New GPT 4o Prompts that push AI creativity to the limit
Prompt ideas to show how far you can stretch OpenAI's GPT/Sora.
When it comes to AI image generation, the difference between "meh" and masterpiece often lies in how you prompt.
OpenAI’s Sora/GPT 4o might be packing visual firepower under the hood, but it still needs you to steer the wheel.
In this article, we’re showcasing the best prompts I’ve found recently, crafted not just to create pretty pictures, but to tell compelling, cinematic stories.
Enjoy.
Brand Ad
Original Idea: Cinematic surreal ad where the brand’s effect is shown through contrast and mood, not product visibility.
Create a cinematic surreal advertisement for Xbox.
Do not show the product directly. Instead, reveal its presence through its effect on the scene — such as clarity, color, motion, light, or emotional reaction.
The environment must highlight a sharp contrast between before/after, inside/outside, or touched/untouched areas.
Reflect the core essence of the brand and its product through mood, lighting, symbolism, and visual storytelling.
Generate a unique slogan inspired by the brand identity.
Include the brand logo in a subtle, elegant way.
Experiment with different brands, and tweak the desired type of contrast.
Whatever Mask
Original Idea: Close-up of a blue eye through a hand-cut ski mask with rhinestones spelling “WHATEVER.”
Create a realistic close-up image of a single female eye looking through a knitted orange ski mask. The mask has a rough, hand-cut opening around the eye area, and above the eye, on the skin, up of the eye there are decorative rhinestones or diamond beads spelling out the word ‘WHATEVER ’. The eye is blue or light-colored and the perspective should be straight on, focused tightly on the eye and the details around it.
Explore variations with different words “TIRED”, “BOSS”, etc, and try different textures: velvet mask, latex, denim, mesh, to dramatically changing tone.
Party at Hogwarts
Original Idea: Candid frat party photo with drunk Harry, Dumbledore, and Voldemort in a chaotic basement.
A candid paparazzi-style photo of a photorealistic of Harry Potter, Voldemort, and Dumbledore at a college party. They are drunk and partying in a dirty frat house basement. It is a candid shot with a lot of active motion, interaction, etc. Flash glare from the camera partially overexposes the image, giving it a chaotic, tabloid feel.
Explore adding Snape with a beer bong or Hagrid passed out, Bellatrix DJing, or concepts like Spring Break at Mordor, Marvel Cast Afterparty, Jedi Frat Bash.
Nail’s Painter
Prompt shared by @azed_ai
A close-up, hyper-realistic photograph of a tiny artist sitting on a stool on the ground, and painting The Mona Lisa on a giant female fingernail. The miniature painter holds a round palette and a thin brush, carefully recreating the soft lighting and detailed brushwork of the classic masterpiece. The nail surface is smooth and glossy, and the background is softly blurred to emphasize the intricate scene.
Imperial ID
Original Idea: ID card for the fictional Imperial Special Services with a CIA/NATO aesthetic.
Create an official, high-quality service ID document for an intelligence agency called the Imperial Special Services (ISD). The design should appear realistic, sophisticated, and authoritative, with a touch of retro-futuristic appeal. The ID card consists of a sturdy, high-quality plastic card (like a modern security ID card), equipped with hologram elements, a small barcode, security features (e.g., microtext, UV details), and a sophisticated, minimalist design.
The ID card contains the following information:
Empire coat of arms, Imperial logo from Star Wars (top left or centered)
Title: IMPERIAL SPECIAL SERVICE (in capital letters, embossed in silver or gold)
Secondary title: Directorate for State Security and Integrity
Name: Agent Erik Knöbl
Service number: ISD-A/0413-EX-91
Rank: Observer 1st Class
Department: Directorate I – Reconnaissance & Intelligence
Authorization level: Omega-4 (confidential)
Photograph of the agent (passport photo, formal, neutral background)
Issue date: May 14, 2025
Expiry date: May 14, 2030
Director's signature (digitally scanned)
Warning: "This ID card is the property of the Empire. Misuse will be prosecuted."
Colors: Dark gray, deep black, gold or silver accents, and a professional font (e.g., Neue Frutiger, Source Sans Pro, Eurostile). The reverse contains only a barcode, chip field, and minimalist contact information (Central ISD Code Office 09 – Return of Lost Items via Official Mail).
