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69 Creative Nano Banana Prompts for 2026

Jan 16, 2026

The Ultimate Guide to Nano Banana: 69 Creative Use Cases

Are you looking to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI image generation? Nano Banana Pro has evolved into a powerhouse for creatives. We’ve audited the list and compiled 69 distinct ways to supercharge your workflow, ranging from practical professional utilities to wild artistic experiments.

1. The Collage Method (Merging Multiple Items)

The ultimate consistency hack. Paste several items into one image (collage style), upload it, and ask the AI to merge them into a single coherent scene.

Prompt: A model is posing. She is wearing the following items, the scene is against a dark grey background. The green alien, banana keychain, google logo plushie, blue thumbs up keychain and brown labubu is a keychain and it's attached to the green handbag. She is smiling, sticking her tongue out and holding up her left hand as a peace sign.

2. Make Yourself "Buff" Instantly

Skip the gym and see what you look like with some extra muscle.

Prompt: The woman is now very muscular with bulging biceps and ripped abs. She is flexing her bicep, she is sticking her tongue out and winking. Zoom out slightly to show her flexing arm.

The woman is now very muscular with bulging biceps and ripped abs. She is flexing her bicep, she is sticking her tongue out and winking. Zoom out slightly to show her flexing arm.

3. Create Isometric 3D Cities

Turn a travel concept into a high-end miniature.

Prompt: Create a clear, 45° top-down isometric miniature 3D cartoon scene of Paris, France, featuring its most iconic landmarks and architectural elements. Use soft, refined textures with realistic PBR materials and gentle, lifelike lighting and shadows. Use a clean, minimalistic composition with a soft, solid-colored background. At the top-center, place the title Paris in large bold text, a prominent flag for the country next to the large bold text, then the country name (small text underneath the flag). All text must be centered with consistent spacing and it is always at the top. Don't place the text in any borders

Credit to TechieSA.

Create a clear, 45° top-down isometric miniature 3D cartoon scene of Paris, France, featuring its most iconic landmarks and architectural elements. Use soft, refined textures with realistic PBR materials and gentle, lifelike lighting and shadows. Use a clean, minimalistic composition with a soft, solid-colored background. At the top-center, place the title Paris in large bold text, a prominent flag for the country next to the large bold text, then the country name (small text underneath the flag). All text must be centered with consistent spacing and it is always at the top. Don't place the text in any borders

4. Food & Object Typography

Form words out of physical objects like fruit, candy, or paint.

Prompt: A beautiful script font that forms the word GEMINI with actual bananas against a black background.

5. Generate Sprite Sheets

Perfect for game devs. Turn a character image into a functional sprite sheet.

Prompt: Using the character in the attached image, generate a sprite sheet for a for my RPG pixel game, it's a wizard with an owl as its sidekick cover the main 10 game character actions for a exploration game and label the different parts of the sprite sheet accordingly.

6. Product to Ad Campaign

Upload a product and a model, and generate a full marketing spread in one go.

Prompt: Create a grid of 4 images, each image is 16:9 aspect ratio. Create an entire ad campaign for this cream. The model is holding and showcasing the cream. A closeup focused shot just on the product. Extreme closeup focused on the cream being applied. A top down shot showing the cream, the lid is open and the lid is placed next to the cream container on the left. Written on the lid in the same holographic style as REID is a small tagline that says "Your Skin Will Thank You". Professional studio lighting, against a black background.

7. Retexture Logos

Give your flat logo a 3D makeover using materials like steel, plastic, or cotton.

Prompt: Retexture this logo, it's now made from shiny gradient plastic. Keep the background the same color.

8. Time Travel to the 90s

Teleport yourself to a specific decade with accurate fashion and film grain.

Prompt: Generate an image from the 1990's. It's an image of the attached person. They are wearing clothing related to this period. There is A Tribe Called Quest and RUN DMC poster on the wall. Add some minor creases and folds to the image. The image should also be in a lower blurry quality

9. Technical Drawings & Blueprints

Turn a photo of a toy or object into a schematic.

Prompt: Create an assembly diagram for this toy.

10. Create a "Knolling" Layout

Organize items neatly (flat lay) for a satisfying visual or animation prep.

Prompt: A knolling image of items from the series Demon Slayer.

11. Facepaint Transfer

Take a cool facepaint design from one image and apply it to a photo of yourself.

Prompt: Apply the facepaint from image 1 onto the womens face in image 2.

12. Detailed Visual Explainers

Upload a photo of a landmark or animal and ask for an educational breakdown.

Prompt: Turn this photo into an informative visual explainer about the place.

