Nano Banana 2.1 Prompts

28 prompts written for Nano Banana 2.1, each with an example image. Open any card for the full prompt.

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

1960s fashion editorial in a vintage car mirror

Create a hyper-realistic 1960s vintage editorial fashion photograph in a vertical 9:16 composition, featuring the girl from the reference image. Preserve her identity and appearance exactly as shown in the reference — including her facial structure, proportions, distinctive features, skin tone, hairstyle characteristics, and overall natural appearance. Do not alter or reinterpret her face. The scene is captured as a full-body fashion portrait reflected inside a small, oval chrome side mirror of a vintage car. The mirror has naturally curved, slightly distorted edges and realistic reflections. The camera is positioned close to the driver's window, angled toward the side mirror. Inside the mirror reflection, the girl is fully visible with generous background space. She is walking toward the rear of the car while slightly turning her head toward the mirror, creating a subtle candid moment. She has a calm, confident expression with a soft, understated smile. She wears a beautifully tailored powder-blue midi dress with a slim waist belt, paired with a burgundy silk scarf, elegant cat-eye sunglasses, a small ivory handbag, and classic white pointed heels. Her styling has an authentic polished 1960s fashion aesthetic. The environment is a retro Mediterranean-American street with a palm-lined road, pastel-colored storefronts, a vintage station wagon, and distant mountains. Bright golden morning sunlight creates warm, natural highlights and soft shadows across the scene. Use a refined color palette of powder blue, ivory, burgundy, and warm beige. The image should look like an authentic aged 35mm film photograph, with natural analog grain, subtle film imperfections, tiny scratches, realistic exposure, authentic skin texture, and physically accurate mirror reflections. The overall mood should feel chic, nostalgic, elegant, and slightly mysterious — like a genuine fashion editorial photograph captured in the 1960s rather than an AI-generated image. Photorealistic, cinematic, highly detailed, natural proportions, realistic fabric texture, authentic vintage photography aesthetics.

Nano Banana 2.1Other

3 centaurs doing backflips

3 centaurs doing backflips

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Asked for a MacBook, got a banana

can it get me a macbook before my birthday?

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

B&W porthole stairwell architectural portrait

Black and white fine-art architectural portrait photography, vertical 4:5 portrait format. A perfectly circular porthole-shaped cutout reveals a brutalist concrete stairwell, while everything outside the circle is flat, solid near-black charcoal (#161616), with a thin crisp white rectangular border line inset a few millimeters from the frame edge. The circle sits slightly above center, with the thick, weathered concrete ring edge visible on the left side. Inside the circle: wide concrete steps rising diagonally from left to right, a slim dark metal handrail running parallel along the diagonal, a large curved concrete wall on the right catching a hard shaft of direct sunlight that creates a bright white diagonal shape, a dark curved ceiling overhang at the top right, and rough concrete texture on the left wall. Extremely high contrast, deep crushed blacks, bright highlights, strong geometric lines and curves. A lone man is walking up the stairs in the lower right of the circle, caught mid-step, one hand lightly sliding along the metal handrail. His body is angled up the staircase, but his head is turned and he looks directly into the camera lens, making strong eye contact with the viewer. He is clearly visible, not a silhouette: bareheaded with short dark hair, no hat, no cap, wearing a dark long coat, face lit by the sunbeam on one side, with a calm, serious expression. His face is the sharpest point in the image, with crisp eyes, skin texture, and defined jawline, in razor-sharp focus. Shot on an 85mm f/1.4 portrait lens, shallow depth of field, the stairs, handrail, and concrete walls behind and in front of him fall into a soft, creamy blur, with gentle compression of the stairwell geometry. Moody, minimalist, cinematic, fine film grain, no color, no text.

