A plant photo collage poster prompt for ChatGPT
Updated November 2026

What this style is
A digital photo collage of cut out plant photographs layered on a white page with thin keylines and small text boxes, as an editorial designer would build in layout software. The photos are real studio shots, hard cut with clean edges.
What makes it look like this
- rotated giant serif title along the edge
- one saturated red leaf against green ones
- hairline text boxes
- small inset plant photo
- leaves bleeding off the page
Colours
#FFFFFF#1C1C1C#3E7A3C#C8D86A#C0301F#E8A02E
White ground, black type, natural leaf greens and one fiery red and orange leaf as the surprise. For a brand, make the type colour the brand dark and let a single plant accent echo the brand accent.
The prompt
Paste this into ChatGPT with image creation on. Change the subject and the three lines of words for your own, and check the spelling before you send it.
Create a finished graphic design: a poster in A3 portrait (1:1.41) format. It is for: Pop up plant lending library in a cafe.
It must look designed and made by hand by a skilled human designer and illustrator, in the style described below. Treat the style as a strict art direction.
STYLE: Cutout Plant Collage
A digital photo collage of cut out plant photographs layered on a white page with thin keylines and small text boxes, as an editorial designer would build in layout software. The photos are real studio shots, hard cut with clean edges.
Signature moves to keep:
- rotated giant serif title along the edge
- one saturated red leaf against green ones
- hairline text boxes
- small inset plant photo
- leaves bleeding off the page
SUBJECT
Show Pop up plant lending library in a cafe in this style. Make the subject the hero and fit everything to it: props, setting and details should belong to this subject, not to the example the style came from.
COMPOSITION
Two or three huge leaves cross the page from one side, with a narrow vertical or rotated title running up the edge, a pinned grid of tiny text and a small hanging plant inset. White space is generous and leaves bleed off the edges.
TYPOGRAPHY
Elegant high contrast serif capitals, huge and rotated ninety degrees along an edge, with tiny sans body text in thin boxed columns.
Render exactly these words, spelled exactly as written, and no other text anywhere:
- headline: "Leaf Library"
- second line: "Borrow a houseplant for the season"
- small details: "Open Wed to Sun, Café Fikon, Sankt Eriksgatan 40"
Give them a clear hierarchy: the headline large and dominant, the rest much smaller.
COLOUR
Palette: #FFFFFF, #1C1C1C, #3E7A3C, #C8D86A, #C0301F, #E8A02E. White ground, black type, natural leaf greens and one fiery red and orange leaf as the surprise. For a brand, make the type colour the brand dark and let a single plant accent echo the brand accent.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Clean studio shadows under leaves, subtle paper white, crisp keylines.
AVOID
- watercolour effects
- clip art leaves
- plastic sheen
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- busy green on green
- anything that looks AI generated: plastic sheen, airbrushed skin, overly smooth gradients, glow and lens flare, HDR, stock photo smiles
- gibberish letters, made up words or any text other than the exact words given
- watermarks, signatures, UI elements, borders or frames around the design
- filler decoration: sparkles, floating dots and stars, confetti, random geometric shapes, gradient orbs, ornamental dividers
- uniform line weight, plastic or airbrushed shading, soft storybook gloss, perfect symmetry, melted or merging details, impossible objects
- showing the design as a mockup (a poster on a wall, a phone, a hand holding it): the artwork itself must fill the whole canvas edge to edge, flat and straight on
Do not search the web or look anything up: work only from this brief, so nothing from elsewhere leaks into the design.
Make the image now, in A3 portrait (1:1.41) format, without asking questions first.
(Brief written with OpenTempl, the free, open source design app at opentempl.org. The designer brings the picture back there to set and edit the words.)How to use it
- Open ChatGPT and check that image creation is available on your account.
- Paste the prompt. Replace the subject line and the words in quotes.
- Send it. If something is off, ask for one change at a time.
- Check every word on the poster. A typo in your prompt is copied into the picture.
Three versions for common jobs
The same prompt, set for a gig poster, an Instagram post and a menu. The words are examples; replace them.
Gig poster
Create a finished graphic design: a poster in A3 portrait (1:1.41) format. It is for: a live music night with three bands at a small venue.
It must look designed and made by hand by a skilled human designer and illustrator, in the style described below. Treat the style as a strict art direction.
STYLE: Cutout Plant Collage
A digital photo collage of cut out plant photographs layered on a white page with thin keylines and small text boxes, as an editorial designer would build in layout software. The photos are real studio shots, hard cut with clean edges.
Signature moves to keep:
- rotated giant serif title along the edge
- one saturated red leaf against green ones
- hairline text boxes
- small inset plant photo
- leaves bleeding off the page
SUBJECT
Show a live music night with three bands at a small venue in this style. Make the subject the hero and fit everything to it: props, setting and details should belong to this subject, not to the example the style came from.
