Nano Banana 2 Prompts: 16 Examples

Nano Banana 2 prompts can describe a subject, composition, light, medium and constraints. Instead of stacking adjectives, try specifying five parts of the image and what you do not want. Use the examples below as drafts; check each result against your brief.

Credit figures reflect the SynthPulse configuration reviewed on October 23, 2026, not official vendor subscription or API prices. Check the live generation quote before submitting.

Below: the structure, 16 prompts you can paste straight into the Image studio, how prompting changes when you attach reference images, and the failures worth recognising early.

Nano Banana 2 prompts: five useful parts

Use a coherent paragraph so each part of the brief has a clear role. Fill these, in this order:

1. Subject: who or what, and in what state.
2. Composition: shot size, angle, lens. "50mm three-quarter portrait" carries more information than "beautiful."
3. Light: direction, quality, time of day. Name a visible source, such as a window on the left.
4. Medium and finish: photograph, oil painting, 3D render, flat vector, film stock.
5. Negative: what must not appear. Say it in plain words at the end of the paragraph.

Before you submit:

• Quote exact lettering and give its position: the label reads "COLD BREW" in wide sans-serif, centered, upper third.
• Read the brief once for conflicting instructions. A fixed camera and a sweeping camera move ask for different results.

At 20 credits per 1K image, and 1, 2 or 4 images per submission, a four-image exploration run costs 80 credits. That is the unit you should be thinking in while you write.

16 adaptable examples

Portraits and people

A 50mm three-quarter portrait of a ceramicist in her workshop, hands dusty with clay, looking slightly off-camera. Late afternoon window light from the left, shallow depth of field, warm neutral palette. Documentary photography, natural skin texture. No studio backdrop, no props in the foreground, no text.

An environmental portrait of a night-shift baker in a small bakery, shot at 35mm from slightly below, flour suspended in the air. Single overhead practical light, deep shadows, high contrast. Photographic, grainy, unposed. No smiling at camera, no clean apron, no signage.

A head-and-shoulders studio portrait on a seamless mid-grey background, soft large-source light from the front-right, subtle rim light behind. Sharp eyes, natural skin, muted colour. Editorial photography. No harsh shadows, no colour gels, no jewellery.

Product and packaging concepts

A matte navy coffee bag standing on pale concrete, three-quarter view, 50mm, soft window light from the left with one soft shadow. The label reads "MORNING ORDER" in a wide sans-serif, centered, upper third, with "single origin · ethiopia" in small caps beneath it. Clean studio background. No props, no reflections on the bag, no additional text.

A skincare bottle in frosted glass on a wet stone slab, straight-on macro at 100mm, water droplets on the surface. Cool diffused light from above, pale blue-grey palette, one crisp shadow. Commercial product photography. No hands, no branding beyond the bottle, no background clutter.

A pair of running shoes floating against a flat coral background, rotated three-quarters, even soft light, hard-edged drop shadow beneath. Bright, graphic, catalogue-style. No models, no laces untied, no motion blur.

Posters and lettering

A minimalist concert poster, portrait orientation. Large type reading "NIGHT SESSIONS" across the top third in a condensed grotesque, with "fri 22 · basement hall · 9pm" in small type at the bottom. Between them, a single grainy photograph of an empty stage lit by one blue spot. Two colours only: deep blue and bone white. Flat print aesthetic, visible paper grain. No gradients, no extra decorative elements.

A vintage travel poster for a coastal town, mid-century screen-print style with four flat colours and visible registration offset. The headline reads "PORT ALMA" in a heavy serif across the lower third. Stylised cliffs, a lighthouse, a low sun. No photorealism, no modern typefaces, no gradients.

A square social graphic with a bold quote set in the centre reading "the work is the reward", generous margins, warm off-white background, single thin rule above and below the text. Editorial minimalism. No illustration, no icons, no logo, no drop shadows.

Illustration

A children's book illustration of a fox reading under a streetlamp at dusk, gouache texture with visible brush edges, limited palette of teal, ochre and cream. Soft, storybook, hand-painted. No outlines in black, no digital gradients, no text.

