You saw these on Instagram and the question in the comments was the same one every time: what were the prompts?
Here they are. All twenty-six posters, each with the exact text that produced it, nothing paraphrased.
How to use these
Every prompt below is complete. Copy one, change the product, generate.
Three things worth knowing before you do:
Swap the product, keep the style words. The phrases doing the heavy lifting are the ones about texture, palette and printing - "halftone printing texture", "waxy crayon strokes", "chromatic aberration". Change "a canned energy drink" to your product and leave the rest.
The opening line is deliberate. Almost all of these start with Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. That last clause matters more than it looks - without it, headline text comes back mangled far more often.
Say what the hero is. The Dreamcore three were regenerated for exactly this reason. The first versions were atmospheric and the product vanished into the scene. Adding the product is the clear hero: large, centered, sharply lit fixed it, and that phrasing transfers to any style here.
Neo-Y2K
Liquid chrome, iridescent gradients, translucent plastic UI panels. The thing that makes these read as Y2K rather than generic sci-fi is the early-2000s desktop furniture, gel buttons, scrollbars, pixel icons. Ask for the interface, not just the shine.
Neo-Y2K energy drink poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Neo-Y2K poster for a canned energy drink. Liquid chrome blob typography, iridescent cyan-magenta-silver gradients, translucent frosted plastic UI panels, lens flares, star sparkles, can floating center with motion blur. Headline "HYPER" in inflated 3D chrome bevel type. Deep blue gradient background with grid horizon.
Neo-Y2K wireless earbuds poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Neo-Y2K tech poster for wireless earbuds. Early-2000s desktop interface look: glossy gel buttons, translucent aqua windows, scrollbars, pixel icons. Silver metallic product on holographic foil surface, rainbow refraction, low-angle studio light. Bold squished sans-serif headline, cyber-blue and hot pink palette.
Neo-Y2K futuristic sneakers poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Neo-Y2K fashion poster for futuristic sneakers. Mirror-chrome floor reflection, puffy inflatable 3D lettering, holographic butterflies, motion streaks, CD-disc rainbow texture background. Silver-white and electric lilac palette, glossy plastic sheen, early-2000s catalog layout with tiny spec captions.
Dreamcore
Liminal spaces, VHS grain, a product alone somewhere it shouldn't be. These three went through a second pass: the first versions were atmospheric but the product got lost, so the prompt was rewritten to say the product is the clear hero: large, centered, sharply lit and to name the headline text outright. That's the edit worth copying.
Dreamcore milk ad / STILL AWAKE
Vertical 2:3 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Dreamcore product poster for a milk carton. The white milk carton is the clear hero: large, centered, sharply lit, occupying the middle third of the frame, standing on wet pastel pool tiles. Behind it, an empty indoor swimming pool at night with unnaturally still turquoise water and humming fluorescent lights. VHS grain, chromatic aberration, 1998 disposable camera look. Large headline text at the top reading "STILL AWAKE", small brand name centered at the bottom. Cyan and pale pink, eerie nostalgic emptiness.
Dreamcore soda ad / NOWHERE, ALL AFTERNOON
Vertical 2:3 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Dreamcore product poster for a glass soda bottle. The bottle is the clear hero: large, centered, in sharp focus, floating slightly above a patterned carpet. Behind it, an endless liminal hallway with popcorn ceiling, closed doors and warm yellow lamp glow, small clouds drifting indoors. Faded photo with corner date stamp, soft blur, film scratches. Large headline text at the top reading "NOWHERE, ALL AFTERNOON", small brand name at the bottom. Muted butter yellow and dusty rose.
Dreamcore plush ad / SLEEP TIGHT
Vertical 2:3 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Dreamcore product poster for a plush rabbit toy. The plush toy is the clear hero: large, centered, sitting on a bed in a sun-bleached 90s bedroom with glow-in-the-dark star stickers, TV static glow and oversized surreal clouds outside the window. Grainy overexposed film, magenta light leak. Large headline text at the top reading "SLEEP TIGHT", small brand name at the bottom. Lavender and washed-out teal, nostalgic and gently unsettling.
East Asian minimalist
Hanji paper texture, ink-wash gradients, a single plum branch, a vermilion seal. Restraint is the whole style, so the prompts spend their words on materials and negative space rather than on objects.
East Asian minimalist perfume poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Modern East Asian minimalist poster for a perfume bottle. Hanji rice-paper texture, subtle ink-wash gradient, single plum blossom branch, vermilion square seal stamp accent. Celadon green and off-white palette, generous negative space, elegant vertical typography, editorial luxury print quality.