Nano Banana 2.1Poster Design

CJK ad text: 2.0 vs 2.1

深夜食堂 周末限定 买一送一

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Chessboard shadows as city skyline: 2 Lite vs 2.1

A top-down photo of a chessboard mid-game, the long shadows of the pieces cast by low evening sun form the silhouette of a city skyline across the board

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

Chiaroscuro cinematic close-up portrait

A hyper-realistic, 8K resolution cinematic close-up portrait of the person in the uploaded image. The image features dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, heavily illuminating the left side of his face while casting deep, moody shadows on the right against a solid black background. He has an intense, direct gaze, dark brown eyes with square catchlights, and textured, wet-styled hair. He is wearing a plain black t-shirt. Render with 35mm film grain and a shallow depth of field, prioritizing extreme character consistency and highly detailed skin texture, including visible pores.

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

Cinematic corporate executive portrait template

A cinematic [medium close-up] portrait of a [black man] [middle-aged] executive in a [dark] business suit, captured in a [contemplative] moment. The image features warm, dramatic side lighting that creates depth and atmosphere, while the shallow depth of field isolates [him] against a softly blurred background of ambient evening lighting. His intense, focused expression and thoughtful gesture are emphasized by the intimate framing and professional cinematography. Prompt Customization: Change the words between brackets.

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

Curly-haired bearded man, cinematic blue-orange portrait

Photorealistic cinematic portrait of a handsome adult man with thick, naturally curly dark brown hair, neatly groomed full beard, strong jawline, symmetrical facial features, intense calm expression, looking directly into the camera. He wears a minimalist oversized dark navy/black hooded sweatshirt with the hood resting around his shoulders and a small white crew-neck shirt visible underneath. Dramatic studio lighting, cool deep-blue background with subtle atmospheric haze and a warm orange-red glow on the right side, strong blue rim light along the hair and shoulders, soft warm key light illuminating the face, high contrast, realistic skin texture, detailed beard and hair, shallow depth of field, centered composition, chest-up portrait, eye-level camera, 85mm portrait lens, f/2, cinematic color grading, premium fashion/editorial photography, ultra-detailed, photorealistic, sharp eyes, natural proportions, 4K.

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

Dual-reference character blend (photo × 2D)

两人亲密生活照 不改变原参考图图一的人物现实画风 不改变原参考图二的人物2d画风 保留人物所有细节

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Eastern fairy in a celestial palace: GPT image 2.0 vs 2.1

电影级梦幻东方神话仙女，中全景（Medium Full Shot），16:9 横向构图。 一位绝美东方仙女站在九天宫阙的白玉露台之上，画面从人物膝盖以下开始取景，完整展现人物身姿、长裙与周围环境。 仙女拥有古典东方女性气质，五官精致柔和，眉眼清雅，肌肤细腻通透，神情宁静温柔，带有一种远离尘世的空灵感。 乌黑长发盘成精致古典发髻，少量发丝自然垂落在肩侧，佩戴一支极其精致的白玉发簪与少量东方古典发饰。 身穿一袭轻盈飘逸的东方仙裙，采用半透明轻纱、柔软丝绸与多层薄纱材质，裙摆层层叠叠，披帛从肩头自然垂落，在微风中缓缓飘动。 服装以月白、淡青、珍珠白为主色调，局部带有极淡的银蓝色光泽，整体轻盈、纯净、梦幻。 仙女微微侧身站立，一只手轻轻扶住白玉栏杆，另一只手自然垂落，目光望向远处云海中的天宫。 姿态优雅克制，不摆拍，不夸张，不性感化。 人物位于画面中央偏左，保持清晰的人物轮廓，同时让右侧和背景拥有足够空间展示宏伟天宫。 仙女身后的天宫若隐若现。 巨大的白玉宫殿、飞檐斗拱、琉璃屋檐、雕花栏杆、层叠楼阁隐藏在梦幻云雾之中。 远处无数宫阙漂浮于云海之上，部分建筑被薄雾遮挡，只露出模糊轮廓。 天空呈现梦幻的黎明色调，淡蓝、珍珠白、浅紫与极淡的金色交织。 柔和的晨曦从云层后方透出，形成朦胧的金色轮廓光。 大量轻柔云雾环绕人物脚下与宫殿之间，云雾被晨光照亮，呈现半透明的梦幻质感。 空气中漂浮极少量细小的发光尘埃与花瓣，随风缓慢飘散。 不要明显魔法特效，不要巨大光环，不要游戏式粒子效果。 整体呈现“东方仙境梦境”般的视觉效果。 色彩柔和、低饱和、通透、轻盈。 珍珠白、月光银、淡青、雾紫、浅金构成整体色彩。 光线柔和漫射，人物面部受到自然柔光照射，皮肤呈现细腻自然的光泽。 背景轻微景深虚化，但天宫建筑仍然保持足够细节。 画面具有中国古典美学与梦幻电影摄影质感，融合传统东方山水意境、古典仙侠审美与现代电影级奇幻摄影。 强调： 空灵、唯美、梦幻、纯净、宁静、神圣、东方美人、仙境、云海、天宫、晨曦。 电影级摄影， medium full shot， cinematic portrait， 85mm lens， soft depth of field， dreamy atmosphere， ethereal lighting， soft volumetric light， atmospheric perspective， delicate skin texture， flowing silk fabric， subtle wind movement， photorealistic， ultra detailed， cinematic color grading， soft film grain， 8K， masterpiece。 负面提示词： 人物特写，脸部占满画面，人物比例错误，多人物，现代服装，西方奇幻服装，欧式城堡，现代建筑，动漫，二次元，卡通，游戏CG，塑料皮肤，过度磨皮，浓妆，夸张珠宝，性感姿势，夸张胸部，巨大光环，魔法阵，霓虹灯，过度粒子特效，过度饱和，强烈HDR，背景杂乱，低清晰度，畸形手指，错误肢体，文字，水印，logo。

