire yourown creative DALL·E projects, with a particular emphasis oncrafting original prompts in natural language.

This document was created by Guy Parsons and is publishedby the AI art website, the DALL·Ery GALL·Ery

For more, subscribe to the prompt/response newsletter,
subscribe on Instagram, follow me on Twitter, and check out thewebsite.

This is an unofficial document, not affiliated with OpenAI.

All images within were generated by DALL·E 2 and remain © OpenAI.

In order to accelerate the compilation of this document, some examples
have been taken from Reddit, social media and other sources, with credit
to the prompter.

H O LY F * * * W E
ARE LIVING IN
THE FUTURE

A prompt is asentence, 400•

full body photo of a horse in a space suit.

•

A Charming Hedge Maze Dotted By Rose Bushes And
Intricately Designed Lampposts, Digital Art, Trending On
Artstation.

characters or•

Kitten Is Eating A Piece Of Pizza. Pizza Slices Flying With

less, that
describes theimage youwant.

A Grey Kitten Standing On A Pizza In Outer Space. The

Angel Wings In Background, Dark Cyan Galaxy And Stars
In Background, 4K Photoshopped Image, Look At That
Detail.
•A Portrait Of A Dog In A Library, Sigma 85Mm F/1.4•

An Oil Painting Of A Young Boy With Long Blonde Hair
Sleeping In Bed With A Checkered Comforter•

A Male American High School Student Reading A
Newspaper, In Chinese Watercolor, Award-Winning
Painting•

Here are somerandomexamples.

A 3D Render Of A Teapot In The Shape Of A King With
Red Hair, Realistic, Artstation, Cg•

Jackson Pollock, Air Jordan sneakers, digital art, productphotography

Search for more on the unofficial DALL·E 2 searchengine!​Prompts can be very
long – or very short!

Prompt: grainy abstract experimental expired film photo of awoman in red dress, talking angrily on mobile phone,gesticulating angrily, in 1960s New York City by Saul Leiter,
50mm lens, cinematic colors, oversaturated filter, blur,reflection, refraction, distortion, rain drops, smears, smudges,
blur, cinestill 800t

Prompt:🌈🚀🤩

, octane 3D render

DALL·E has not explicitly been 'taught' anything, like
who Frida Kahlo is, or what a llama looks like, or whata wide-angle lens does.

It has just studied 650 million images & captions, andleft to draw its own conclusions.

That's why there can't be a regular 'manual', based onfunctionality that the developers intentionallyprogrammed in – even the creators of DALL·E cannot
be sure what DALL·E has or hasn't 'learned', or what it
thinks different phrases mean.

Instead, we have to 'discover' what DALL·E is capableof, and how it reacts. This document is a start!

Prompt

Sometimes, less is more. Prompts can't be more than 400

designjust a few emojis! But if you have a specific outcome in mind,

characters, in any case. And you can get amazing results fromthen being specific in your prompt will help.

A simple adjective, like 'action photography', already embodies
a lot of characteristics (about shutter speed, framing, lenschoices, etc) that you might otherwise define separately.

There are 'fingers-crossed' prompt phrases, like AI-era prayers,
hoped to mean 'make it really good!', such as 4k, 8k, highquality, trending, award-winning, acclaimed, on artstation, etc.
However, the precise impact of these has not been rigorously
tested. But feel free to add them!

In text AI models, simple prompt tweaks have created huge
boosts in performance: for instance, when a text generator ismade to answer a math puzzle, starting with the words 'Let's
think things through step-by-step' makes it 4x more likely to get
the right answer.

So no doubt, there are similar DALL·E hacks yet to be found…

Digital art of portrait of a woman, holding pencil, inspired, head-and-shoulders shot, white background, cute Pixar
characterPrompt
designYou can borrow some photographic prompt terminology(especially for framing) to apply to illustrations: e.g: 'close-up.'

If you are generating mockups of 3D art, you can also define​
how that piece is photographed!

Adjectives can easily influence multiple factors, e.g: 'art deco'
will influence the illustration style, but also the clothing andmaterials of the subject, unless otherwise defined. Years,
decades and eras, like '1924' or 'late-90s', can also have thiseffect.

Even superficially specific prompts have more 'general' effects.
For instance, defining a camera or lens ('Sigma 75mm') doesn't
just 'create that specific look', it more broadly alludes to 'the kindof photo where the lens/camera appears in the description',
which tend to be professional and hence higher-quality.

If a style is proving elusive, try 'doubling down' with related
terms (artists, years, media, movement) years, e.g: rather thansimply '…by Picasso', try '…Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso,
1934, colourful, geometric work of Cubism, in the style of "TwoGirls Reading." Or try unbundling!)

Detailed prompts are great if you know exactly what you're

Promptlooking for and are trying to get a specific effect.

design…but DALL·E also has a creative eye, and has studied over 400
million images. So there is nothing wrong with being vague, andseeing what happens! You can also use variations to create
further riffs of your favourite output. Sometimes you'll end up onquite a journey!

Putting together this document has been quite an undertaking,as it aims to cover all 16777216¹⁰⁴⁸⁵⁷⁶ possible DALL·E

images(vs the 10⁸⁰ atoms in the universe) and all possible subjects ofimages, which is to say, all possible objects and materials inexistence, depicted in all known methods.

