Poster Prompts
One hundred design styles as copy-paste prompts for ChatGPT image generation. Each page shows the prompt alongside an example of what it produces — for two events: a village fête and a music gig.
Some look great in my opinion. Some still look like slop, but with some tweaking they could be fixed for a specific event. In aggregate, they demonstrate the breadth of style available.
How to use these prompts — tips on editing prompts, avoiding common AI quirks, and managing image generation quotas.
Fête posters Gig posters
Graphic design movements
Arts and Crafts
Art Nouveau
Art Deco
Streamline Moderne
Bauhaus / Modernist
Swiss / International Typographic Style
Constructivist
De Stijl
Mid-century Modern Graphic
Memphis / 80s Postmodern
Brutalist Graphic Design
Contemporary Editorial
Wayfinding / Signage
Vienna Secession
Glasgow Style
Push Pin Studios
New Wave Typography
Grunge Typography
Fine art movements, framed as posters the movement might have produced
Japonisme
Victorian Broadside
Belle Époque Lithograph
Futurist
Dada Collage
Cubist Exhibition Poster
Surrealist
Expressionist Woodcut
Pop Art
Op Art
Psychedelic Sixties
Minimalism (Art)
Graffiti / Street Art
Suprematism
Vorticism
Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity
Orphism / Simultanism
Concrete Art
CoBrA
Pre-Raphaelite Illustration
Big Eyes / Keane Waif
Print techniques and reproduction aesthetics
Risograph
Stamp / Letterpress (Modernised)
Screenprint Pop
Botanical Scientific Illustration
Cut Paper / Matisse
Monochrome + Single Accent
Cyanotype / Blueprint
Penny Dreadful / Sensation Novel Cover
Etching / Engraving
Halftone / Newsprint
Mimeograph / Ditto Machine
Folk, handmade and vernacular aesthetics
Child Poster Paint + Pro Typography
School Cutout Collage
Crayon Folk Handmade
Punk Photocopied Fanzine
Zine Cut-and-Paste
Mexican Calavera / Posada
Pennsylvania Dutch / Fraktur
Madhubani / Indian Folk Art
Scandinavian Folk / Rosemaling
National, regional and era-specific styles
Polish Poster School
Golden Age Travel Poster
Japanese Minimal Poster
Neon Sign / Diner Americana
East German DEFA Film Poster
Taisho Modern / Japanese 1920s
Shanghai Calendar Poster / Yuefenpai
Festival of Britain
Brazilian Tropicália
Italian Futurist Typography
Zagreb School Animation
German Expressionist Film Poster
Hong Kong Cinema Poster
Ukiyo-e / Japanese Woodblock
Political, propaganda and activist traditions
WPA / New Deal
Soviet Propaganda
Cuban OSPAAAL Revolutionary
Atelier Populaire / Paris May 1968
ACT UP / AIDS Crisis Activism
North Korean Propaganda
Soviet Space Programme
Music scenes and subcultures
90s Rave / Acid Graphics
90s Drum and Bass Flyer
Festival Indie Lineup
Factory Records / Haçienda
4AD Records
Heavy Metal Concert Poster
Reggae / Sound System Flyer
80s NYC Hip Hop Flyer
Blaxploitation Movie Poster
Skateboard / Street Graphics
Digital, screen and contemporary aesthetics
Designers Republic
NASA Worm Modernist
Psychedelic Seventies Corporate
Y2K Chrome
Contemporary Flat Illustration
Vaporwave
Synthwave / Retrowave
Glitch Art
Pixel Art
Low Poly