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2. Nothing you are about to see is real. For real. The following document contains: ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ photos that are not real photos paintings that are not real paintings, and people, 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

3. 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 + acknowledgements b. 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

4. 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 your own creative DALL·E projects, with a particular emphasis on crafting original prompts in natural language. This document was created by Guy Parsons and is published by 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 the website. 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.

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7. A prompt is a sentence, 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 the image you want. 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 some random examples. 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, product photography Search for more on the unofficial DALL·E 2 search engine!

8. Prompts can be very long – or very short! Prompt: grainy abstract experimental expired film photo of a woman 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

9. DALL·E has not explicitly been 'taught' anything, like who Frida Kahlo is, or what a llama looks like, or what a wide-angle lens does. It has just studied 650 million images & captions, and left to draw its own conclusions. That's why there can't be a regular 'manual', based on functionality that the developers intentionally programmed 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 capable of, and how it reacts. This document is a start!

10. Prompt Sometimes, less is more. Prompts can't be more than 400 design just a few emojis! But if you have a specific outcome in mind, characters, in any case. And you can get amazing results from then being specific in your prompt will help. A simple adjective, like 'action photography', already embodies a lot of characteristics (about shutter speed, framing, lens choices, 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, high- quality, 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 is made 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

11. Prompt design You 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 and materials of the subject, unless otherwise defined. Years, decades and eras, like '1924' or 'late-90s', can also have this effect. 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 kind of 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 than simply '…by Picasso', try '…Cubist painting by Pablo Picasso, 1934, colourful, geometric work of Cubism, in the style of "Two Girls Reading." Or try unbundling!)

12. Detailed prompts are great if you know exactly what you're Prompt design looking for and are trying to get a specific effect. …but DALL·E also has a creative eye, and has studied over 400 million images. So there is nothing wrong with being vague, and seeing what happens! You can also use variations to create further riffs of your favourite output. Sometimes you'll end up on quite 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 of images, which is to say, all possible objects and materials in existence, 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 of buildings, 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 your knowledge of the requisite jargon, the more detailed the results.

13. 1 — general vibes

14. 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

15. 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 free loose, jaunty, light, expressive

16. 🤩 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, angular greens, metals, armor, chrome Victoriana, Memphis, Memphis Group, 1980s, Dieselpunk, grimy, steel, oil, '50s, Afrofuturism: futuristic, and Cyberpunk, 1990s, dyed hair, Biopunk, organic: greens, bold, kitch, colourful, shapes mechanised, punk cousin of steampnk African! spiky, graphic elements . slimes, plants, futuristic, weird

17. 2 — photography

18. Thinking about photography 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? framing film type shoot 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 framing shoot context lighting prompt A vibrant photograph of SUBJECT, wide shot, outdoors, sunset photo at golden hour, wide-angle lens, soft focus, shot on iPhone 6, on Flickr in 2007 lens & camera prompt year & usage context

19. 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 shot Long 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 shot wide 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'

20. Camera angles: position Overhead view, establishing shot, Low angle, from below, Aerial view, birds eye view, Tilted frame, dutch angle, Over-the-shoulder shot from above, high angle, crane shot worms-eye-view drone photography skewed shot Film still, establishing shot of Film still, gangster squirrel Aerial photo of a coral reef that Film still of stylish girl dancing on Film still, over-the-shoulder shot of bustling farmers market, golden counting 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 view Dutch angle, cinematography from discussion, eyepatch, from music video adventure movie 'SHIVER ME TIMBERS' (1999) When applying a pattern, try experimenting with perspective to get a more intriguing, less "flat" feel

21. 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

22. 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 a sitting on a bench, cool twilight shot, 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 sunlight summer corporate plaza

23. 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

24. 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.

25. Creative film types II Cyanotype Black 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)

26. 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)

27. 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 premier York Times photograph from celebrity news website

28. 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!

29. Sidebar: is Artists need to make a living. After all, it's only through the creation of human art to date DALL·E prompting and 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 the wild, it's possible for users to deploy the artist's style simply by prompting for it in text, at least in theory. (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.

30. Clockwise from top left: 1) an original artwork by Simon Stålenhag 2) right, a DALL·E generation for the prompt: Monumental old ruins tower of a dark misty forest, overcast, sci-fi digital painting by Simon Stålenhag 3) below, digital artworks by human artists 'inspired by' Stålenhag, on Behance

31. 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 to colour 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 to see 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 something that could realistically be photographed: e.g, it's easy to draw 'a mouse and 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

32. 3 — illustration

33. 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)

34. 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)

35. Illustration styles, digital media Alegria, 'corporate memphis' Collage, photocollage, Vector art (source) Watercolor & pen (source) Sticker illustration (source) Storybook (source) Screen printing (source) magazine collage (source) Low poly (source) Layered paper (source) Digital painting (source)

36. 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)

37. 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, real or imaginary, console, year) (via) Fabric pattern (source) Tattoo (source)

38. 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

39. in the style of… (animated TV shows + films) South Park The 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)

40. 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 the Wild Things Are) Tove Jansson (The Moomins) Wanda Gág

41. 4 — art history

42. 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

43. 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

44. Modern art movements Art deco, 1925, vintage, streamline Abstract expressionism, paint Bauhaus, 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)

45. 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, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros Pop Art, Warhol, 1960s (source) Street art, graffiti, urban public art, independent Orphism, Orphist, František Street photography, urban, Kupka, Robert Delaunay, Sonia candid, flaneur, unposed Delaunay

46. 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.