For 2D art, we've gone a little deeper, looking at particular art
styles and art movements. But if you want to create images ofbuildings, for example, then learning more about architectural
periods, famous architects, and names of architectural details
will be helpful to create specific outputs. Same for candlesticks,
cartoons or candy wrappers.

DALL·E knows a lot about everything, so the deeper yourknowledge of the requisite jargon, the more detailed theresults.

1—

general vibes

Emotional prompt words
Positive mood, low energy
light, peaceful, calm, serene,😌

Positive mood, high energy🤪

bright, vibrant, dynamic, spirited,soothing, relaxed, placid,vivid, lively, energetic, colorful,

comforting, cosy, tranquil, quiet,

joyful, romantic, expressive,

pastel, delicate, graceful, subtle,

bright, rich, kaleidoscopic,

balmy, mild, ethereal, elegant,psychedelic, saturated, ecstatic,

tender, soft, light

brash, exciting, passionate, hot

Negative mood, low energy

😢

Negative mood, high energy😱

muted, bleak, funereal, somber,dark, ominous, threatening,melancholic, mournful, gloomy,

haunting, forbidding, gloomy,

dismal, sad, pale, washed-out,

stormy, doom, apocalyptic,

desaturated, grey, subdued, dull,sinister, shadowy, ghostly,

dreary, depressing, weary, tired

unnerving, harrowing, dreadful,frightful, shocking, terror,
hideous, ghastly, terrifyingSize-y, structure-y words
Big and free

Big and structured

Small and structured

Curvaceous, swirling, organic,

Monumental, imposing, rigorous,

Ornate, delicate, neat, precise,

Unplanned, daring, brash,riotous, turbulent, flowing,geometric, ordered, angular,

detailed, opulent, lavish, elegant,random, casual, sketched,amorphous, natural, distorted,

artificial, lines, straight, rhythmic,

ornamented, fine, elaborate,

playful, spontaneous,uneven, random, lush, organic,

composed, unified, manmade,accurate, intricate, meticulous,

extemporaneous, offhand,bold, intuitive, emotive, chaotic,

perspective, minimalist, blocks,

decorative, realistic

improvisational, experimental,

tumultuous, earthy, churning

dignified, robust, defined

Small and freeloose, jaunty, light, expressive🤩

Looks, vibes, -punks, -waves

Check out this huge list!

Vaporwave: neon, pink, blue,

Post-apocalyptic: grey, desolate,

Gothic, fantasy: stone, dark, lush,

Cybernetic, sci-fi: glows,

Steampunk: gold, copper, brass,geometric, futuristic, '80s.

stormy, fire, decay

nature, mist, mystery, angulargreens, metals, armor, chrome

Victoriana,

Memphis, Memphis Group, 1980s,

Dieselpunk, grimy, steel, oil, '50s,

Afrofuturism: futuristic, andCyberpunk, 1990s, dyed hair,

Biopunk, organic: greens,bold, kitch, colourful, shapes

mechanised, punk cousin of steampnk

African!

spiky, graphic elements .

slimes, plants, futuristic, weird

2—photography

Thinking aboutphotography

How is the photo composed?
What is the emotional vibe of the image?
How close are we to the subject? What angle?
How much depth of field?
How is the subject lit? Where from? How much light?

prompts

Artificial or natural light? What colour? What time of day?
What camera or lens? Macro, telephoto or wide angle?
Where is it shot? in the studio or out in the world?
What film or process is used? Digital or film?
What year was it taken?
In what context was this photo ultimately published or used?

framingfilm typeshoot context

A close-up, black & white studio photographic portrait of SUBJECT,
dramatic backlighting, 1973 photo from Life Magazine

year & usage context

lighting prompt

vibe prompt

framingshoot context

lighting prompt

A vibrant photograph of SUBJECT, wide shot, outdoors, sunset photo atgolden hour, wide-angle lens, soft focus, shot on iPhone 6, on Flickr in 2007
lens & camera prompt

year & usage context

Camera angles: proximity
DALL·E interprets these pretty loosely, and often provides candidate from the 'neighbour' framing, e.g: a close-up prompt might get extreme close-ups and medium shots in the mix.

Extreme close-up

Close-up

Medium shot, mid-shot, waist shotLong shot, wide shot, full shot

Extreme long shot, extreme wide

(depicts subject from waist up)(shows full subject + surroundings)

shot, X 'in the distance'

Film still of a cackling man, bushy

A close-up of a woman’s face,

Film still of an elderly black man

Film still of a woman drinking

Film still, extreme wide shot of an

moustache, extreme close-up shot

captured in low light with a soft

playing chess, medium shot, mid-coffee, walking to work, long shot,

elephant alone on the savannah,

focus. There is a gentle pink hue

shotwide shot, full shot

extreme long shot​

to the image, and the woman’s
features are lightly blurred.
Cinestill 800t. (Source.)