Contemporary Asian chic tea poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Contemporary Asian chic poster for premium tea. Soft studio light on dark walnut wood, celadon cup, folded linen, single ink brushstroke arc across the frame. Muted clay, sand and deep indigo palette. Thin modern serif headline with small vertical side text, quiet refined minimalism, matte paper feel.
Asian chic skincare poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Asian chic beauty poster for a skincare bottle. Frosted glass product on curved plaster pedestal, warm ivory backdrop, ink-drawn crane silhouette, gold-leaf fragment accent. Champagne, bone-white and black palette. Ultra-clean layout, delicate letter-spaced typography, high-end editorial.
ASCII terminal
The product drawn entirely from monospace characters. Two directions in one family: phosphor green on a CRT, or black typewriter ink on cream paper with a dot-matrix feel. Same idea, opposite temperature.
ASCII headphones terminal poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. ASCII art poster of headphones built entirely from monospace characters, phosphor-green on pure black terminal background, CRT scanlines, slight screen curvature, glow bloom. Code-like header line, blinking cursor, dense character-density shading forming the product shape.
ASCII coffee cup poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. ASCII poster of a coffee cup with rising steam, made from typewriter characters in black ink on cream paper, slight ink bleed and misregistration. Monospace headline and price line, dot-matrix printer aesthetic, minimal two-color layout with one red accent line.
ASCII sports car poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. ASCII poster of a sports car in profile, amber-on-black terminal glow, characters forming gradient shading, dithered halftone of symbols in the background. Boxed monospace text block at the bottom like an old BBS screen, retro hacker aesthetic.
Scrapbook collage
Torn kraft paper, washi tape, polaroids with curled corners, ticket stubs, hand-stitched thread. The prompts work because they list physical objects with physical behaviour, curled corners, paper shadows, flat-lay scan look.
Scrapbook film camera poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Scrapbook collage poster for a film camera. Layered torn kraft paper, ripped magazine cutouts, washi tape strips, polaroid photos with curled corners, ticket stubs, hand-stitched thread, doodled arrows and stars. Warm beige and faded pastel palette, handwritten marker headline, tactile paper shadows, flat-lay scan look.
Scrapbook candy poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Scrapbook collage poster for a candy brand. Cut-and-paste magazine letters forming the headline like a ransom note, sticker sheets, glitter glue, checkered tape, pressed flowers, ballpoint pen doodles. Bubblegum pink and cream palette, playful chaotic layering, photocopied texture.
Scrapbook backpack travel poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Scrapbook travel poster for a backpack. Old map fragments, postage stamps, boarding passes, paperclips, taped receipts, faded travel snapshots, coffee ring stains, rubber-stamped date. Sepia and dusty blue palette, handwritten journal notes in the margins, aged paper grain.
Visual kei
Gothic, high contrast, baroque frames and chain textures. Two of these say no people at all and make the product the hero object instead: a jacket on a cracked mirror wall, a hand on burgundy velvet. Worth knowing you can ask for that explicitly.
Visual kei guitar concert poster (duplicate request)
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Visual kei concert poster for a guitar brand. High-contrast black and white photography, dramatic backlight and smoke, ornate baroque frame, dripping crimson accents, thorned roses, gothic blackletter logo. Torn lace and chain textures, heavy grain, glossy black background, decadent theatrical mood.
Visual kei leather jacket poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Visual kei poster for a leather jacket. Studded leather, chains, moody rim light in violet and cyan, cracked mirror shards, distressed grunge overlays, chaotic overlapping rock-flyer typography. Black, magenta and silver palette, aggressive high-contrast composition.
Visual kei nail polish still-life
Vertical 9:16 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Visual kei still-life poster for a nail polish bottle. No people, no faces, no full figures: an extreme close-up of one pale hand with sharp black-lacquered nails and silver cross rings, resting on crushed deep burgundy velvet, holding the glass bottle as the hero object. Warm candlelight from the side, soft falling white feathers, dried roses. Rich color photography, shallow depth of field. Elegant ornamental serif headline at the top, small brand name at the bottom. Burgundy, ivory and silver palette, romantic dark glam.