COMPOSITION
Two or three huge leaves cross the page from one side, with a narrow vertical or rotated title running up the edge, a pinned grid of tiny text and a small hanging plant inset. White space is generous and leaves bleed off the edges.
TYPOGRAPHY
Elegant high contrast serif capitals, huge and rotated ninety degrees along an edge, with tiny sans body text in thin boxed columns.
Render exactly these words, spelled exactly as written, and no other text anywhere:
- headline: "Three Bands, One Night"
- second line: "Doors 20:00, entry 100 kr"
- small details: "Fri 14 Nov, Kolingsborg, Stockholm"
Give them a clear hierarchy: the headline large and dominant, the rest much smaller.
COLOUR
Palette: #FFFFFF, #1C1C1C, #3E7A3C, #C8D86A, #C0301F, #E8A02E. White ground, black type, natural leaf greens and one fiery red and orange leaf as the surprise. For a brand, make the type colour the brand dark and let a single plant accent echo the brand accent.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Clean studio shadows under leaves, subtle paper white, crisp keylines.
AVOID
- watercolour effects
- clip art leaves
- plastic sheen
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- busy green on green
- anything that looks AI generated: plastic sheen, airbrushed skin, overly smooth gradients, glow and lens flare, HDR, stock photo smiles
- gibberish letters, made up words or any text other than the exact words given
- watermarks, signatures, UI elements, borders or frames around the design
- filler decoration: sparkles, floating dots and stars, confetti, random geometric shapes, gradient orbs, ornamental dividers
- uniform line weight, plastic or airbrushed shading, soft storybook gloss, perfect symmetry, melted or merging details, impossible objects
- showing the design as a mockup (a poster on a wall, a phone, a hand holding it): the artwork itself must fill the whole canvas edge to edge, flat and straight on
Do not search the web or look anything up: work only from this brief, so nothing from elsewhere leaks into the design.
Make the image now, in A3 portrait (1:1.41) format, without asking questions first.
(Brief written with OpenTempl, the free, open source design app at opentempl.org. The designer brings the picture back there to set and edit the words.)Instagram post
Create a finished graphic design: a instagram post in 4:5 portrait format. It is for: an announcement post for a new product launch from a small shop.
It must look designed and made by hand by a skilled human designer and illustrator, in the style described below. Treat the style as a strict art direction.
STYLE: Cutout Plant Collage
A digital photo collage of cut out plant photographs layered on a white page with thin keylines and small text boxes, as an editorial designer would build in layout software. The photos are real studio shots, hard cut with clean edges.
Signature moves to keep:
- rotated giant serif title along the edge
- one saturated red leaf against green ones
- hairline text boxes
- small inset plant photo
- leaves bleeding off the page
SUBJECT
Show an announcement post for a new product launch from a small shop in this style. Make the subject the hero and fit everything to it: props, setting and details should belong to this subject, not to the example the style came from.
COMPOSITION
Two or three huge leaves cross the page from one side, with a narrow vertical or rotated title running up the edge, a pinned grid of tiny text and a small hanging plant inset. White space is generous and leaves bleed off the edges.
TYPOGRAPHY
Elegant high contrast serif capitals, huge and rotated ninety degrees along an edge, with tiny sans body text in thin boxed columns.
Render exactly these words, spelled exactly as written, and no other text anywhere:
- headline: "Now In Store"
- second line: "The autumn collection is here"
- small details: "Open daily 10 to 18"
Give them a clear hierarchy: the headline large and dominant, the rest much smaller.
COLOUR
Palette: #FFFFFF, #1C1C1C, #3E7A3C, #C8D86A, #C0301F, #E8A02E. White ground, black type, natural leaf greens and one fiery red and orange leaf as the surprise. For a brand, make the type colour the brand dark and let a single plant accent echo the brand accent.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Clean studio shadows under leaves, subtle paper white, crisp keylines.
AVOID
- watercolour effects
- clip art leaves
- plastic sheen
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- busy green on green
- anything that looks AI generated: plastic sheen, airbrushed skin, overly smooth gradients, glow and lens flare, HDR, stock photo smiles
- gibberish letters, made up words or any text other than the exact words given
- watermarks, signatures, UI elements, borders or frames around the design
- filler decoration: sparkles, floating dots and stars, confetti, random geometric shapes, gradient orbs, ornamental dividers
- uniform line weight, plastic or airbrushed shading, soft storybook gloss, perfect symmetry, melted or merging details, impossible objects
- showing the design as a mockup (a poster on a wall, a phone, a hand holding it): the artwork itself must fill the whole canvas edge to edge, flat and straight on
Do not search the web or look anything up: work only from this brief, so nothing from elsewhere leaks into the design.