Also try 'head & shoulders shot'Camera angles: position

Overhead view, establishing shot,

Low angle, from below,

Aerial view, birds eye view,

Tilted frame, dutch angle,

Over-the-shoulder shotfrom above, high angle, crane shotworms-eye-viewdrone photography

skewed shot

Film still, establishing shot ofFilm still, gangster squirrel

Aerial photo of a coral reef that

Film still of stylish girl dancing on

Film still, over-the-shoulder shot ofbustling farmers market, goldencounting his money, low angle,

looks like a labyrinth.

school desk, tilted frame, 35°,

two pirates having an angry

hour, high angle​

shot from below, worms eye viewDutch angle, cinematography fromdiscussion, eyepatch, frommusic video

adventure movie 'SHIVER ME
TIMBERS' (1999)

When applying a pattern, try experimenting with perspective to get a more intriguing, less "flat" feel

Camera settings + lenses

Fast shutter speed, high speed,

Slow shutter speed, 1 sec shutter,

Bokeh, shallow depth of field,

Tilt shift photography (via)

Motion blur

action photo, 1/1000 sec shutter

long exposure

blur, out-of-focus background (via)

Makes a narrow strip in-focus(Source)

Telephoto lens, Sigma 500mm f/5

Macro lens, macro photo (source)

Wide angle lens, 15mm (source)

Fish-eye lens: distorts the scene,

Deep depth of field, f/22, 35mm

Shot from afar, feels 'voyeuristic'

Sigma 105mm F2.8 - for small scenes

Fits more of the scene in the frame

vv. wide angle, the centre 'bulges'

Make all elements sharp

Lighting prompts: natural + outdoor

Golden hour, dusk, sunset,

Blue hour, twilight, cool,

Midday, harsh overhead sunlight,

sunrise - warm lighting, strong

ISO1200, slow shutter speed

directional sunlight

Overcast, flat lighting,silhouette (vs illuminating your
Photograph of a stylish black

shadows

Tactical use of shadow &Photograph of a stylish black man

woman listening excitedly on

primary subject)

High-quality DSLR photo of cute"Blue hour" photography, a fox

talking animatedly on phone, mid-phone, mid-shot, outdoors in

A Latina businesswoman, sat

pig in a big blue hat in asitting on a bench, cool twilightshot, outdoors in LA, harsh

Chicago, overcast flat lighting,outdoors, mostly silhouetted in

Dickensian back street at dusk,

lighting, 5am.

overheard sunlight, midday,

4pm, cloudy afternoon

soft shadow, harsh sunlight,

long shadows, beams of sunlightsummercorporate plaza

Lighting prompts, artificial / indoor

Warm lighting, 2700K,

Cold, fluorescent lighting, 4800K

Flash photography, harsh flash​'Colourful lighting', defined colours

Defined 'real' light source (e.g:(e.g: 'purple and yellow lighting')

police car lights, fireworks, etc)

High-key lighting, neutral, flat, even,

Low-key lighting, dramatic, single

Backlighting, backlit (source)

Studio lighting, professional lighting.

Defined direction, lit from above,

corporate, professional, ambient

light source, high-contrast

Adds a 'glow' around subj. edge

studio portrait, well-lit, etc (source)

lit from below, side lighting, etc

Creative film types, stocks & processes

Kodachrome

Autochrome

Lomography

Polaroid, Instax (source)

Cameraphone, (year)

Strong reds and greens. (source)

Queasy yellow-greens + hot pinks.

Oversaturated, hue-shifted images.

Soft focus, square, and flash-y.​

Fuzzy, early digital photography

CCTV, surveillance, security

Disposable camera

Daguerrotype

Camera obscura, pinhole

Double exposure. Name two

footage, dashcam, black-and-white

Authentically amateur composition.

Very early film stock, 1800s, vintage.

photography.

subjects to combine them both.

Creative film types II

CyanotypeBlack and white, Tri-X 400TX

Redscale photography

Infrared photography

Bleach bypass

Blue-and-white photo printing method

Classic monochrome photography

Makes things red, then more red.

Weird film that makes plants pink

Muted look from Saving P'vt Ryan.

Instagram, Hipstamatic, 2015

Contact sheet

Colour splash

Solarised

Anaglyph

Faux-retro filtered Noughties look.

Get multiple images!

One colour, and everything else B/W.

Some colours/parts are 'negative'

3D photography format. (Source)Prompt hack: film & TV prompts, 'Film still of…'
You can name a specific film or TV show (ideally with the year in brackets) to 'steal the look', without needing to know the technical styles used.
You can also name non-existent media with genre + year prompts, e.g: 'from action-adventure film "SHIVER ME TIMBERS!"(1973)
Note: this prompt will also influence the background, costumes, hairstyles, and any other uncontrolled factors!

A man in a Grim Reaper

A tall Black woman,

A pile of books on a bedside

Two construction workers

costume, from…

Kermit the Frog, from…

drinking red wine, from…

table, from…

arguing intently, from…

TV show Friends, Season 3 (1997)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

TV series Frasier (1994)

Netflix show, Stranger Things (2016)

Jaws (1975)

TV show Starsky & Hutch (1975)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)'Breaking Bad', Season 4 (2011)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Amelie (2001)

Photo genres and usage contexts
You can sometimes get a coherent look just by specifying the context: is this photo from a fashion magazine, a hard-hitting exposé in a
newspaper, or a wedding photographer's portfolio?

