Spilled Matcha, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Example made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst photo style promptSpilled Matcha

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

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Vertical smartphone-style photo of a spilled iced matcha latte on sunny outdoor stone pavement, the clear cup on its side, a vivid green and white swirl spreading with ice cubes scattered, harsh summer sun with crisp shadows, candid and graphic, 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

The exact price shows before you generate.

Make your own version

  1. For a different mood, rewrite only the light: harsh summer sun with crisp shadows.
  2. 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 @Shinning1010, collected in freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2 under MIT. PopNow wrote this prompt and made the example above.

Style prompt guide

Style traits to keep

A spilled iced matcha latte splashes across sunlit flagstones in an unposed, modern phone-camera perspective. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst renders this scenario cleanly by combining crisp directional light with tactile material textures, preventing liquid puddles from turning into flat digital paint. The graphic contrast between vibrant green tea, milky white ribbons, and sharp asphalt shadows yields an authentic summer mishap.

This visual style relies on bright direct daylight and uncurated street realism to mimic high-end social documentary photography.

Light
Harsh direct sunlight cuts hard-edged dark shadows beneath the cup and ice, heightening three-dimensional realism without soft studio diffusers.
Palette
Saturated matcha green swirls against creamy milk and neutral stone grey, creating high visual punch without artificial color grading.
Texture
Rough mineral grain on the flagstones plays against glossy melting ice cubes and slick liquid translucency.
Composition
A casual top-down smartphone perspective captures an unplanned accidental spill with graphic, geometric balance.

What defines this look

  1. format and framing anchorVertical 4:5 portrait frame. Vertical smartphone-style photo of a spilled iced matcha latte

    It locks an informal mobile viewpoint and crop, ensuring the camera shoots straight down or slightly angled toward the drink rather than staging a sterile commercial studio product shot.

  2. environmental groundingon sunny outdoor stone pavement, the clear cup on its side,

    Grounding the subject on rough outdoor masonry provides tactile surface contrast and realistic physics. Removing it often leaves the cup hovering over nondescript or artificial studio flooring.

  3. liquid color and texturea vivid green and white swirl spreading with ice cubes scattered,

    This defines the marbling pattern and melted consistency. Without specifying both colors and the scattered ice, the spill tends to clump into a single solid-colored wash.

  4. lighting and aesthetic constraintharsh summer sun with crisp shadows, candid and graphic, no text.

    Direct sunlight produces high-contrast, razor-sharp edge definition while banning typography keeps artificial street signs or cup logos from cluttering the pavement composition.

Same style, new subjects

Spilled Blood Orange Juice

Swaps the matcha for vibrant citrus to test deep red juice and pulp textures on stone.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Vertical smartphone-style photo of a spilled blood orange juice on sunny outdoor stone pavement, the clear glass on its side, a vivid ruby red and pulp swirl spreading with ice cubes scattered, harsh summer sun with crisp shadows, candid and graphic, no text.

Dropped Strawberry Ice Cream Cone

Replaces the cup with a broken waffle cone to showcase melting dairy against rough asphalt.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Vertical smartphone-style photo of a dropped strawberry soft-serve cone on sunny outdoor asphalt pavement, the waffle cone broken on its side, a vivid pink swirl spreading with melting drips, harsh summer sun with crisp shadows, candid and graphic, no text.

Resting Tabby Cat on Pavement

Applies the sharp midday light and casual mobile crop to an animal subject.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Vertical smartphone-style photo of a sleeping ginger tabby cat on sunny outdoor stone pavement, curled casually on its side, a vivid white and orange fur pattern glowing, harsh summer sun with crisp shadows, candid and graphic, no text.

Model and settings

Keep the 4:5 aspect ratio because it matches the upright vertical smartphone format stated in the prompt, giving the spill an intimate, social feed presentation. Maintain high quality so the model cleanly resolves delicate translucent ice reflections, liquid marbling, and rough stone textures. If you reframe for a desktop wallpaper or banner, change the ratio to landscape while keeping quality on high to avoid muddy liquid borders.

  • FLUX.2 ProChoose FLUX.2 Pro when you want exacting photorealism for fluid mechanics and precise hex color control over the vivid matcha green tone.
  • Seedream 5.0 ProPick Seedream 5.0 Pro if you want to feed real reference photos of pavement or drink cups to guide the exact spill shape.

When the style drifts

The liquid looks like flat green paint rather than a milky beverage.
Change vivid green and white swirl spreading to translucent matcha tea separating into milky white cream ribbons and puddle sheen.
Overly diffuse, dim studio lighting ruins the candid outdoor phone snapshot feel.
Emphasize noon glare, sharp black contact shadows under ice cubes and remove any gentle lighting adjectives.
Unwanted promotional logos, cafe typography, or watermarks appear across the pavement or plastic cup.
Add blank unmarked transparent cup, clean plain pavement to reinforce the no text rule.

Questions about this style prompt

Why does GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst sometimes generate cups with fake cafe brand logos?

Beverage prompts frequently associate with retail cafe imagery in training data. To prevent random lettering, reinforce blank unbranded clear disposable cup alongside the existing no text instruction so the model avoids generating imaginary cafe names.

How do I make the liquid look more freshly dropped rather than an old dried stain?

Add terms like active splash droplets, wet liquid gloss, and pooling fluid right after the cup description. This forces the generator to render active fluid volume, reflections, and liquid depth instead of a thin matte residue.

Can I change the pavement surface to wooden boardwalk or tiled cafe floor?

Yes, swap outdoor stone pavement for weathered timber decking or terrazzo cafe patio tiles. Keep the harsh summer sun phrasing intact so the surface still catches strong specular highlights and sharp contrast shadows.