The Round Visitor, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Example made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst comic strip promptThe Round Visitor

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

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A three-panel comic follows a scruffy brown puppy watching a mint robot vacuum, placing its striped plush ball directly in the machine's path, then proudly retrieving the ball after the vacuum turns away. Keep each panel large with simple cream room backgrounds. Loose graphite contours, coral rug accents and soft window light, gentle domestic humor, one speech bubble reading "GOOD TRADE", no logos, no other 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

The exact price shows before you generate.

Make your own version

  1. The words in quotes, "GOOD TRADE", are printed in the picture. Keep them short and change them to your own.
  2. For a different mood, rewrite only the light: coral rug accents and soft window light.

Where this idea comes from

Inspired by an idea from @VigoCreativeAI, collected in VigoZhao/AI-Visual-Prompt-Cookbook under CC BY 4.0. PopNow wrote this prompt and made the example above.

Style prompt guide

Style traits to keep

A scruffy puppy conducts a silent negotiation with a robot vacuum in this warm, three-panel comic strip rendered with hand-drawn warmth. It works reliably on GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst because explicit panel actions combine with strict negative constraints on extra text, allowing the model's clean typography strengths to spotlight the single punchline speech bubble cleanly without visual clutter.

The charm of this style comes from restrained editorial sketching paired with intentional storybook color accents.

Line
Loose graphite contours create an organic, sketchbook feel that softens mechanical objects and gives the puppy believable scruffiness.
Palette
Simple cream room backgrounds paired with muted coral rug accents prevent color fatigue across three closely stacked comic boxes.
Light
Soft window light provides natural daytime illumination without harsh shadows, keeping the panel interiors bright and easily legible.
Composition
Vertical three-panel sequencing organizes the visual gag chronologically from top to bottom, making optimal use of upright screen space.

What defines this look

  1. layout and character setupVertical 4:5 portrait frame. A three-panel comic follows a scruffy brown puppy watching a mint robot vacuum,

    This establishes the vertical strip framework and introduces the two contrasting subjects. Omitting the panel count causes the generator to deliver a single illustration instead of sequential storytelling.

  2. narrative sequenceplacing its striped plush ball directly in the machine's path, then proudly retrieving the ball after the vacuum turns away.

    This dictates the chronological progression across the panels, giving the middle and final beats specific visual actions. Without these distinct cues, the model duplicates the same resting pose in every frame.

  3. background pacingKeep each panel large with simple cream room backgrounds.

    This restricts environmental clutter so the puppy and vacuum remain readable. Swapping cream for complex furniture textures risks crowding the small frames and distracting from character expressions.

  4. artistic medium and moodLoose graphite contours, coral rug accents and soft window light, gentle domestic humor,

    This locks in the cozy, hand-drawn editorial aesthetic and balances the color palette. If you remove loose graphite, the output often shifts toward slick, glossy 3D animation art.

  5. text and dialogue ruleone speech bubble reading "GOOD TRADE", no logos, no other text.

    This isolates the punchline to a single bubble while preventing the generator from scattering pseudo-English gibberish and fake brand labels across the robot vacuum and room walls.

Same style, new subjects

Houseplant Care Comic

Applies the identical drawing medium and three-beat pacing to an indoor gardening scenario.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A three-panel comic follows an adult botanist inspecting a drooping house fern, spraying it with a brass mister, then celebrating as a tiny green frond unfurls. Keep each panel large with simple cream room backgrounds. Loose graphite contours, coral rug accents and soft window light, gentle domestic humor, one speech bubble reading "HYDRATED", no logos, no other text.

Kitchen Baker Comic

Shifts the domestic setting to baking while retaining the light graphite style and single punchline bubble.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A three-panel comic follows an adult baker staring into an oven, pulling out a slightly lopsided loaf of sourdough, then buttering a warm thick slice with a satisfied grin. Keep each panel large with simple cream room backgrounds. Loose graphite contours, coral rug accents and soft window light, gentle domestic humor, one speech bubble reading "PERFECTION", no logos, no other text.

Cardboard Box Cat Comic

Swaps the puppy for a cat gag while keeping the warm editorial comic aesthetic and layout.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A three-panel comic follows an orange tabby ignoring an expensive velvet cat bed, squeezing awkwardly into a tiny shipping carton, then falling asleep with paws hanging out. Keep each panel large with simple cream room backgrounds. Loose graphite contours, coral rug accents and soft window light, gentle domestic humor, one speech bubble reading "FITS FINE", no logos, no other text.

Model and settings

Keep the 4:5 aspect ratio active because it gives all three comic panels sufficient vertical space to stack without squashing character heights. Leave the quality setting on high so GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst draws clean graphite outlines and spells the punchline text crisply. Switching to wide or square ratios forces panels side-by-side, resulting in narrow, cramped story frames that are difficult to read.

  • Nano Banana ProChoose Nano Banana Pro when you want rigid panel borders, as its layout-first planning excels at mapping out multi-frame comic structures before drawing.
  • Nano Banana 2.1Select Nano Banana 2.1 if you expand the dialogue to multiple bubbles, taking advantage of its sharp text rendering capabilities.

When the style drifts

The comic turns into an overly polished, glossy 3D cartoon instead of a hand-drawn sketch.
Reinforce the medium by adding pencil sketch on off-white paper and remove words like soft window light that the model might interpret as volumetric digital shading.
Random fake text and nonsense brand labels appear on the vacuum body or panel borders.
Strengthen the restriction by writing only one single speech bubble in the entire image, absolutely zero background lettering or product decals.
The generator produces two panels or four panels instead of exactly three narrative beats.
Replace the phrase three-panel comic with exactly three distinct vertical panels separated by white gutters: panel one, panel two, panel three.

Questions about this style prompt

Why does the speech bubble sometimes have misspelled or jumbled text?

While GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst handles short phrases well, longer text strings can degrade. Keep bubble text capped at two or three short words, use all capital letters enclosed in quotes, and confirm quality remains set to high.

Can I add speech bubbles to every panel in this comic?

You can, but splitting text across multiple panels increases the chance of gibberish words appearing. If you need multi-panel speech, explicitly label each frame in your prompt, such as Panel 1 bubble reading HELLO and Panel 3 bubble reading GOOD TRADE.

How do I make the panel dividers look like traditional comic borders?

Add thin black frame outlines separated by clean white gutters directly after the panel count phrase. This instructs the generator to insert standard print comic gutters instead of letting scenes blend together edge-to-edge.