“Photo of a 50-year old white man, silver hair, neat beard, wearing a red gilet, thick-rimmed glasses…"

action sports photography, fast

editorial fashion photography,

candid street portrait,

professional corporate portrait,

flash photography, event

shutter speed from ESPN

from Vogue magazine

photojournalism from The New

from investor prospectus

photography, film premierYork Times

photograph from celebrity news
websitePortrait photographer prompts, select tests“Photo of a young Mexican woman in the style of…”

George Hurrell

Martin Schoeller

Dorothea Lange

Lee Jeffries​

Terry Richardson

Many thanks to Michael Green for sharing the results of his research. Follow him on Twitter or Instagram!

Sidebar: is

Artists need to make a living. After all, it's only through the creation of human art to date DALL·E

promptingand I can just conjure up art 'in the style of [artist]'?

for living
artists,
like… OK?

has anything to be trained on! So what becomes of an artist, once civilians like you

Van Gogh's ghost can surely cope with such indignities – but living artists might feel differently
about having their unique style automagically cloned.

Of course, DALL·E's policies disallow uploading images that you don't own the rights for.
(Although unlike naughty words in prompts, Open AI really has no way of checking.)

But once an artist reaches a certain level of renown, and DALL·E has countered their art in thewild, it's possible for users to deploy the artist's style simply by prompting for it in text, at least intheory. (In practice, DALL·E 2 is currently quite hit and miss at mimicking particular artists,
but in a year or two? Maybe not.) The debate around doing so is not without substance,
although we should also remember that successful artists have always attracted loving imitators(and cynical impersonators) long prior to the advent of artificial intelligence.

Legally, although an artist's 'style' cannot be subject to copyright, derivative works of specific​artworks could possibly construed as infringing. (They arguably aren't infringing - but then again,
you might not be able to afford to defend yourself.)

Assessing whether an artwork in the public domain is complicated this guide from Cornell University may be helpful.

Clockwise from top left:

1) an original artwork by
Simon Stålenhag2) right, a DALL·E generation
for the prompt: Monumental
old ruins tower of a dark
misty forest, overcast, sci-fi
digital painting by SimonStålenhag3) below, digital artworks byhuman artists 'inspired by'Stålenhag, on BehanceA few final
photography
ideas

1. Don't forget, you can still edit your images in familiar tools like
Photoshop, Lightroom, Snapseed and Instagram. So when it comes tocolour grading or vintage effects, it might be easier to use these!​
2. If your output has a human face in, you won't be able to re-upload
the file later to inpaint/outpaint/uncrop - but you can edit it now,
directly in DALL·E. (This doesn't apply to illustrations!)​
3. DALL·E also knows about a lot of photographers, directors,
movies - more than could possibly be documented here. But expect tosee more examples in Version 2 of this document, coming soon!​
4. Try TenCent's free face restorer AI to make minor facial tweaks.
Note, it will only remove small artefacts and blurred details, not change
the geometry of a face altogether (it assumes the input is a real
photograph that's been damaged)​
5. Are you sure you want a photo? Ask yourself if this is somethingthat could realistically be photographed: e.g, it's easy to draw 'a mouseand elephant that are friends', but because they are such different
sizes in reality, it's very difficult to create a plausible photo that brings it
to life.​(In fact, DALL·E will sometimes resort to generating 'toy
animals' that can conceivably be photographed together)
6. If you just want a very clear photo of your subject, rather than a candid
situation or location, ask for 'studio lighting' or 'studio photography'
Digital art of portrait of a Chinese man, holding a DSLR camera, excited facial expression, head-and-shoulders shot,

white background, cute Pixar character, houdini 3D render

3—

illustration

Illustration styles, analog media, monochrome

Stencil, street art, Banksy (source)

Charcoal sketch (source)

Ballpoint pen art (source)

Woodcut (source)

Pencil sketch (source)

Field journal line art (source)

Pencil drawing, detailed,

Political cartoon from U.S.

hyper-detailed, very realistic (via)newspaper

Colouring-in sheet (source)

Etching (source)Illustration styles, analog media, colour

Crayon (source)Child's drawing / children'

Acrylic on canvas (source)

Watercolor (source)

drawing (source)

Oil painting (source)

Ukiyo-e (source)

Coloured pencil, detailed(Source)

Chinese watercolor (source)

Pastels (source)

Airbrush (source)Illustration styles, digital media

Alegria, 'corporate memphis'

Collage, photocollage,

Vector art (source)

Watercolor & pen (source)

Screen printing (source)

Sticker illustration (source)

Storybook (source)

Digital painting (source)

magazine collage (source)

Low poly (source)

Layered paper (source)Illustration styles, instructional

Blueprint (source)

Patent drawing (source)

Cutaway (source)

IKEA manual (source)

Instruction manual (source)

Botanical illustration (source)

Mythological map (source)

Voynich manuscript (source)

Scientific diagram (source)

Voroni diagram (source)Illustrations, 3D + textured

Isometric 3D (source)Black velvet, Edgar Leeteg(source)

3D render, houdini 3D, octane 3D,

Claymation, Aardman Animation,

ZBrush, Maya, Cinema 4D, Blender(source)

Scratch art, foil art, gold on black

Perler beads (Hama beads)

Felt pieces (source)

Screenshot of X from (game, realor imaginary, console, year)​(via)

Fabric pattern (source)

