A screen printed psychedelic gig poster prompt for ChatGPT
Updated November 2026

What this style is
A screen printed gig poster with hand drawn flowing lettering and ribbon outlines that run from the title into the hair of a halftone portrait. Two or three inks overprint on kraft or warm grey stock.
What makes it look like this
- letters flowing into ribbon lines
- central medallion with halftone portrait
- vibrating red and blue overprint
- curved info text along ribbons
- kraft stock
Colours
#C9BFAE#E8402A#2557D6#F2B233#17120F
Warm paper stock with vermilion and ultramarine carrying everything, a golden yellow and black as supporting inks. For a brand, choose two contrasting brand colours for the two main inks and keep a neutral warm stock.
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: EP release night for a local garage band.
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: Psychedelic Lettering
A screen printed gig poster with hand drawn flowing lettering and ribbon outlines that run from the title into the hair of a halftone portrait. Two or three inks overprint on kraft or warm grey stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- letters flowing into ribbon lines
- central medallion with halftone portrait
- vibrating red and blue overprint
- curved info text along ribbons
- kraft stock
SUBJECT
Show EP release night for a local garage band 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
A circular or oval medallion at the centre holds a halftone photo portrait, framed by fat flowing letters that bend around it. Ribbon lines spill down into a second smaller portrait or motif near the bottom. Info text curves along the ribbons.
TYPOGRAPHY
Melting, bubble shaped hand lettering where letters swell and join, filled with the second ink, and curved small lettering following the ribbon lines.
Render exactly these words, spelled exactly as written, and no other text anywhere:
- headline: "The Velvet Moths"
- second line: "EP release, with special guests"
- small details: "Fri 9 May, doors 20:00, Pustervik, Gothenburg"
Give them a clear hierarchy: the headline large and dominant, the rest much smaller.
COLOUR
Palette: #C9BFAE, #E8402A, #2557D6, #F2B233, #17120F. Warm paper stock with vermilion and ultramarine carrying everything, a golden yellow and black as supporting inks. For a brand, choose two contrasting brand colours for the two main inks and keep a neutral warm stock.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Screen print ink with slight overprint darkening, paper grain, halftone dots in the photo.
AVOID
- clean modern sans
- airbrush gradients
- 3D bevel
- neon glow
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- 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: Psychedelic Lettering
A screen printed gig poster with hand drawn flowing lettering and ribbon outlines that run from the title into the hair of a halftone portrait. Two or three inks overprint on kraft or warm grey stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- letters flowing into ribbon lines
- central medallion with halftone portrait
- vibrating red and blue overprint
- curved info text along ribbons
- kraft stock
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
A circular or oval medallion at the centre holds a halftone photo portrait, framed by fat flowing letters that bend around it. Ribbon lines spill down into a second smaller portrait or motif near the bottom. Info text curves along the ribbons.
TYPOGRAPHY
Melting, bubble shaped hand lettering where letters swell and join, filled with the second ink, and curved small lettering following the ribbon lines.
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: #C9BFAE, #E8402A, #2557D6, #F2B233, #17120F. Warm paper stock with vermilion and ultramarine carrying everything, a golden yellow and black as supporting inks. For a brand, choose two contrasting brand colours for the two main inks and keep a neutral warm stock.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Screen print ink with slight overprint darkening, paper grain, halftone dots in the photo.
AVOID
- clean modern sans
- airbrush gradients
- 3D bevel
- neon glow
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- 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: Psychedelic Lettering
A screen printed gig poster with hand drawn flowing lettering and ribbon outlines that run from the title into the hair of a halftone portrait. Two or three inks overprint on kraft or warm grey stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- letters flowing into ribbon lines
- central medallion with halftone portrait
- vibrating red and blue overprint
- curved info text along ribbons
- kraft stock
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
A circular or oval medallion at the centre holds a halftone photo portrait, framed by fat flowing letters that bend around it. Ribbon lines spill down into a second smaller portrait or motif near the bottom. Info text curves along the ribbons.
TYPOGRAPHY
Melting, bubble shaped hand lettering where letters swell and join, filled with the second ink, and curved small lettering following the ribbon lines.
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: #C9BFAE, #E8402A, #2557D6, #F2B233, #17120F. Warm paper stock with vermilion and ultramarine carrying everything, a golden yellow and black as supporting inks. For a brand, choose two contrasting brand colours for the two main inks and keep a neutral warm stock.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Screen print ink with slight overprint darkening, paper grain, halftone dots in the photo.
AVOID
- clean modern sans
- airbrush gradients
- 3D bevel
- neon glow
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- 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: Psychedelic Lettering
A screen printed gig poster with hand drawn flowing lettering and ribbon outlines that run from the title into the hair of a halftone portrait. Two or three inks overprint on kraft or warm grey stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- letters flowing into ribbon lines
- central medallion with halftone portrait
- vibrating red and blue overprint
- curved info text along ribbons
- kraft stock
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
A circular or oval medallion at the centre holds a halftone photo portrait, framed by fat flowing letters that bend around it. Ribbon lines spill down into a second smaller portrait or motif near the bottom. Info text curves along the ribbons.
TYPOGRAPHY
Melting, bubble shaped hand lettering where letters swell and join, filled with the second ink, and curved small lettering following the ribbon lines.
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: #C9BFAE, #E8402A, #2557D6, #F2B233, #17120F. Warm paper stock with vermilion and ultramarine carrying everything, a golden yellow and black as supporting inks. For a brand, choose two contrasting brand colours for the two main inks and keep a neutral warm stock.
TEXTURE AND FINISH
Screen print ink with slight overprint darkening, paper grain, halftone dots in the photo.
AVOID
- clean modern sans
- airbrush gradients
- 3D bevel
- neon glow
- lens flare
- gibberish text
- 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. A circular or oval medallion at the centre holds a halftone photo portrait, framed by fat flowing letters that bend around it. Ribbon lines spill down into a second smaller portrait or motif near the bottom. Info text curves along the ribbons.
Type. Melting, bubble shaped hand lettering where letters swell and join, filled with the second ink, and curved small lettering following the ribbon lines.
Finish. Screen print ink with slight overprint darkening, paper grain, halftone dots in the photo.
What to keep out
- clean modern sans
- airbrush gradients
- 3D bevel
- neon glow
- lens flare
- gibberish text
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 screen printed psychedelic gig 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 screen printed gig poster with hand drawn flowing lettering and ribbon outlines that run from the title into the hair of a halftone portrait.
What size should I ask for?
This style is set up for poster (A3 portrait), Instagram post (4:5), flyer (A5), story (9:16). 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.