Nano Banana prompts: official examples by use

These Nano Banana prompts come straight from Google, grouped by what you want to make, each with its source. They are taken from Google’s developer guide, its Gemini API documentation and its Nano Banana Pro tips, and sorted into stickers and icons, logos with text, product shots, photo edits, infographics and comics. Each one links to the matching listing in our prompt library, where you can copy it in one click.

Nano Banana is Google’s name for Gemini’s image generation. The Gemini API documentation lists three models under that name: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) and the original Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image). The prompts below work in the Gemini app, Google AI Studio and the API. For where to find each model, see how to use Nano Banana.

How to adapt any prompt here

Google’s Nano Banana Pro guide asks for five elements: subject, composition, action, location and style. Its DeepMind prompt guide adds two habits worth keeping:

• Put any text you want in the image inside quotes, and name the type style, such as “bold sans-serif font”.
• State the format you need, for example 4:3, 1:1 or 9:16, or “vertical social post”.

Swap the subject, colors and setting in the prompts below and keep the structure. That structure is what makes them work.

Stickers and icons

Google’s developer guide says to “be explicit about the style and remember to request a white background if you need one”. Its template:

A [style] sticker of a [subject], featuring [key characteristics] and a [color palette]. The design should have [line style] and [shading style]. The background must be white.

Google’s example:

A kawaii-style sticker of a happy red panda wearing a tiny bamboo hat. It's munching on a green bamboo leaf. The design features bold, clean outlines, simple cel-shading, and a vibrant color palette. The background must be white.

Listing: kawaii red panda sticker.

For app or web icons, this example appears in the Gemini API documentation:

An icon representing a cute dog. The background is white. Make the icons in a colorful and tactile 3D style. No text.

Listing: colorful 3D dog icon.

Logos and images with text

Google lists better text rendering among the upgrades in both Nano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2. Its template for text in images:

Create a [image type] for [brand/concept] with the text "[text to render]" in a [font style]. The design should be [style description], with a [color scheme].

Example from the developer guide:

Create a modern, minimalist logo for a coffee shop called 'The Daily Grind'. The text should be in a clean, bold, sans-serif font. The design should feature a simple, stylized icon of a coffee bean seamlessly integrated with the text. The color scheme is black and white.

Listing: minimalist coffee shop logo.

To place a logo you already have onto a product, upload it and use this Nano Banana Pro example from the API documentation:

Put this logo on a high-end ad for a banana scented perfume. The logo is perfectly integrated into the bottle.

Listing: banana-scented perfume ad with a logo.

For a poster-style scene with a title, Google’s documentation shows this isometric city prompt. It asks for current weather, so it relies on the model’s Google Search grounding:

Present a clear, 45° top-down isometric miniature 3D cartoon scene of London, featuring its most iconic landmarks and architectural elements. Use soft, refined textures with realistic PBR materials and gentle, lifelike lighting and shadows. Integrate the current weather conditions directly into the city environment to create an immersive atmospheric mood. Use a clean, minimalistic composition with a soft, solid-colored background. At the top-center, place the title "London" in large bold text, a prominent weather icon beneath it, then the date (small text) and temperature (medium text). All text must be centered with consistent spacing, and may subtly overlap the tops of the buildings.

Listing: isometric miniature city scene with title text.

Product shots and backgrounds

Studio product photo, from the developer guide:

A high-resolution, studio-lit product photograph of a minimalist ceramic coffee mug in matte black, presented on a polished concrete surface. The lighting is a three-point softbox setup designed to create soft, diffused highlights and eliminate harsh shadows. The camera angle is a slightly elevated 45-degree shot to showcase its clean lines. Ultra-realistic, with sharp focus on the steam rising from the coffee. Square image.

Listing: matte black mug product photo.

A background with empty space for your own headline:

A minimalist composition featuring a single, delicate red maple leaf positioned in the bottom-right of the frame. The background is a vast, empty off-white canvas, creating significant negative space for text. Soft, diffused lighting from the top left. Square image.

Listing: minimalist background with negative space.

Photo edits

Upload your photo first, then send the prompt. Three official examples from the developer guide:

Using the provided image of my cat, please add a small, knitted wizard hat on its head. Make it look like it's sitting comfortably and matches the soft lighting of the photo.

Listing: add a knitted wizard hat to a cat photo.

Using the provided image of a living room, change only the blue sofa to be a vintage, brown leather chesterfield sofa. Keep the rest of the room, including the pillows on the sofa and the lighting, unchanged.

Listing: change only the sofa in a living room photo.

Transform the provided photograph of a modern city street at night into the artistic style of Vincent van Gogh's 'Starry Night'. Preserve the original composition of buildings and cars, but render all elements with swirling, impasto brushstrokes and a dramatic palette of deep blues and bright yellows.

Listing: Starry Night style transfer. Our Gemini AI photo prompt guide has the templates behind these edits.

Short edit prompts work too. Google’s Nano Banana Pro post shows “Turn this scene into nighttime” and “Focus on the flowers” as complete prompts.

Infographics and diagrams

Google’s API documentation uses this prompt to show multi-turn editing:

Create a vibrant infographic that explains photosynthesis as if it were a recipe for a plant's favorite food. Show the "ingredients" (sunlight, water, CO2) and the "finished dish" (sugar/energy). The style should be like a page from a colorful kids' cookbook, suitable for a 4th grader.

Listing: photosynthesis infographic for kids.

In the same chat, Google then sends “Update this infographic to be in Spanish. Do not change any other elements of the image.” Google’s Nano Banana Pro post also gives “Create an infographic that shows how to make elaichi chai” as a one-line example. Google warns that you should “always verify the factual accuracy of data-driven visuals like diagrams and infographics.”

Comics and storyboards

Google’s template for a single panel:

A single comic book panel in a [art style] style. In the foreground, [character description and action]. In the background, [setting details]. The panel has a [dialogue/caption box] with the text "[Text]". The lighting creates a [mood] mood. [Aspect ratio].

A single comic book panel in a gritty, noir art style with high-contrast black and white inks. In the foreground, a detective in a trench coat stands under a flickering streetlamp, rain soaking his shoulders. In the background, the neon sign of a desolate bar reflects in a puddle. A caption box at the top reads "The city was a tough place to keep secrets." The lighting is harsh, creating a dramatic, somber mood. Landscape.

Listing: noir comic book panel. For several panels, Google’s DeepMind guide suggests uploading clear reference images and giving each character a distinct name so the model keeps their look across scenes.

What we leave out

We do not publish prompts that place real, identifiable people or celebrities into images. Editing a photo of yourself is fine; Google’s help page lists trying “different hairstyles” as a use for Nano Banana 2.