The style is intended to be visually reminiscent of modern NATO, CIA, or BND ID cards, but with an imperial air of dignity.
Feel free to add your name and photo, create a full collection—Commander ID, Field Operative ID, Internal Affairs, etc, or explore other IDs for other fictional organizations.
Vending Machine
Prompt shared by @aziz4ai
Original Idea: Hyper-luxurious vending machine encapsulating a brands’s product ecosystem.
Design a high-end cinematic vending machine for Apple, with the following specifications:
Overall concept: A vending machine that encapsulates the full product ecosystem of [Brand Name], blending surrealism and luxury.
Design identity: Use the signature visual language of Apple (colors, materials, logo style).6 illuminated compartments in a clean 3x2 grid
Each compartment features a key product from Apple’s ecosystem
Include the Apple logo subtly placed on the machine
Add a short, elegant slogan beneath or above the logo
Payment area with minimal design (no need to specify payment methods unless required)
Cinematic studio lighting
Reflective glass, metallic surfaces, velvet or matte textures
Soft shadows, volumetric glow
Quality: Ultra-detailed, hyper-realistic render
Explore other brands, different moods, and even wacky mystical versions of the machine in a medieval temple, with divine tech, for example.
Triumphant Doritos
Original Idea: A brand’s product as a victorious boxer over its crushed rival.
A dramatic scene in a boxing ring under stadium lights. A bold Bag of Doritos stands heroically in the center, wearing a superhero cape and red boxing gloves, one glove raised in victory. In front of it lies a crushed Bag of Lay's, its contents scattered. No text. Hyper-realistic, humorous, cinematic lighting and a victorious atmosphere.
Explore other brand fights, and different sports. Perhaps follow-up scenes, either the Product in a suit with sunglasses, flexing, answering questions with sass, or a Rocky-style gritty gym with the Product lifting dumbbells.
E.T. Extra-Thug
Original Idea: Thugged-out E.T. with do-rag, jewelry, and “H O M E” rings.
Photography of ET as a thug, wearing an oversized sports jersey, has a tattoo of Aliens on his face, is wearing do rag, with a harder facial expression, big gold, jeweled rings that say “H O M E”. It’s labeled as “E.T.: Extra-Thug” in the ET font.
The sky is the limit: Yoda as a biker, Pikachu as a tattooed brawler, SpongeBob in prison gear.
Coca-Cola Poster
Original Idea: Minimalist gray poster with frosted-glass Coke bottle metaball and blurred typography.
Minimalist futurist exhibition poster with an ultra-light cool gray background (#f4f4f4).
At the center of the poster is a fluid 3D metaball shaped like a classic Coca-Cola bottle in full form, rendered in frosted glass with delicate grainy noise.
The fluid gradient transitions from Coca-Cola Red (#E41C23) to Pearl White (#FFFFFF), giving it a silky glass-like appearance.
High-position softbox lighting casts long, soft colored shadows and a subtle halo.
The fluid overlaps with the text: letters obscured by the frosted glass appear with a gentle Gaussian blur.
•The main title, the classic red “Coca-Cola” logo, is centered and partially obscured by the fluid. The covered letters are slightly blurred through the frosted glass.
•The subtitle, in bold all-caps modern sans-serif pure black font, reads: “TASTE THE FEELING”, placed below the main title. It is also partially overlapped by the fluid and blurred in those areas, while the rest remains sharp.
The overall layout is clean with generous whitespace, balanced composition, sharp focus, and HDR high dynamic range.
Try the same fluid-glass look with a Nike sneaker, iPhone, or Rolex. Other option is to change the lighting, glass tint, and gradient to reflect different moods, like Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.
Ice Dino
Original Idea: Vacuum-sealed frozen weird object in industrial freezer packaging.
A wrinkled bag with industrial vacuum packaging, compressed and vacuum-sealed in the freezer, containing a huge, whole, deep-frozen dinosaur. Plain background with intense color contrast. The vacuum-sealed dinosaur stands out.
Try with other fictional creatures (alien, dragon) in futuristic packaging, objects (kryptonite, dragonball), or make it a fictional meat product, like “Jurassic Protein™” with absurd nutrition labels.
Hope you like these prompts, and share your explorations!