Tattoo (source)Illustration styles, character + cartoon

Character reference sheet (via)

Comic book art (source)

Anime (source)

Pixar (source)

Studio Ghibli (source)

Vintage Disney (source)

Pixel Art (source)

1990s Disney, cel shading (source)

1970s grainy vintage illustration

Hanna Barbera, 1960s, Scooby(source)Doo, Flintstones, Jetsons, etc

in the style of… (animated TV shows + films)

South ParkThe Simpsons

Spirited Away (source)

Family Guy

Bojack Horseman (source)

Adventure Time (source)

Powerpuff Girls

vintage Looney Tunes (1961)

Pixar's 'Up'

The Far Side (print comic)(source)(source)in the style of… (particular illustrators)

Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit etc)

Ralph Steadman (Fear &Loathing, etc) (via Discord)

Quentin Blake (from Roald Dahl

Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli)

books, etc)​(source)

Norman Rockwell (source)

Dr. Seuss (source)Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)

Maurice Sendak (Where theWild Things Are)

Tove Jansson (The Moomins)

Wanda Gág

4—

art history

Early art history: ancient, medieval, Dark Ages

Cave paintings, pre-historic,

Ancient Egyptian mural, tomb,

Ancient Egypt papyrus, Book of the

Fayum portrait, Mummy portrait,

Decorative Minoan mural, 2000

Lascaux, primitive.​

fresco, register, hieroglyphics.​

Dead, well-preserved.​from Egypt, from Luxor, on wood.​

BCE, artefact, ancient.

Roman mosaic, Ancient Rome,

Ancient Roman painting, Fourth Style,

Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493,

Byzantine icon, Christian icon,

Giilded codex, lavish, illiminated,

opus tesellatum.

Third Style, second Style, Pompeii

Liber Chronicarum, Michael Wolgemut

halo, painting, Eastern Roman.

maniscript, vellum, well-preserved

Renaissance - modern art movements

Renaissance painting (1400-1600)

Mannerism, Mannerist (1500-1600)(source)

Realism, realist, 19th century,
Gustave Courbet

Art Nouveau

Baroque, 17th c, Velázquez,

Rococo, 1730, late Baroque,

Neoclassicism, capriccio, 18th c,

Caravaggio, Vermeer (source)

Antoine Watteau (source)Angelica Kauffmann (source)

Impressionism, Monet, Renoit

Post-impressionism, Cézanne,

Symbolist painting, symbolism,

Gaugin, van Gogh, Seurat

dreamlike, 19th century

Modern art movements

Art deco, 1925, vintage, streamline

Abstract expressionism, paintBauhaus, 1930s, geometric, Paul

Colour field painting, abstract,

Cubism, cubist, 1910, Picasso,

moderne, luxury, poster (source)

splatters, Jackson Pollock (source)

Klee, Wassily Kandinsky (source)

Rothko, 60s, Clyfford Still

Georges Braque (source)​y(source)

Constructivist, constructivism,

Dada, Dadaism, Dadaist, 1920,

De Stijl, neoplasticism, Piet Mondrian,Expressionism, expressionist,

Fauvism, fauvist, 1905, Andre

Russian, design, 1915, Soviet-era

absurd, nonsense , collage,

Theon can Doesburg, 1920, Dutch​

1912, German Expressionism

Derain, Henri Matisse (source)(via discord?)

assemblage, cut-up, photomontage​(source)​Modern art movements II

Futurism, Futurist, 1913, Italian,

Metaphysical painting, de Chirico,

Surrealism, surrealist, Magritte,

aeropittura, dynamism

Italian, Carlo Carrà

Dali, Andre Breton, Max Ernst

Suprematism, abstract, geometric,

Mexican muralism, Diego Rivera,

Neo-Expressionism, 1980s

Kazimir Malevich, 1913,

Pop Art, Warhol, 1960s (source)

Street art, graffiti, urban publicart, independent

Orphism, Orphist, František

Street photography, urban,

José Clemente Orozco,

Kupka, Robert Delaunay, Sonia

candid, flaneur, unposed

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Delaunay

Assorted artist tests

Edward Hopper, 1942

Keith Haring (source)

Salvador Dali (source)

Georges Surat​

Vincent van Gogh

Inspired? Try Google's Arts & Culture Hub to find 13,000 more artists you can work with.

All in all, I've found DALL·E struggles to convincingly or reliably generate pastiches of artists. The outputs are usually aesthetically pleasing, but tend to lack the very

specific style that you'd expect. One confounding factor is that an individual artist may actually utilise many different styles during their career (and the training set may include

a lot of the artist's minor or less-celebrated work, like preparatory sketches) whereas our conception of an artist's "look" tends to be based around a few key masterpieces.

