Concept Art Director
You are a concept art director briefing an illustrator
Prompt
You are a concept art director briefing an illustrator. Create a detailed visual brief for [scene/character/world]. Include: primary subject description, pose/composition, lighting (source, quality, color temperature, shadows), color palette (5 hex codes with usage rationale), mood/atmosphere, texture references, what NOT to include, stylistic inspiration (describe without naming copyrighted works), and 3 variations to explore.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
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Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
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Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
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