Consistent image prompts are a balancing act between aesthetics and specificity. Whether you use Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, or DALL·E, the best results come from covering five pillars: subject, composition, lighting, style, and technical parameters. Here is our checklist, backed by the workflows inside the Prompt Generator extension.
1. Define the subject with concrete attributes
Start with the core subject (person, object, environment) and add attributes that matter: age, clothing, material, expression, or era. Avoid pronouns and generic descriptions. In Prompt Generator you can pin preset subject tags ("cyberpunk city", "artisan coffee setup") to ensure every prompt starts with a detailed anchor.
2. Add composition cues
Composition tells the model how to frame the subject. Mention camera angle, shot type, depth of field, and focal length equivalents. Examples: “wide shot from rooftop”, “macro shot with shallow depth of field”. The extension saves your preferred composition blocks so you can reuse them across prompts.
3. Describe lighting and mood
Lighting terms such as “golden hour”, “studio softbox”, or “volumetric neon glow” drastically change output. Combine mood and color palette in the same sentence. Prompt Generator’s tone settings let you bundle lighting, color, and mood into reusable macros, making it hard to forget key descriptors.
4. Reference artistic style and materials
Call out genres (“art deco poster”), mediums (“digital matte painting”), or artist inspirations. Limit yourself to one or two strong references to avoid muddy blends. The extension stores style presets and can generate alternative stylistic variations automatically.
5. Set technical parameters
Finish with aspect ratio, resolution cues, and engine-specific switches (Midjourney’s `--stylize`, Stable Diffusion’s CFG scale). Prompt Generator offers ready-to-run snippets like `--ar 3:2 --stylize 150` so you can paste the final text directly into your generator.
6. Include negative prompts or guardrails
Explicitly mention what to avoid: “no text”, “avoid blurred hands”, “remove background clutter”. The extension lets you maintain a global negative prompt list that auto-appends to every image prompt you create.
Example prompt from Prompt Generator
Cyberpunk street vendor portrait, neon kanji signs reflecting...This snippet shows the structure the extension produces: subject definition, composition line, lighting/mood, stylistic reference, and parameters. You can duplicate the prompt, tweak a few sliders, and export variations for your art board.
Checklist before you render
- Did you describe the subject with unique features?
- Is the composition instruction clear (camera angle, distance)?
- Do lighting and color hints match the mood you need?
- Are style inspirations limited to one or two strong references?
- Have you appended aspect ratio, quality settings, and negative prompts?
Follow this playbook, save your best prompts in Prompt Generator, and you will build a reusable gallery of production-ready visuals.