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Favourite movie collage end→start (Chinese prompt)

用你最喜欢的电影从结尾到开头的画面制作一张拼贴画

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Favourite movie collage, end to start

make a collage of your favourite movie from end to start

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Fortress builder game UI: Gemini Image vs 2.1

game where you design fortresses nice cool aesthetic peaceful nice castle nice geometry with hud for building different fort wall river tower etc

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Gentle Bigfoot with a tiny yellow bird, storybook forest

An adorably cute, gentle Bigfoot peeks playfully from behind a moss-covered tree in a lush forest, extending an open palm as a tiny yellow songbird perches on it. Warm sunbeams stream through the leafy branches, illuminating delicate wildflowers blooming across the forest floor; whimsical storybook charm, soft natural light, rich woodland textures, inviting composition, dreamy and heartwarming mood.

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

Hibiscus vintage-film portrait (+ negative)

Image Prompt: Create a photorealistic portrait of her in a refined side-profile-inspired three-quarter angle, with her head naturally turned toward the camera and making direct eye contact. Clearly defined SIDE PART — NEVER a center or middle part. She has extremely long, rich Dark Mocha Mousse curly hair, dramatically moved by a strong natural breeze, with realistic flyaways and loose strands. No ribbons, bows, headwear, hats, or hair accessories. Soft-glam Korean-inspired makeup: visible natural pores, luminous realistic skin texture, rosy blush, subtle brown eyeliner, softly defined eyes, rosy gradient lips, and nude espresso nail art. She wears a magenta-soft-purple thin-strap mini dress with a subtle heart-shaped neckline barely visible at the chest. Gold fairy-wing pendant necklace with matching earrings. ONE HAND is naturally raised in front of her face, gently pushing or clearing a hibiscus flower away from her line of sight. Fingers and joints must be anatomically realistic. Her other hand is completely outside the frame. Expression: calm, intimate, slightly curious, natural and emotionally subtle. EYE-LEVEL CAMERA positioned directly among dense blooming soft-pink and white hibiscus flowers, photographing THROUGH the flowers. Foreground petals, leaves, and stems are very close to the lens and naturally overlap the outer edges of the frame, creating an intimate organic floral frame. Flowers must not obscure her eyes or facial features. NO WIDE VIEW. The subject fills approximately 85–95% of the frame. ONLY HEAD TO CHEST VISIBLE. VISUAL STYLE: Warm nostalgic historical-memory aesthetic. Authentic vintage Canon analog-film character, subtle natural film grain, delicate halation, slightly faded tones, gentle light leaks, realistic exposure imperfections, soft natural shadows, authentic raw human skin texture, and warm soft daylight. Strong wind visibly moves the curls and loose strands. Mild natural motion blur ONLY on moving hair and nearby flower petals. The final image should feel like a candid, emotionally intimate photograph captured on vintage film rather than a polished studio portrait. NEGATIVE PROMPT: center part, middle part, ribbons, bows, headwear, hat, full body, waist-down, staircase focus, wide shot, distant subject, excessive background, artificial bokeh, studio lighting, smartphone photography, modern digital DSLR look, CGI, cartoon, anime, illustration, plastic skin, beauty filter, over-retouched skin, excessive facial smoothing, face swap, distorted facial anatomy, unnatural hands, malformed fingers, extra fingers, missing fingers, floating limbs, flower covering face, obscured eyes, closed eyes, facial distortion, unnatural pose, watermark, text, logo.