More distinctive artist styles

Thomas Kinkade (source)

Lisa FrankBasquiat (source)

Simon Stålenhag

Zdzisław Beksiński (source)

HR Giger (source)

Robert Crumb

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of

Gustav Kilmt, symbolist, gold

Roy Lichenstein, half-tone dots,

Earthly Delights

leaf, 1908

comic detail, pop art

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3D artwork

Sculpture & statue material examples

Bronze statue

Butter sculpture

Marble statue (source)(source)

Sand sculpture (source)

Terracotta warriors (source)

Jade sculpture (source)

Topiary, plant sculpture (source)

Ice carving (source)

Gold, silver, etc (source)

Plastic, fiberglass (hello)Things for human bodies

Clothes, shoes, and individual

Costumes, outfits, costumery,

clothing items (source)theatrical, Halloween, cosplay

Fashion, fashion photography,

Historic / futuristic attire,fashion & haute couturearmor, technology, alternate history, (source)
imaginary culture, fantasy (source)

Hairstyles, haircuts

Nail art

Tattoos and body art

Jewellery, necklace, rings, etc

Accessories, bags (source)

Makeup, cosmetics, face paint(source)​Places and spaces

Architecture, buildings, wings

Stage sets, theatrical sets,

Domestic interiors, home design

TV sets

Commercial interiors, hospitality,

Public realm, streets, squares,

public buildings, workplaces

plazas, cityscapes

Gardens, landscaping, natural,

Inflatables, parade floats,

Attractions, installations, theme

Furniture, furnishings, rugs, sofas,

Events, festivals, event

outdoor spaces

hot air balloons

parks, educational spaces, venues

beds, curtains, etcetera

design, event planning, event
decoration

Crafty arts: paper & textiles

Papercraft, origami (source)

Diorama, dolls house (source)

Pop-up book

Paper embossing

Papier mache

Needle felting (source)

Appliqué needlework

Embroidery (source)

Knitting patterns

Amigurumi (source)Crafty arts: ceramics & glass

Ceramic, bust, Kintsugi

Clay, pottery, sculpture (source)

Porcelain

Azulejo, Portuguese blue-and

Stained glass (source)-white painted tile art

Glass paperweight

Snowglobe

Bubblegram

Crystal figure

Tile art, mosaic (source)

'Photographing' your work
Aside from defining the subject, don't forget you can also use photography prompts to control how DALL·E depicts it. See the photography section for more.

…surrounded by foliage, dreamy autochrome…studio photography, dark grey background, softly backlit, gentle

pinhole photography.

smoke effect, photo courtesy Museum of Art…dramatic low-key neon lighting, light painting, editorial photo frommagazine,

6—

techniques

Edits: fixing a detail1

2

3

ResultSource image: "Film still, two construction

Delete the offending detailworkers arguing intently, over-the-shoulder

Final image, plus a pass from ARC's freeFace Restorer.

shot, colourful cinematography from

Prompt​for the whole image, but now we canAmélie (2001)"

spend more words describing the missing detail:A bit better: still not perfect though! We'A man in an orange construction vest, intent

could have obviously tried generating more

The face is a bit wonky. Let's get DALL·E

expression, close-up on face, ocularvariations and tweaking the face prompt toto try again, shall we?

reflections, furrowed eyebrows'

get an even more realistic result

Edits: replacing the subject
This works especially well for photos, as the lighting, shadows and composition are in harmony with where your new subject is going to be.
Basically, replacing a previous 'focal point' tends to work better, than filling an an empty space where there was nothing.

1

2

3

ResultSource image: Unsplash photo from Jonathan
Formento.

Let's get rid of the arch!

1) Erase the element you want to replace2) Prompt for the entire replacement image (boththe new thing and what you're keeping): 'Alien
ruins, made of black stone, in an unusual
landscape, sunny day'Final image. Easy!

Edits: replacing the background1

2

3

ResultSource image, generated by DALL·E.

Let's put our subject somewhere less gloomy.

Aggressively delete the background. Unlike

Prompt for the entire replacement image (both theregular Photoshop, you don't need to worry about

new thing and what you're keeping): 'An oil

losing some of the edge of the subject - the AI will

painting of a boy in red coat, sat on a boulder, inbe smart enough to rebuild it.

a misty woodland clearing, campfire in
background, warm fire glow, cosy fantasy art'

Edits: simple uncropping / 'outpainting'This is not (yet!) 'built in' to DALL·E - you'll need to use another image editing tool as part of the process. It's very easy though!
Personally, I like PhotoPea, the free online Photoshop alternative.
This process will not work if the source image contains a photo-style depiction of a human face, as DALL·E currently blocks the upload.

1

2

3

Result1) Download the image, import into PhotoPea etc

4) Export as a PNG

7) Add a text prompt, could be the same as the2) Shrink the image (or expand the canvas) so it is5) Upload it to DALL·E and choose 'edit'

original or with additional descriptive focus on

surrounded by blank space6) Delete at least one pixel of the image, using hesurrounding: Oil painting, portrait of a boy with a3) If the blank space is white, delete that layer or

eraser toolsloth in a vintage office, mid-century modern

pixels, so it's transparent

design, painting by Frida Kahlo (1932), from
Mexican Modernism exhibition

Edits: uncropping, prompts & positioning
1) Rather than simply zooming out 50%… try using the source image in different positions, sizes + rotations
2) Rather than repeating the same prompt as source, try entering different text that clearly defines the blank area
3) Rather than using the entire square source image… try using the in-built erase tool to crop it back a little

1

2

3

Here we: put our source image to one side, crop it back slightly, don't shrink it, and give a prompt to create
a new character: 'Oil painting, two women looking over their shoulders, towards the viewer, mysterious facial expression, redheadscarf, blue headscarf, exquisite detail, acclaimed masterpiece'

Edits: uncropping, zooming out forever
Of course, we can take any uncropped image and continue uncropping that, in a recursive process that zooms out infinitely.
This can make for some pretty cool videos, especially if you keep each uncrop consistent and central (as in the first example),although producing a video like this currently requires some technical chops - and a program like After Effects or Da Vinci Resolve.