A flat vector illustration of a city skyline at sunrise, geometric shapes, three-colour palette, no strokes, generous negative space at the top for a headline. Clean modern editorial style. No photorealism, no gradients, no people.

A detailed pen-and-ink cross-section of a workshop bench, technical-drawing style, fine hatching, sepia on aged paper. Labelled compartments but no readable text. Precise, analytical, handmade. No colour, no shading gradients.

Scenes

A narrow alley in the rain at night, viewed from street level at 28mm, reflections of neon in standing water. Practical lighting only — shop signs, one streetlamp. Cinematic photography, cool shadows, warm highlights, slight grain. Nobody in the frame. No lens flare, no visible brand names.

The interior of an empty train carriage in early morning, wide 24mm, long shadows from low sun through the windows, empty seats receding. Quiet, still, photographic. No passengers, no reflections of the camera, no text on the signage.

Food concepts

A bowl of ramen shot from 45 degrees at 85mm, steam rising, chopsticks resting on the rim. Single soft light from behind-left to rim the steam, dark wooden table, deep shadows. Editorial food photography, natural colour. No hands, no garnish scattered on the table, no text.

A cut fig on a pale ceramic plate, overhead, hard morning light making a sharp shadow, minimal props. High-contrast, modern, sparse. No cutlery, no fabric, no crumbs.

Assign roles to reference images

In this studio, Nano Banana 2 accepts up to ten reference images per prompt. Start by saying which details to preserve and what to change. Check the output against the source; a preservation instruction cannot guarantee a match.

Build the reference-based brief around:

1. What stays. Name it explicitly: "keep the product exactly as it is in the reference: same label, same shape, same proportions."
2. What changes. One clear instruction, not five.
3. How the new part is lit, so the replacement matches the plate.

Keep the subject from the reference image unchanged, including the face, hair and clothing. Replace the background with a sunlit kitchen counter, shallow depth of field, warm morning light from the right. Match the lighting direction on the subject to the new background.

With several references, say which is which: "use image 1 for the character, image 2 for the room, image 3 for the colour palette." Ten slots is enough for a character sheet plus a background plate plus a style reference in one go.

Four revision checks

You stacked keywords instead of writing a sentence. "beautiful, masterpiece, 8k, ultra detailed, trending" does not specify a subject, light source or composition. Replace vague praise with details you can check.

You never said what you did not want. Name unwanted additions, such as foreground props or extra lettering. Check whether the result follows that request rather than assuming an omission will be respected.

Your text had no position. "With the brand name on it" gets you lettering somewhere, at some size, possibly misspelled. Quote the string and place it.

You described the aspect ratio in words. Set the aspect ratio in the picker; 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3 or 3:4; and describe the composition to match it. A prompt that asks for a "wide cinematic frame" inside a 1:1 selection fights itself.

Plan your iterations

• Explore at 1K with quantity 4: one submission, four rolls, 80 credits.
• Change one slot at a time between runs. Changing three tells you nothing about which one helped.
• Re-run the winner at 2K (30 credits) only at the end.
• Test another model only if the current output misses a specific requirement; a higher price alone does not prove print quality.
• Everything lands in your Library, so a prompt that worked three weeks ago is still recoverable.

Make a controlled revision

Choose the closest example, then change one slot. For the coffee-bag concept, keep the subject and light but replace the surface with pale wood. Compare the shadow and bag edges before altering the camera angle. If you replace the light, lens, palette and background together, the next image cannot tell you which instruction helped.

For reference-based edits, decide whether fidelity or reinterpretation is the priority. A product listing needs an accurate object; a mood board can tolerate a looser transformation. Put that requirement before decorative style words. A preservation request is useful direction, but it does not guarantee identical geometry or lettering.

A vector look still produces a raster image

A prompt asking for a flat vector look still returns a raster image. It does not create editable paths, separate type layers or a production-ready packaging file. Use the result as a visual concept and rebuild exact lettering or print structure in a design editor when those are deliverables. Check the output at the size where people will actually see it.

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The settings behind these prompts: How to use Nano Banana 2. Model details and full pricing: Nano Banana on SynthPulse. Or open the Image studio and paste one in.