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Hollywood sci-fi OTS still: multi-model same prompt

still from a hollywood scifi movie. over the shoulder of the man in image 1. he's on frame left in the foreground. woman from image 2 is on frame right in focus. setting is a different angle of image 3. use image 4 as the influence for the color grade, the lighting, the style, and the film stock type.

Nano Banana 2.1Poster Design

Lilim Lily Super Famicom game poster

小悪魔リリムリリィちゃんが　スーパーファミコンのゲームだったときのポスターを考えて

Nano Banana 2.1Poster Design

Minimal × maximal: Swiss gallery poster & mechanical

【极简·瑞士画廊排版】 Avant-garde editorial exhibition poster, 9:16 vertical. Swiss Modernism layout. 60% vast warm alabaster negative space with strict grid. A single hyper-tactile plaster sculpture fragment floating off-center with subtle drop shadow. Ultra-thin brutalist serif headers, micro-typography index codes, registration crosshairs. No plastic, no neon. 【极繁·精密机械重构】 Maximalist imperial mechanical armillary sphere sculpture, 9:16 vertical poster. Thousands of interlocking layers: Ming-dynasty cloisonné enamel rings, carved red cinnabar lacquer gears, pure-gold filigree cogwheels. Dramatic museum spotlighting, sharp reflections, extreme structural density, zero melting shapes.

Nano Banana 2.1Poster Design

Place “Nano Banana” in the leaf’s natural gaps

place the words “Nano Banana” inside the leaf’s natural gaps.

Nano Banana 2.1Other

SCP-682 manga-styled comic

an scp 682 manga styled comic

Nano Banana 2.1Product & Brand

UGC bag photo vs GPT Image 2.5

A UGC Image of this Bag

Nano Banana 2.1Other

Vienna café clock at 4:37: 2 Lite vs 2.1

A sunlit Viennese café wall with a brass station clock reading exactly 4:37, a steaming melange on the marble table below it