Make the image now, in 4:5 portrait format, without asking questions first.
(Brief written with OpenTempl, the free, open source design app at opentempl.org. The designer brings the picture back there to set and edit the words.)Menu
Create a finished graphic design: a poster in A3 portrait (1:1.41) format. It is for: a one page menu for a neighbourhood cafe.
It must look designed and made by hand by a skilled human designer and illustrator, in the style described below. Treat the style as a strict art direction.
STYLE: Cutout Plant Collage
A digital photo collage of cut out plant photographs layered on a white page with thin keylines and small text boxes, as an editorial designer would build in layout software. The photos are real studio shots, hard cut with clean edges.
Signature moves to keep:
- rotated giant serif title along the edge
- one saturated red leaf against green ones
- hairline text boxes
- small inset plant photo
- leaves bleeding off the page
SUBJECT
Show a one page menu for a neighbourhood cafe in this style. Make the subject the hero and fit everything to it: props, setting and details should belong to this subject, not to the example the style came from.
COMPOSITION
Two or three huge leaves cross the page from one side, with a narrow vertical or rotated title running up the edge, a pinned grid of tiny text and a small hanging plant inset. White space is generous and leaves bleed off the edges.
TYPOGRAPHY
Elegant high contrast serif capitals, huge and rotated ninety degrees along an edge, with tiny sans body text in thin boxed columns.
Render exactly these words, spelled exactly as written, and no other text anywhere:
- headline: "Cafe Menu"
- second line: "Coffee, pastries and lunch"
- small details: "Filter coffee 35 kr, Cinnamon bun 40 kr, Soup of the day 120 kr"
Give them a clear hierarchy: the headline large and dominant, the rest much smaller.
COLOUR
Palette: #FFFFFF, #1C1C1C, #3E7A3C, #C8D86A, #C0301F, #E8A02E. White ground, black type, natural leaf greens and one fiery red and orange leaf as the surprise. For a brand, make the type colour the brand dark and let a single plant accent echo the brand accent.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Clean studio shadows under leaves, subtle paper white, crisp keylines.
AVOID
- watercolour effects
- clip art leaves
- plastic sheen
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- busy green on green
- anything that looks AI generated: plastic sheen, airbrushed skin, overly smooth gradients, glow and lens flare, HDR, stock photo smiles
- gibberish letters, made up words or any text other than the exact words given
- watermarks, signatures, UI elements, borders or frames around the design
- filler decoration: sparkles, floating dots and stars, confetti, random geometric shapes, gradient orbs, ornamental dividers
- uniform line weight, plastic or airbrushed shading, soft storybook gloss, perfect symmetry, melted or merging details, impossible objects
- showing the design as a mockup (a poster on a wall, a phone, a hand holding it): the artwork itself must fill the whole canvas edge to edge, flat and straight on
Do not search the web or look anything up: work only from this brief, so nothing from elsewhere leaks into the design.
Make the image now, in A3 portrait (1:1.41) format, without asking questions first.
(Brief written with OpenTempl, the free, open source design app at opentempl.org. The designer brings the picture back there to set and edit the words.)Layout, type and finish
Layout. Two or three huge leaves cross the page from one side, with a narrow vertical or rotated title running up the edge, a pinned grid of tiny text and a small hanging plant inset. White space is generous and leaves bleed off the edges.
Type. Elegant high contrast serif capitals, huge and rotated ninety degrees along an edge, with tiny sans body text in thin boxed columns.
Finish. Clean studio shadows under leaves, subtle paper white, crisp keylines.
What to keep out
- watercolour effects
- clip art leaves
- plastic sheen
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- busy green on green
Make your own in OpenTempl, free
Bring your own OpenAI key and the Generate tab uses this exact art direction, called a Look. It can leave room for your words, so you set them as live text and fix a typo without making the picture again. OpenTempl is free and works offline. OpenAI bills you for the images you make, and OpenTempl takes nothing.
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Questions
Can ChatGPT make a real a plant photo collage print?
It makes an image that imitates the look. For a physical version, use the image as artwork and take a print file to a printer that can reproduce the medium: a digital photo collage of cut out plant photographs layered on a white page with thin keylines and small text boxes, as an editorial designer would build in layout software.
What size should I ask for?
This style is set up for poster (A3 portrait), Instagram post (4:5), story (9:16), flyer (A5). Name the format in the prompt, as the examples do, and the layout follows it.
Why do the words come out wrong?
Image models draw letters as pictures, and they sometimes get them wrong. Keep the words short, put them in quotes, and check every letter. In OpenTempl you can leave room for the words and add them as live text.