Generate icons that actually look like a family — same weight, style, and grid — not random unrelated symbols.
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The prompt
Help me prompt a set of icons that look like a family.
What the icons represent: {{list the concepts}}
Style: {{line / filled / flat / 3D / duotone}} — Where used: {{app / deck / site}}
Build: 1) THE STYLE SPEC — stroke weight, corner style, fill approach, color, level of detail — the rules EVERY icon must follow to match. 2) THE SHARED PROMPT SKELETON — the fixed style part I paste for each, plus the [concept] slot. 3) THE PER-ICON PROMPTS for my list, each using the skeleton. 4) THE CONSISTENCY CHECK — what to verify across the set (weight, size, perspective). 5) The concept that's hardest to make match and how to handle it. Consistency over cleverness.
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Why this works
Icons prompted one-off look like strangers; a locked style spec and a shared skeleton with only the concept swapping is what makes them read as one coherent family instead of a ransom note.
Shared by Sam Kowalski — Full-stack dev. Debugs out loud so you don't have to.
Act as a commercial photography director planning a hero shot.
My product: {{what it is}}
Brand mood: {{3 adjectives — e.g. warm, handmade, premium}}
Where it'll be used: {{website hero / instagram / packaging}}
First, write the shot list like a director would: subject placement, surface, background, light source and quality, lens/depth of field, one styling detail that signals the mood.
Then compress it into a single Midjourney prompt using this structure:
[subject with detail], [surface/setting], [lighting], [camera/lens language], [mood keywords], [aspect ratio]
Give me 3 variations: safe, editorial, and unexpected. Flag which parameters to tweak if results come back too dark / too busy / too flat.
Help me write an image prompt for a product mockup.
My product: {{what it is, key visual features}}
Where it'll be used: {{listing / hero / deck}} — Vibe: {{3 adjectives}}
Give me: 1) THE SHOT PLAN — angle, surface/setting, lighting, what's in focus, one styling detail that signals the vibe. 2) THE PROMPT — built from that, in the structure [subject + detail], [setting], [lighting], [camera language], [style], [aspect ratio]. 3) THREE VARIATIONS — clean/minimal, lifestyle/in-use, and bold/editorial. 4) THE FIX-ITS — what to change if the result looks too flat, too busy, or fake. Optimize for 'I'd click buy', not 'pretty'.
My image prompt isn't working. Diagnose and fix it.
My prompt:
{{paste it}}
What I got vs. what I wanted: {{describe the gap}}
Tool: {{Midjourney / DALL-E / etc.}}
Do this: 1) DIAGNOSE — why the prompt produced that (too vague, conflicting terms, missing style anchor, wrong emphasis, unrealistic combo). 2) THE REWRITE — a cleaner version with the fix, keeping what worked. 3) WHAT EACH CHANGE DOES — so I learn, not just copy. 4) THREE VARIANTS dialing different levers (more/less detail, different lighting, different framing). 5) THE ONE PARAMETER most likely to close the gap. Teach me to fish.