47. More distinctive artist styles Thomas Kinkade (source) Lisa Frank Basquiat (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

48. 5 — 3D artwork

49. 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)

50. 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 couture armor, 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)

51. 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

52. 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)

53. 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)

54. '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 from magazine,

55. 6 — techniques

56. Edits: fixing a detail 1 2 3 Result Source image: "Film still, two construction Delete the offending detail workers arguing intently, over-the-shoulder Final image, plus a pass from ARC's free Face Restorer. shot, colourful cinematography from Prompt for the whole image, but now we can Amélie (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, ocular variations and tweaking the face prompt to to try again, shall we? reflections, furrowed eyebrows' get an even more realistic result

57. 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 Result Source image: Unsplash photo from Jonathan Formento. Let's get rid of the arch! 1) Erase the element you want to replace 2) Prompt for the entire replacement image (both the new thing and what you're keeping): 'Alien ruins, made of black stone, in an unusual landscape, sunny day' Final image. Easy!

58. Edits: replacing the background 1 2 3 Result Source 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 the regular 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, in be smart enough to rebuild it. a misty woodland clearing, campfire in background, warm fire glow, cosy fantasy art'

59. 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 Result 1) Download the image, import into PhotoPea etc 4) Export as a PNG 7) Add a text prompt, could be the same as the 2) Shrink the image (or expand the canvas) so it is 5) Upload it to DALL·E and choose 'edit' original or with additional descriptive focus on surrounded by blank space 6) Delete at least one pixel of the image, using he surrounding: Oil painting, portrait of a boy with a 3) If the blank space is white, delete that layer or eraser tool sloth in a vintage office, mid-century modern pixels, so it's transparent design, painting by Frida Kahlo (1932), from Mexican Modernism exhibition

60. 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, red headscarf, blue headscarf, exquisite detail, acclaimed masterpiece'

61. 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'

62. 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'

63. Edits: making landscape + portrait images Like uncropping, this also requires an image editor like PhotoPea. This time you'll need to use it twice! 1 2 5) Finally, combine the two new 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! 1 3 1) Take your source image 2) In an editing tool, drag it to one side, leaving the blank space transparent. 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

64. 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 in panoramas or skyscrapers) or in both directions at once. (If you expand into all directions, remember that you will eventually need to overlap images on multiple sides, so everything lines up in the final edit.)

65. Mural by David Schnurr, Open AI, 4096 × 2341

66. 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 in style - 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 depth source images onto a single square encourage you to move forward into battle of field, flooded basement with water frame. Delete the background so it's halfway up the room, mice floating on transparent, export as a .png, and upload wooden barrels for safety it to DALL·E with a prompt. (via a community experiment on Reddit. Images generated by Daniel BLN)

67. 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 in style - DALL·E will struggle if you're trying to combine a pencil sketch and photo, for instance, 1 2 6) 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! 1 3 1+2) Gather your source images 3) In an editing tool, create a square 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

68. Putting it all together By using repeated edits, variations, reprompts, inpainting, uncropping, and more, you can continue to tweak an image to your heart'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.

69. 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.

70. 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 - a geometric tattoo sketch becomes a coffee ring, a scratch becomes a spider, a swirl becomes a moon.

71. 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.

72. 7 — showcase

73. The rabbit mirror ritual On 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 technique is crafting a mythology of rabbits. And mirrors. And a ritual: an occult truth that, her work implies, has been with us 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, 2 room, top lit

74. Good morning Each day, AI artist Merzmensch Kosmopol prompts DALL·E for a good morning, in a different 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"

75. Smoke it 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 of photo 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 cross art lens lens Photo of dark temple, golden treasure, high detail, House on fire at night, high detail, smoke, sharp, fog, Glowing mushrooms in a natural environment with smoke, sharp, fog darkness smoke in the frame smoke, fog and mist to generate drama, colour, depth and intrigue.

76. Creature feature On Instagram, creative director C Nelson uses DALL·E to create a universe 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 York a wise old hairy critter wanders alone through the A white hairy monster family smiles for a selfie, City, close up with motion blur desert on two feet camera looking up, in New York City a big blue furry monster takes a nap in the misty forest Follow them on @dailydall.e

77. 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! 💡 🤩 👨🏻‍💻 share your tips, hacks + discoveries be featured in the showcase section contribute a breakdown of key terms in your speciality, from character design to architecture 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

78. 8 — appendix

79. 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 Camera 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 Hero generally (e.g: the Lighttricks suite) • The Origin of Vibe Shifts GPT-3 text AI • Generating Children's Stories • Creating infinite zoom movies •

80. 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 the world, Joanne for managing the artist track, and Aditya for referring me to the test program! My love to the DALL·E subreddit community and everyone who shares 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 for the inspiration. Due to DALL·E's generation limits, I've curated some pre- existing images to illustrate many prompts, so special thanks to everyone whose output has made an appearance here. And thanks to the creators of two different DALL-E search tools for making 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!

81. https://dallery.gallery @dallery.gallery newsletter The DALL·E prompt book @guyp brought to you by the DALL·Ery GALL·Ery guy@copytofollow.com

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