Credit to mreflow.

13. Change Lighting

Shift a scene from noon to sunrise, or turn off the lights.

Prompt: Change the lighting, it’s now during the early morning. The sun rises in the distance, rim light on the geisha is visible.

14. The "Droste" Effect

Create a trippy, infinite recursive image.

Prompt: Droste effect of a painter painting himself.

Credit to fofr.

15. Cocktail Recipe Infographics

Become a mixologist with hyper-realistic recipe cards.

Prompt: You are the worlds best mixologist. Create a hyper-realistic detailed recipe infographic showcasing a single, perfect strawberry daquiri. Include detailed labels and a photorealistic image of the final drink.

16. Multi-Character Consistency

Nano Banana Pro handles groups surprisingly well (up to 8 people).

Prompt: A cinematic medium closeup shot shows these 3 people. They are all wearing black business suits.

17. Character Sheet Generation (Bonus)

Need to see your character from all angles for 3D modeling?

Prompt: 360 full body turnaround view of this character, they are standing against a white background.

18. Mockups: T-Shirt Design

Visualize your graphic design on a model.

Prompt: Place this design on the front of a black t-shirt that is being worn by an asian female model.

19. Mockups: Tattoo Placement

Test a tattoo before you ink it.

Prompt: Place this design on someone’s arm as a tattoo, they are inside a tattoo parlor.

20. Mockups: Mugs & Frames

See your design on merchandise or home decor.

Prompt: Place this design on the front of a black black mug. The mug is placed in cardboard packaging...

21. Style Transfer with Percentages

Keep the realism but add a touch of style (e.g., 30% or 50%).

Prompt: Make This image look photorealistic but use 30% of the original images style.

Credit to halimalrasihi.

22. Low Quality "Aesthetic" Realism

Create images that look like accidental, candid smartphone uploads.

Prompt: An extremely unremarkable iPhone selfie photo... The photo has a touch of motion blur...

23. Itinerary to Illustration

Turn your text-based travel plan into a vintage hand-drawn map.

Prompt: Create a beautiful vintage hand drawn illustration for my travel itinerary to paris.

24. Deconstruct Images

Explode a product into its components.

Prompt: Show all elements from which this sneaker is made, with labels against a plain background.

25. Storyboarding from a Single Image

Generate a sequence of cinematic shots from one reference.

Prompt: Create a sequence of cinematic shots. It's 4 frames. A women is wearing a yellow dress on the beach at sunset. Frame 1 - Wide shot closeup of her looking at the ocean. Frame 2 - Medium closeup of her eating icecream. Frame 3 - Birds eye top down shot of her relaxing on a beach towel wearing a blue bikini. Frame 4: The same top down shot but now it's an extreme closeup focused on her face.

26. Fashion Stylist

Upload a shirt and ask the AI to complete the outfit.

Prompt: You are a fashion stylist, create a lay flat image with other fashion items that I can wear with this t-shirt.

27. Sticker Collections

Turn your pet into a chibi sticker pack.

Prompt: Use this character and create a collection of cute chibi illustration stickers.

28. Change Weather

Turn a sunny fire scene into a rainy day.

Prompt: Change the weather, it’s now raining, the rain has extinguished the majority of the fire.

29. Change Seasons

Visualize a location in Winter vs. Summer.

Prompt: There is no more fire, change the season to winter, its snowing on a bright sunny day.

30. Funny Googly Eyes

Add humor to any object.

Prompt: Add illustrated googly eyes and stick hands on the bird in an exaggerated comedic pose.

Credit to madpencil.

31. Create Tileable Patterns

Generate seamless textures for backgrounds.

Prompt: A tileable pattern of cute bananas on a white background. Ensure the pattern is completely seamless.

32. Camera Angle Changes

Get a "Birds Eye View" or "POV" shot while keeping character consistency.

Prompt: Show me a top down 90 degree birds eye view shot of this scene.

33. Restore Old Images

Fix scratches and colorize vintage photos.

Prompt: Restore and colorize this image. Remove any scratches or imperfections.

34. Precise Edits with Annotations

Draw arrows on an image and tell the AI exactly what to do.

Prompt: Follow the instructions.

35. Reimagine Products

Take a photo of a sneaker and ask AI to redesign it.

Prompt: Using this image, create a pair of sneakers inspired by it’s design.

36. Pose Sheet

Upload a character and a reference pose to force a specific action.

Prompt: Place the women in image 1 in the same poses as image 2, editorial photoshoot, clean minimalistic environment

37. Upscaling

Turn low-res images into 4K masterpieces (Hallucinated detail).

