Mid-Autumn Snow Globe, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Example made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

Text to image3D & miniatures

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst 3D character promptMid-Autumn Snow Globe

The exact text-to-image prompt behind this picture, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A crystal ball on a sunny windowsill containing a tiny Mid-Autumn scene: a girl and a white rabbit floating up toward a big golden moon among clouds, mooncakes on a little table, golden light refracting onto the wooden sill, magical macro photography, no text.

Prompts are kept in their original English to help reproduce the example. Copy one as it is, or adapt it for your project.

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Settings

Mode
Text to image
Aspect ratio
4:5
Quality
high
Price
From 2 credits

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Make your own version

  1. For a different mood, rewrite only the light: golden light refracting onto the wooden sill.
  2. magical macro photography sets the whole feel of the shot. Swap it for another camera style to change the vibe.
  3. The prompt ends with no text. Leave that in, or the model may add random lettering.

Where this idea comes from

Inspired by an idea from @dotey, collected in jamez-bondos/awesome-gpt4o-images under CC BY 4.0. PopNow wrote this prompt and made the example above.

Style prompt guide

Style traits to keep

A miniature Mid-Autumn Festival diorama captured inside a glass orb resting on a sunlit wooden windowsill. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst renders transparent crystal surfaces, optical glass caustics, and delicate miniature figurines with pristine clarity. The contrast between realistic macro tabletop photography and glowing mythical storytelling gives the scene an enchanting, tangible presence.

The miniature glass diorama aesthetic relies on tactile optical physics paired with highly detailed micro-sculptures.

Light
Caustic golden patterns bend through the sphere to cast illuminated amber patterns directly onto the textured windowsill.
Texture
Flawless, polished curved glass sharply contrasts against rough organic wood grain and frosted porcelain-like figurines.
Composition
A close macro perspective places the orb dead center with shallow focus, softly blurring the natural sunlight behind it.
Palette
Warm honey ambers, rich timber browns, and radiant lunar gold dominate, accented only by the pure white of the rabbit.

What defines this look

  1. environment and container anchorVertical 4:5 portrait frame. A crystal ball on a sunny windowsill

    Establishes the macro viewpoint, aspect ratio, and the primary glass object sitting on a textured surface. Removing this turns the image into an open-air fantasy sky instead of a contained tabletop display.

  2. core miniature narrativecontaining a tiny Mid-Autumn scene: a girl and a white rabbit floating up

    Packs the mythological figures of Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit inside the sphere at miniature scale. Without specifying the tiny scale, the model may render full-sized people standing next to a regular glass ball.

  3. interior scenery and propstoward a big golden moon among clouds, mooncakes on a little table,

    Supplies the luminous backdrop and traditional festive banquet details inside the globe. Changing this lets you swap cultural festivals while keeping the same miniature glass diorama format.

  4. optical lighting and finishgolden light refracting onto the wooden sill, magical macro photography, no text.

    Enforces natural caustic lighting through the curved crystal and tells the camera lens to use a shallow depth of field. Removing this phrase results in flat studio lighting without realistic glass refractions.

Same style, new subjects

Cyberpunk alley in glass

Swaps ancient folklore for rainy neon sci-fi while keeping the same glass refraction and windowsill environment.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A crystal ball on a sunny windowsill containing a tiny cyberpunk city scene: an adult pedestrian holding a clear umbrella walking past glowing neon ramen storefronts, golden light refracting onto the wooden sill, magical macro photography, no text.

Sunlit cottage garden

Uses an animal subject and lush greenery inside the orb for a serene, natural still life.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A crystal ball on a sunny windowsill containing a tiny garden glade scene: an orange tabby cat napping under towering miniature sunflowers and mossy stepping stones, golden light refracting onto the wooden sill, magical macro photography, no text.

Winter cabin retreat

Contrasts cold snowy miniature scenery inside the globe with warm golden window light on the outside.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A crystal ball on a sunny windowsill containing a tiny alpine winter scene: an old log cabin with chimney smoke drifting through snow-covered evergreen trees, golden light refracting onto the wooden sill, magical macro photography, no text.

Model and settings

Keep the ratio set to 4:5 as written in the prompt frame command to maintain the vertical orientation required for tabletop displays. Set quality to high so GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst fully renders the micro-scale details like the tiny mooncakes and intricate glass refraction. Leave the mode on text-to-image without reference images to let the model generate balanced optical caustics from scratch.

  • FLUX.2 ProSwitch to FLUX.2 Pro when you want strict photoreal optical physics on the glass reflections and exact hex-coded warm tones on the wood.

When the style drifts

The figures spill out of the sphere and stand on the windowsill beside the ball.
Strengthen containment by changing containing a tiny Mid-Autumn scene to completely enclosed inside a solid transparent glass sphere.
The interior figures look like a flat 2D sticker slapped onto the glass surface.
Add sculpted three-dimensional miniature diorama inside the center of the sphere to force dimensional modeling.
The crystal ball appears murky, dark, or opaque without visible interior light.
Replace sunny windowsill with bright direct sunlight streaming through a glass orb to drive internal illumination.

Questions about this style prompt

How do I make the miniature figures inside the orb look more detailed?

Specify sculpted materials like painted polymer clay or fine porcelain miniature figurines. Words that imply tangible craft materials help the model understand that the figures must be rendered with crisp physical volume.

Can I turn this crystal ball into an authentic liquid snow globe?

Yes. Add swirling golden glitter floating in clear liquid and a decorative brass base under the glass globe. Mentioning floating particles naturally triggers liquid-filled snow globe characteristics.

Why is the background outside the window completely white?

Direct window lighting can cause the AI to blow out exterior exposure. Add soft garden bokeh outside the sunny window to force background greenery and prevent overexposed white skies.