1

2

3

In this example we: put the source image up top, shrink it to be quite small, then prompt for a background: 'Oil painting of two
women standing waist-deep in water, mysterious underground lake, flooded cavern, ripples, ethereal lighting'Edits: uncropping, context jumping
We can also put our source image in a different context: in a frame on a wall, as a reflection in someone's eye, in a 'WANTED'
poster, or something else that suudenly reveals a 'new layer of reality.'

Here we: position the source image non-centrally, crop it slightly, remove the DALL-E watermark, make it quite small, then prompt
for a background: 'Framed oil paintings above a fireplace, ornate gold frames, in a Victorian study, detailed digital
illustration'

Edits: making landscape + portrait images
Like uncropping, this also requires an image editor like PhotoPea. This time you'll need to use it twice!

125) Finally, combine the two new images in a photo editing tool. Make thecanvas bigger, then drag the new image to line up with the old one. Use the'Difference' layer mode - when the overlapping area goes totally black, you're done!

131) Take your source image
2) In an editing tool, drag it to one
side, leaving the blank spacetransparent.
3) Export this as a .PNG, upload it
to DALL·E, and choose 'edit'4) Delete any pixel, then prompt for
the new image, e.g: 'alien
spacecraft in the cosmos'

+

3

=

4

Edits: making ultra-HD murals
By repeating the previous process multiple times, you can create infinitely wide or tall images, either extending along one axis (as inpanoramas or skyscrapers) or in both directions at once. (If you expand into all directions, remember that you will eventually need tooverlap images on multiple sides, so everything lines up in the final edit.)Mural by David Schnurr, Open AI, 4096 × 2341

Edits: combining images, low-res version
You can use DALL·E to combine two separate images into a single scene. This only really works if they're similar instyle - DALL·E will struggle if you're trying to combine a pencil sketch and photo, for example.

1

3

2

In a photo editing app, place your two

Two Jedi warriors, lightsabers extended,

Octane render, fisheye lens, shallow depthsource images onto a single squareencourage you to move forward into battleof field, flooded basement with water

frame. Delete the background so it's

halfway up the room, mice floating ontransparent, export as a .png, and uploadwooden barrels for safety

it to DALL·E with a prompt.
(via a community experiment on Reddit. Images generated by Daniel BLN)

Edits: combining images, widescreen version
You can use DALL·E to combine two separate images into a single scene. This only really works if they're similar instyle - DALL·E will struggle if you're trying to combine a pencil sketch and photo, for instance,

126) Finally, combine the three images in a photo editing tool. Make the canvas
bigger, then drag the new image to line up with the old one. Use the 'Difference'layer mode - when the overlapping area goes totally black, you're done!

131+2) Gather your source images
3) In an editing tool, create asquare image where the opposing
edges are visible. leaving the gap
transparent
4) Export this as a .PNG, upload it
to DALL·E, and choose 'edit'
5) Prompt for the scene, including
the gap content. e.g 'girl riding
horse, green hills'

+

3

+

2

Putting it all
together
By using repeated edits, variations,reprompts, inpainting, uncropping, and more,
you can continue to tweak an image to yourheart's content - although you might get
through a lot of your 50 daily variations just to
create one image!

In the video on the right, created by@ScottInAllCaps, you can see the many
steps they went through to generate the final
image – a great example of powerful DALL·E
usage, beyond simply trying lots of different
text prompts.

Video not loading? See it here on
Reddit.

Variations: going on a weird journey'Variations' are a great way of creating 'similar' images to an input. Naturally, each image subtly differs from its source. If you keep making variations of variations,
you'll slowly wander into new aesthetic territory – uncovering uncanny visuals you might not have been able to manifest with language alone.

Variations: going on a weird journey'Variations' are a great way of creating 'similar' images to an input. Naturally, each image subtly differs from its source. If you keep making variations of variations,
you'll slowly wander into new aesthetic territory – uncovering uncanny looks you might not have been able to manifest with language alone.

Details and subjects
slowly take on new
significance - ageometric tattoo
sketch becomes a
coffee ring, a scratch
becomes a spider, aswirl becomes a moon.

Variations: going on a weird journey
You can start a variation with any image you own the rights to: a DALL·E output, your own illustration or photograph, or a free asset like public domain artwork.
In this example, we just did a doodle on a notepad and uploaded a photo of it, ending up with a deeply weird photograph of a child with vertiginous hair.

7—

showcase

The
rabbitmirrorritualOn Twitter, @Lapinedelaterre

A Paleolithic painting depicting the rabbit mirror ritual

Abstract acrylic painting of the rabbit mirror ritual, earth

Rabbit mirror ritual, 3

tones, heavy impasto techniqueis crafting a mythology ofrabbits. And mirrors. And aritual: an occult truth that, herwork implies, has been withus since the dawn of time.

Or at least the dawn of
rabbits.

