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Nano Banana prompts you can copy and paste, with real results
Twelve prompts for twelve real jobs, each shown with the exact image it made on Pixel Dojo. Copy one, swap the subject, and press generate.
We wrote every prompt below for a job people actually do: a product shot, a poster with exact words, a relit portrait, an edit that keeps the product untouched. We ran each one once on Nano Banana 2.1 or Nano Banana Pro at 2K and show the result as it came back, with its credit price on the tile.
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By Brian Lovett · Updated
Nano Banana prompts with exact words in the image
Put every word you want in double quotes and say where it goes. We used Nano Banana Pro for these four because the words are the design.
Poster with exact text. Swap the place, the sky event and the two lines of copy.
Screen printed travel poster in three flat colors: deep teal, coral and cream. A small sailboat lies at anchor in a calm island lagoon while a meteor shower streaks across the night sky, palm silhouettes on the shore. Large title across the top in bold condensed letters: "STARFALL BAY". One small line along the bottom in spaced capitals: "BEST VIEWING IN AUGUST". Generous margins, visible print grain, slight ink misregistration.
Menu board. Each line came back spelled right with the prices lined up on the right.
A hand lettered chalkboard menu hanging on a whitewashed bakery wall, framed in pale oak, morning light from the side. Heading in chalk script: "TODAY'S BREAD". Below it, four lines in neat chalk capitals with prices aligned to the right: "COUNTRY RYE 6", "FIG AND WALNUT 8", "SEEDED SPELT 7", "OLIVE FOCACCIA 5". Small chalk drawings of wheat stalks in the corners. A basket of loaves on the shelf below.
Book cover. "Lots of empty space" leaves the room a real cover needs for the title.
Book cover for a literary novel. A lone figure in a long coat walks across a vast white salt flat toward a tiny red lighthouse on the horizon, long shadow, pale gold dusk sky, lots of empty space. Elegant serif title in the upper third: "THE SALT CARTOGRAPHER". Small spaced capitals at the bottom: "A NOVEL". Matte paper texture, restrained and premium.
Infographic. Name the panels in order and the model adds small labels inside them on its own.
Clean editorial infographic, landscape layout, off-white paper background. Title at the top: "HOW A VOLCANIC ISLAND IS BORN". Four numbered cross-section panels from left to right, each with a short label underneath: "1 HOT SPOT", "2 UNDERWATER ERUPTION", "3 LAVA COOLS", "4 NEW ISLAND". Muted orange, slate blue and sand palette, thin dividing rules, consistent line weight.
- Every quoted word on all four images came back letter for letter, including the prices on the menu board.
- Nano Banana Pro kept the three color limit on the poster and added print grain and misregistration as asked.
- The infographic added its own correct labels (mantle plume, pillow lava, sea level) inside the four panels.
- The cover left the lower half quiet so the title and A NOVEL read at thumbnail size.
Four more Nano Banana prompts for design work
We made these on Nano Banana 2.1 at 2K. Tap a tile to open the same prompt in the model, then change the subject.
Sticker sheet: name every sticker and ask for thick white borders. All nine came back cut out and evenly spaced.
Die cut sticker sheet on a pale grey background: nine glossy stickers in a flat vector style with thick white borders and soft drop shadows, arranged in a loose grid. A halved fig, a sprig of olives, a lemon wedge, a jar of honey with a dipper, a croissant, a cup of mint tea, a bowl of yogurt with berries, a soft boiled egg, a slice of watermelon. Bright cheerful colors, no text.
Isometric diorama: "cut away like a dollhouse on a floating base" gives you the whole room in one tidy block.
Isometric 3D miniature diorama of a tiny late night noodle bar, cut away like a dollhouse on a floating square base. A cook in his fifties ladles broth behind a wooden counter, three stools, steam rising from a pot, paper lanterns, a vending machine glowing outside. Soft tilt shift look, warm interior light against a deep blue night, clay and wood textures, no text.
Character sheet: three views of one original character with the same coat, braid and boots in every view. Save it to Character Studio and reuse her anywhere.
Character design sheet on a plain warm grey background: front view, side view and back view of the same original character standing in a neutral pose, evenly spaced. A woman in her forties, a glacier guide, with a weathered face, a dark braid, a mustard waxed canvas coat, a rope coil over one shoulder and heavy boots. Consistent proportions and colors in all three views, clean concept art rendering, no text.
Knolling flat lay: list the objects and ask for right angles and hard sun. The spacing came back gallery neat.