Nano Banana 2.1Poster Design

Wang Xizhi writing his masterpiece

王羲之正在写他的传世名作

Nano Banana 2.1Poster Design

Xiaohongshu poster with web search, 3:4

Nano Banana 2.1 已推出，请搜索信息，并生成适合小红书的海报，3:4

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

iPhone close-up: beanie, sunglasses, puffer

straight-on eye-level close-up photograph of a young woman, face clearly visible, captured on a recent iPhone main camera at its native 24 mm equivalent, f/1.8, with natural perspective and no wide-angle distortion. Focus is locked on her face and accessories; the background falls into a mild, realistic smartphone blur. She wears a black ribbed knit beanie sitting normally on her head, not covering her eyes or face, large reflective black sunglasses, and white wired Apple earphones with the cable running down in front of her jacket. Her white puffer jacket is worn open at the collar, not pulled up, so her jaw, mouth, and lower face remain fully visible beneath the sunglasses. A small black embroidered Nike swoosh sits on the left shoulder. The quilted synthetic fabric shows soft volume and fine texture. The setting is a brightly lit industrial interior with a high cream-colored ceiling and out-of-focus glossy metallic panels or photographic posters behind her. Lighting is large soft overhead ambient, even and slightly cool, like diffused LED panels: gentle fill from above and the front, soft shadows under the chin and beanie brim, and faint specular highlights on the sunglasses and the jacket’s nylon shell. Exposure is clean and slightly bright, true-to-life color, moderate computational sharpening, natural skin texture, no heavy noise or plastic skin. Mood is urban, practical, and quietly anonymous. Photorealistic smartphone photograph.

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

iPhone flash candid: tying messy ponytail

A spontaneous evening shot, a candid moment caught in motion. Taken on an iPhone 17 Pro with flash. The frame should look like a real photo from a personal gallery, not a staged fashion shoot. POSE: The girl is sitting directly on wide, light-colored stone steps, with her torso slightly turned into a 3/4 angle. One leg is bent closer to her body, while the other rests on the step below. At the moment of capture, the girl raises both hands to quickly tie her hair into a high, messy ponytail. Her elbows are positioned on opposite sides of her head, with her hands still in motion. Her head is slightly turned to the side, and her gaze is directed past the camera. Her lips are relaxed and slightly parted. The frame is captured in the exact in-between second — her hair is not fully tied yet, part of it is still held in her hands, and several strands are flying freely near her face. Subtle directional motion blur on the hands, hair ends, and edges of the clothing. Do not blur or deform the facial features; the face must remain clear, recognizable, and true to the original. HAIR: Very long, thick hair. Most of the hair is being lifted upward and backward by her hands, while the lower section still falls freely over her shoulders and back. A few thin strands have come loose around the temples and cheeks. Do not let them cover the eyes, nose, or lips. MAKEUP: Expressive modern evening makeup. A thin, elongated black winged eyeliner, voluminous lashes with a fox-eye effect, laminated brows. The lips are outlined with a cool brownish-pink pencil slightly darker than the natural lip tone, with a translucent berry-nude gloss inside. Skin is slightly tanned, fresh, with visible real pores and natural micro-texture. CLOTHING: A fitted white top with a wide boat neckline, revealing the collarbones and one shoulder. Long sleeves partially cover the hands. Bottoms: loose black low-rise trousers with soft folds. ACCESSORIES: Large silver hoop earrings, one chunky silver ring. Manicure: short square nails, in a shade matching the top. ENVIRONMENT: A wide outdoor stone staircase at night. Light-colored natural stone occupies almost the entire background and creates graphic horizontal lines. No restaurants, cars, signs, flowers, or decorative objects. The upper part of the frame gradually falls into darkness. FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY: Deep night. The only main light source is the direct built-in iPhone flash. It sharply illuminates the face, collarbones, raised hands, top, and nearest steps. The light falls off quickly into the depth of the staircase. Distant steps fade into gray-black shadow. No soft studio lighting and no evenly illuminated scene. CAMERA: iPhone 17 Pro, vertical 9:16 format. Medium-close framing, approximately from mid-thighs to the space slightly above the raised hands. The camera is close, positioned slightly above and to the side, as if someone standing nearby suddenly raised their phone and pressed the shutter while the girl was tying her hair. The girl is not perfectly centered. One elbow is close to the upper edge of the frame, and part of the jacket is naturally cropped at the bottom. Handheld, slightly imperfect framing. Natural skin, realistic texture of hair, knit fabric, trousers, and stone. Slight digital noise, visible fine film grain, muted nighttime color rendering, deep shadows, subtle vignette, RAW unedited feeling. Do not use 8K, ultra sharp, HDR, beauty filters, airbrushing, plastic skin, artificial bokeh, studio lighting, perfect symmetry, or a glossy AI look.

Nano Banana 2.1Portrait

iPhone-like photoreal portrait vs GPT Image 2.5

実写で、iPhone で撮影したような画質の写真。