Visual kei studded jacket, no people
Vertical 9:16 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Visual kei rock-flyer poster for a studded leather jacket. No people at all: the jacket alone hangs flat against a cracked mirror wall as the hero object, chains and broken glass shards around it. Harsh electric violet and cyan neon rim lighting, no warm tones, no red. Xerox photocopy grain, torn tape edges, halftone dots, chaotic distorted typography layered at sharp angles across the whole poster. Black, magenta and electric cyan only, aggressive DIY punk flyer composition.
Retro Americana
Painted gouache illustration, starburst price badges, sweeping script headlines, a block of persuasive body copy. Note the last one is deliberately the opposite: 1960s Mad Men restraint, one serif headline and a lot of white space. Same era, different decade, completely different prompt.
1950s refrigerator poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. 1950s American advertising poster for a refrigerator. Retro gouache illustration, smiling housewife in a polka-dot dress, starburst price badge, sweeping script headline with drop shadow, bold condensed subheadline and a small body copy block. Cream, tomato red and turquoise palette, halftone printing texture.
Mid-century soap poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Vintage mid-century poster for a bar of soap. Painterly airbrushed illustration, clean product hero shot with radiating sunburst rays, ribbon banner headline, ornate border, a small paragraph of persuasive body copy and a coupon corner. Warm cream, navy and gold palette, aged offset print texture.
1950s wristwatch ad
Vertical 2:3 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. 1950s American advertising poster for a wristwatch. Retro painted gouache illustration in the style of vintage magazine ads: a smiling man in a suit and hat admiring the watch on his wrist, the watch also shown enlarged as a hero inset with radiating sunburst rays. Sweeping script headline with drop shadow across the top, bold condensed subheadline, a small block of body copy and a starburst price badge in the corner. Cream, deep red and mustard yellow palette, halftone printing texture, aged offset print look.
1960s wristwatch poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Classic 1960s advertising poster for a wristwatch. Elegant black-and-white product photograph on a wide clean background, single bold serif headline, restrained columns of small body copy, tiny logo at the bottom. Minimal Mad Men era layout, generous white space, subtle paper grain.
Crayon and colour pencil
Naive childlike drawing, waxy crayon strokes, uneven scribbled fill on sugar paper. The detail that sells it is naming the paper and the unevenness, without those you get clean vector illustration instead.
Crayon polka-dot umbrella poster
Vertical 2:3 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Whimsical crayon-and-colored-pencil poster for a polka-dot umbrella. Naive childlike drawing style with visible waxy crayon strokes and uneven scribbled fill on textured sugar paper. The open umbrella is the hero: large, centered, held by a tiny smiling child seen from behind, with cheerful cats and ducks sheltering under the edges and dashed rain lines across the whole background. Bright clashing palette: coral red, sunny yellow, grass green, sky blue. Wobbly uneven hand-drawn capital letters as the headline at the top, small brand name at the bottom, deliberately imperfect and messy.
Whimsical rain boots poster
Vertical 2:3 poster, full-bleed print design, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Whimsical poster for a pair of rain boots. Cute puddle-splashing scene with polka-dot rain, smiling snails and frogs holding leaf umbrellas, wobbly ink outlines with flat colored fills. Sky blue, coral and cream palette, bouncy hand-drawn title, joyful naive illustration style.
Crayon lunch box poster
Vertical 2:3 advertising poster, full-bleed, high resolution, text spelled correctly. Whimsical crayon-and-colored-pencil poster for a lunch box. Naive childlike drawing style with visible waxy crayon strokes and uneven scribbled fill on textured sugar paper. The open lunch box is the hero: large, centered, packed with smiling sandwiches, apples and cookies with tiny faces, surrounded by scribbled grass, a lopsided sun and a bird carrying a spoon. Bright clashing palette: coral red, sunny yellow, grass green, sky blue. Wobbly uneven hand-drawn capital letters as the headline at the top, small brand name at the bottom, deliberately imperfect and messy.
What to change first
If you only adjust one thing per prompt, adjust the product noun. These styles are robust - the crayon prompt works for a lunch box or a bicycle, the visual kei prompt works for a guitar or a nail polish.
If you adjust a second thing, make it the headline text in quotes. Naming the exact words gets you far better typography than hoping the model invents something.
And if a poster comes back with the product buried in the scenery, add the hero clause. That single sentence rescued three of the posters on this page.
Try it
These were all made in Gendia. Pick a prompt, swap your product in, and generate - start here, or use Canvas if you want the layout handled for you as well.
If you would rather not write a prompt at all, there are 523 ready-made poster templates where you upload a product photo and a logo and the layout is already done.
Then: how credits work - getting the product photo right