Overhead knolling photograph of a picnic kit laid out at right angles on a blue and white checked cloth: a wicker basket lid, a baguette, a wedge of cheese with a small knife, a jar of apricot jam, two enamel cups, a bunch of red grapes, a folded linen napkin, a paperback with a plain cover. Hard midday sun with crisp shadows, perfect spacing, no text, no logos.
Product shot prompt, then an edit that keeps the product
Make the hero shot first. Then send it back as a reference image and say what must not change. We ran both steps on Nano Banana 2.1.
Step 1, the product shot. Material, surface, light and lens, plus "no text".
Studio product photograph of a matte black stoneware tea bowl repaired with gold kintsugi seams, sitting on a slab of wet river stone, a single drop of water running down its side. Soft top light, dark charcoal gradient background, crisp reflections on the gold, 100mm macro, no text.
Step 2, the edit. The reference image goes in, and the prompt lists what stays the same.
Place this exact tea bowl, with the same black clay and every gold seam unchanged, on a low cedar tray in a sunlit tea room. Fill it with bright green tea with a little steam rising, and let soft paper screen shadows fall across the tray. Keep the bowl's shape, color and gold lines exactly as they are.
- The gold seams followed the same paths on the bowl in the new scene.
- Saying "keep the shape, color and gold lines exactly as they are" is what holds a product steady through an edit.
- One studio shot can become a whole set of lifestyle scenes this way, at the price of one image each.
Portrait prompt and a relight prompt
A relight is an edit too. We made the portrait on Nano Banana 2.1, sent it back to Nano Banana Pro and only changed the light.
The daylight portrait: lens, light, mood and one natural pose.
Editorial portrait, 85mm, of a woman in her seventies with a silver bob and red reading glasses, standing between crates of vinyl records in a narrow shop, one hand resting on a crate. Flat overcast window light, muted colors, sharp eyes, natural skin texture, calm direct gaze. No readable text on the records.
The relight on Nano Banana Pro: two named light sources with colors and sides, and "keep everything else the same".
Relight this exact photo as a night scene. The shop is closed and the room is dark. Light her only with a small warm amber desk lamp from the lower left, and a strong cool blue streetlight glow through the window on the right. Her left cheek is warm orange, her right cheek is blue, deep shadow in between, the record crates fall into darkness. Keep her face, glasses, hair, coat and pose exactly the same.
- Her face, glasses, hair and coat held through the relight; only the light changed.
- Naming each light by color and side turned the daylight shop into a blue night scene with a warm edge on her face.
The prompt shape behind every image on this page
Subject first, in detail
Say what it is, what it is made of and one thing happening. "A matte black stoneware tea bowl with gold kintsugi seams" beats "a nice bowl".
Then the light
Name the source, its side and its color. Light words change a Nano Banana image more than any style word.
Quote the words
Put every word you want rendered in double quotes and say where it sits: across the top, along the bottom, in the upper third.
Say what stays the same
For any edit with a reference image, list what must not change. The model keeps what you name.
Pick the shape
Set the aspect ratio for the job: 2:3 for posters and covers, 3:4 for portraits, 4:5 for product feeds, 16:9 for infographics.
End with what to leave out
"No text, no logos" keeps stray words off product shots and stickers.
Nano Banana 2.1 or Nano Banana Pro: which one for which prompt
| Job | Model we used | Credits at 2K |
|---|---|---|
| Product shots, portraits and product edits | Nano Banana 2.1 | 1.5 credits |
| Sticker sheets, dioramas, character sheets, flat lays | Nano Banana 2.1 | 1.5 credits |
| Posters, menus and covers where the words are the design | Nano Banana Pro | 4.5 credits |
| Infographics with many labels, and strong relights | Nano Banana Pro | 4.5 credits |
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How do I use these Nano Banana prompts?
Tap any tile to open the prompt in the model, or copy it into Nano Banana 2.1 or Nano Banana Pro on Pixel Dojo. Change the subject and the quoted words, and keep the light and layout lines.
Do the same prompts work on Nano Banana Pro?
Yes. Both models read the same kind of prompt. We use Pro when the words in the image are the point, such as posters, menus and infographics, and 2.1 for photos and edits.
How do I edit a photo with Nano Banana?
Add the photo as a reference image, describe the change, and list what must stay the same. Our tea bowl and portrait examples above show the exact wording.
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Where can I learn more about writing Nano Banana prompts?
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