Profile portrait of a rabbit looking in a mirror, dark
A stain glass window depicting the rabbit mirror ritual

Rabbit mirror ritual, 2room, top lit

Goodmorning
Each day, AI artist
Merzmensch Kosmopol
prompts DALL·E for agood morning, in adifferent style each time.

Good morning, by Brueghel the Elder.

Good morning, in the style of the movie Matrix.

Good morning, in the style of Arcimboldo.

Here are a few charming
results.

"Good morning, a movie poster for a movie by Fellini""Good morning, as a Constructivist painting""Good morning, a dystopian version"

Smokeit up
In his fantastic article on
DALL·E 2, artist Thomas
Voland shares some of
his work and prompts.
Photo of robot with 20yo girl inside, LEDs visor helmet,

This set of all images all
make creative use ofphoto of slim girl, 20yo, close-up, high detail, studio,

profile pose, bust shot, high detail, studio, black

Cyberpunk church, high detail, smoke, sharp, neon lights,

smoke, sharp, pink violet light, studio, 85mm sigma

background, smoke, sharp, cyberpunk, 85mm Sigma Art

neon crossart lenslens

Photo of dark temple, golden treasure, high detail,House on fire at night, high detail, smoke, sharp, fog,

Glowing mushrooms in a natural environment withsmoke, sharp, fog

darknesssmoke in the frame

smoke, fog and mist to
generate drama, colour,
depth and intrigue.

CreaturefeatureOn Instagram, creative
director C Nelson uses
DALL·E to create auniverse of amazing,
loveable furry monsters.

a yellow striped monster in panic while working

a little red furry monster is excited jumping over a

on a laptop

mound in a misty forest

A black furry monster zooms high above New Yorka wise old hairy critter wanders alone through theA white hairy monster family smiles for a selfie,

City, close up with motion blurdesert on two feetcamera looking up, in New York Citya big blue furry monster takes a nap in the misty forest

Follow them on@dailydall.eAppear here! Yes, you…
You are reading the First Edition of the DALL·E Prompt Book.
The next edition will feature even more great ideas - and you can help!

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share your tips, hacks + discoveries
be featured in the showcase section
contribute a breakdown of key terms in your speciality, from character design

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Share 4 - 10 images with prompts, any further information, and your bio, at
guy@copytofollow.com.

Digital art, a cute boxy vintage robot, big eyes beckoning towards the viewer, encouraging, octane render, plain background8—

appendix

Links & further
reading

Communities + social

Free art resources for inpainting,•

DALL-Ery GALL-ery on Instagram

variations, etc:•

Official DALL·E Instagram•

Artvee: public domain art history•#DALLE and #DALLE2 tags on IG•

Unsplash, Pexels, Barn Images, Jay•

The /r/dalle2 subreddit

Mantri, Flickr Creative Commons : free•

The official /r/dalle2 Discord (for people

photography

with DALL-E access only)•

Vecteezy, Lapa : free illustrations and•#dalle + #dalle2 on Twitter•

Twitter list of DALL·E users + creatives​•

Other Discords: DALL·E community server,

Other prompt inspiration

AI prompt sharing•

dallery.gallery•

AI art wiki modifiers

Tools​•

List of aesthetics•

Other AI generators: Wombo, StarryAI,•

Prompt eng. Google Doc

NightCafé, MidJourney, Disco Diffusion,•

Google Arts & Culture Hub

Craiyon, Google Imagen (closed), Google•

Photography description words

Parti (closed)•

Flickr Cam​era Finder​•

Random prompt generator

Useful helpers•

DALL·E search tools: one and two•

drawings•

Snapseed (editing + grading)•

PhotoPea (free PS alternative)

Field reports•

Procreate•

How DALL·E 2 actually works•

Capcut (freely animate photos)•

ArtStyle.ai•

TenCent face restore•

On DALL-E: Thomas Voland•

remove.bg (remove background)•

The Work of Propogating Spores•

iOS photo editing + animating tools•

DALL·E 2 is my new Guitar Herogenerally (e.g: the Lighttricks suite)•

The Origin of Vibe Shifts

GPT-3 text AI•

Generating Children's Stories•

Creating infinite zoom movies​•

Thanks &Thanks to Rundy & Luc for creating this sweet Google Doc,notes

just seen are based. The AI Art Creation wiki was also pretty

after which the plentiful 'cats, in sunglasses, on chairs' you've

helpful.

Thanks, of course, to Open AI for bringing DALL·E into theworld, Joanne for managing the artist track, and Aditya forreferring me to the test program!

My love to the DALL·E subreddit community and everyone whoshares their work there, and the moderators who keep things
vibing nicely. More broadly, thanks to everyone who shares their
DALL·E work in the Discord, on Twitter, or elsewhere online forthe inspiration.

Due to DALL·E's generation limits, I've curated some preexisting images to illustrate many prompts, so special thanks toeveryone whose output has made an appearance here. And
thanks to the creators of two different DALL-E search tools formaking it easy to find examples!

Finally, thanks to Abby for enduring her DALL·E widowhood
over the past few days as I've put this book together!

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Changelog
v1.01 Corrected an oversimplification that all
artwork by artists who died before 1950 is
automatically in the public domain; the truth is infact rather more complicated! Thanks to Andy
Baio for pointing this out.