Prompt: Upscale.

38. Facial Expressions Grid

Create a character sheet of emotions.

Prompt: Using this person, create a character sheet of various emotions, label all of them.

39. Selfie with Celebrities

Insert yourself into a scene with Breaking Bad characters.

Prompt: They are taking a pov selfie posing and standing next to Walter white.

40. Become a Celebrity (Grammy Win)

Live out your dreams of winning an award.

Prompt: The person in this image have won a grammy award.

41. Hollywood Walk of Fame

Get your own star.

Prompt: The person is kneeling down in front of the star... On the star is the name Wednesday.

42. Discover the Lore

Upload a weird image and ask AI to invent the backstory.

Prompt: Create an image of the lore behind this image. Include text explaining it.

43. Lighting Setup Diagram

Reverse engineer a photo to see how it was lit.

Prompt: Show me a behind the scenes shot of this image, show me where the camera and lights are placed, use arrows to label the name of the lights, the lens used, the camera shot/angle, what kind of lights used and any other interesting information.

44. Logo Ideas Generator

Generate multiple concepts for a brand.

Prompt: Create a grid of 6 modern but minimalistic logos for a company called YUMEN.

45. Full Brand Identity

Expand a logo into a full mood board.

Prompt: Create an entire brand identity moodboard using this logo.

46. Translate Text / Manga

Seamlessly translate Japanese Manga or signs to English.

Prompt: Translate the text to English.

47. Aesthetic Style Transfer

Apply the color palette and vibe of one image to a completely new scene.

Prompt: Create a 4-panel image. Use the style of the reference image and use the same color palette.

48. Remaster Video Games

Make Metal Gear Solid 1 look like real life.

Prompt: Remaster this image of metal gear solid 1, make it look photorealistic.

49. Coloring Book Pages

Turn a photo into a black and white line drawing.

Prompt: Turn this image into a simple coloring book line drawing, black and white.

50. Child's Drawing Style

Reverse the process, make an image look like a chaotic crayon drawing.

Prompt: Make it look like the image has been colored in with crayons by a 5 year old.

51. Timelapse Construction

Generate the "start" frame for a video AI to bridge.

Prompt: Deconstruct the ship, it’s now at it’s first phase of construction.

52. Hyperlapse Zoom

Generate frames to create a zooming video effect.

Prompt: Move closer to the big ben tower.

53. Polaroid Style

Give your images that nostalgic, flash-photography look.

Prompt: Take a picture with a Polaroid camera. The photo should look like a normal photo, without any clear subject or props. The photo should have a slight blur, flash photography. Replace the background behind the woman with a white curtain. They have silly props and are doing funny poses.

54. Artificial Camera Roll

Generate a UI that looks like an iPhone gallery.

Prompt: Show me an iPhone camera roll containing photos of the women, it shows the last 8 photos.

55. VFX and Environment Alterations

Set a car on fire or flood a street.

Prompt: The yellow formula 1 car in the front is on fire.

56. Remove Elements

Clean up an image by removing specific people or objects.

Prompt: Just remove the bicycle from the image but keep the women in the shot.

57. Item Swap

Replace a teddy bear with a banana plushie.

Prompt: Replace the teddy bear with a giant banana plushie.

58. Character Swap (Text Based)

Swap a human for a chimp.

Prompt: Replace the woman with a chimpanzee but keep her outfit the same.

59. Sketch to Thumbnail (with Likeness)

Combine a rough sketch + a photo of a person to create a thumbnail featuring that person.

Prompt: reate a photorealistic youtube thumbnail using this sketch. It shows a white female framed close in the shot with an expression of excitement. She has her hands on either side of her face. It’s a beautiful sunny day. Behind her is a colorful waterpark. The text WATERPARK ADVENTURE is a bold bubble font in blue and yellow with a black stroke outline. Ensure the composition and all elements remains the same.

60. Sketch to Thumbnail (Concept Only)

Turn a stick figure drawing into a 4K image.

Prompt: Create a photorealistic youtube thumbnail using this sketch.

61. Outpainting

Reveal what is outside the frame of your image (Zoom Out).

Prompt: Zoom out. Don't change the composition.

62. Product Placement (Text Integration)

Put a product in a chimp's hand and keep the text legible.

Prompt: A cinematic fisheye lens perspective shot shows a chimpanzee with gold teeth, wearing a shirt with a tileable banana pattern on it at the beach. Behind the chimpanzee is the ocean on a beautiful sunny day. It's holding and showcasing the REKT CREAM close to the camera. All writing on the container is clearly visible.