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A screen printed travel poster prompt for ChatGPT

Updated November 2026

Sample Sunny Travel Poster poster for: Summer timetable for a small archipelago ferry line
A sample made in this style, for: Summer timetable for a small archipelago ferry line. Your result will differ.

What this style is

A screen printed travel poster made from flat opaque shapes in six or seven inks, with hard edges and a few sharp highlight facets. It looks like a flat colour illustration screen printed on cream stock.

What makes it look like this

  • silhouette framing at both edges
  • angular facets on mountains and clouds
  • reflection of the hero in water
  • cream border like a printed poster
  • bottom band with red title

Colours

  • #F7EFD2
  • #47B0B8
  • #4E8F3A
  • #2F3B2F
  • #D6402B
  • #E8A83A

Cream paper, sky teal and leaf green carry the scene, with one hot red for the type band. Replace the teal with a brand colour and keep greens and cream as neutral supports.

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: Summer timetable for a small archipelago ferry line.
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: Sunny Travel Poster
A screen printed travel poster made from flat opaque shapes in six or seven inks, with hard edges and a few sharp highlight facets. It looks like a vector illustration printed on cream stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- silhouette framing at both edges
- angular facets on mountains and clouds
- reflection of the hero in water
- cream border like a printed poster
- bottom band with red title

SUBJECT
Show Summer timetable for a small archipelago ferry line 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 single scene seen through a frame of two leaning silhouettes, such as palms or masts, with a big shape in the middle distance and a vehicle or building as the focal point. Foreground shapes frame the sides, water reflects the vehicle, and a clean cream band at the bottom holds the title.

TYPOGRAPHY
Chunky friendly slab or brush capitals for the place name at the top in cream or red, and a bold slab sans for the sponsor line in the bottom band, plus small plain sans for details.
Render exactly these words, spelled exactly as written, and no other text anywhere:
- headline: "Island Hopping"
- second line: "Linnea Ferry Line, every day June to August"
- small details: "Departs Strömkajen 09:30, 12:00, 16:45"
Give them a clear hierarchy: the headline large and dominant, the rest much smaller.

COLOUR
Palette: #F7EFD2, #47B0B8, #4E8F3A, #2F3B2F, #D6402B, #E8A83A. Cream paper, sky teal and leaf green carry the scene, with one hot red for the type band. Replace the teal with a brand colour and keep greens and cream as neutral supports.

TEXTURE AND FINISH
Flat ink with tiny misregistration and a soft cream paper grain, no gradients except one sky blend.

AVOID
- photorealism
- gradient mesh shine
- lens flare
- clip art palm trees with outlines
- gibberish text
- modern UI icons
- 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

  1. Open ChatGPT and check that image creation is available on your account.
  2. Paste the prompt. Replace the subject line and the words in quotes.
  3. Send it. If something is off, ask for one change at a time.
  4. 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: Sunny Travel Poster
A screen printed travel poster made from flat opaque shapes in six or seven inks, with hard edges and a few sharp highlight facets. It looks like a vector illustration printed on cream stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- silhouette framing at both edges
- angular facets on mountains and clouds
- reflection of the hero in water
- cream border like a printed poster
- bottom band with red title

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 single scene seen through a frame of two leaning silhouettes, such as palms or masts, with a big shape in the middle distance and a vehicle or building as the focal point. Foreground shapes frame the sides, water reflects the vehicle, and a clean cream band at the bottom holds the title.

TYPOGRAPHY
Chunky friendly slab or brush capitals for the place name at the top in cream or red, and a bold slab sans for the sponsor line in the bottom band, plus small plain sans for details.
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: #F7EFD2, #47B0B8, #4E8F3A, #2F3B2F, #D6402B, #E8A83A. Cream paper, sky teal and leaf green carry the scene, with one hot red for the type band. Replace the teal with a brand colour and keep greens and cream as neutral supports.

TEXTURE AND FINISH
Flat ink with tiny misregistration and a soft cream paper grain, no gradients except one sky blend.

AVOID
- photorealism
- gradient mesh shine
- lens flare
- clip art palm trees with outlines
- gibberish text
- modern UI icons
- 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: Sunny Travel Poster
A screen printed travel poster made from flat opaque shapes in six or seven inks, with hard edges and a few sharp highlight facets. It looks like a vector illustration printed on cream stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- silhouette framing at both edges
- angular facets on mountains and clouds
- reflection of the hero in water
- cream border like a printed poster
- bottom band with red title

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 single scene seen through a frame of two leaning silhouettes, such as palms or masts, with a big shape in the middle distance and a vehicle or building as the focal point. Foreground shapes frame the sides, water reflects the vehicle, and a clean cream band at the bottom holds the title.

TYPOGRAPHY
Chunky friendly slab or brush capitals for the place name at the top in cream or red, and a bold slab sans for the sponsor line in the bottom band, plus small plain sans for details.
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: #F7EFD2, #47B0B8, #4E8F3A, #2F3B2F, #D6402B, #E8A83A. Cream paper, sky teal and leaf green carry the scene, with one hot red for the type band. Replace the teal with a brand colour and keep greens and cream as neutral supports.

TEXTURE AND FINISH
Flat ink with tiny misregistration and a soft cream paper grain, no gradients except one sky blend.

AVOID
- photorealism
- gradient mesh shine
- lens flare
- clip art palm trees with outlines
- gibberish text
- modern UI icons
- 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: Sunny Travel Poster
A screen printed travel poster made from flat opaque shapes in six or seven inks, with hard edges and a few sharp highlight facets. It looks like a vector illustration printed on cream stock.
Signature moves to keep:
- silhouette framing at both edges
- angular facets on mountains and clouds
- reflection of the hero in water
- cream border like a printed poster
- bottom band with red title

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 single scene seen through a frame of two leaning silhouettes, such as palms or masts, with a big shape in the middle distance and a vehicle or building as the focal point. Foreground shapes frame the sides, water reflects the vehicle, and a clean cream band at the bottom holds the title.

TYPOGRAPHY
Chunky friendly slab or brush capitals for the place name at the top in cream or red, and a bold slab sans for the sponsor line in the bottom band, plus small plain sans for details.
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: #F7EFD2, #47B0B8, #4E8F3A, #2F3B2F, #D6402B, #E8A83A. Cream paper, sky teal and leaf green carry the scene, with one hot red for the type band. Replace the teal with a brand colour and keep greens and cream as neutral supports.

TEXTURE AND FINISH
Flat ink with tiny misregistration and a soft cream paper grain, no gradients except one sky blend.

AVOID
- photorealism
- gradient mesh shine
- lens flare
- clip art palm trees with outlines
- gibberish text
- modern UI icons
- 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 single scene seen through a frame of two leaning silhouettes, such as palms or masts, with a big shape in the middle distance and a vehicle or building as the focal point. Foreground shapes frame the sides, water reflects the vehicle, and a clean cream band at the bottom holds the title.

Type. Chunky friendly slab or brush capitals for the place name at the top in cream or red, and a bold slab sans for the sponsor line in the bottom band, plus small plain sans for details.

Finish. Flat ink with tiny misregistration and a soft cream paper grain, no gradients except one sky blend.

What to keep out

  • photorealism
  • gradient mesh shine
  • lens flare
  • clip art palm trees with outlines
  • gibberish text
  • modern UI icons

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 travel 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 travel poster made from flat opaque shapes in six or seven inks, with hard edges and a few sharp highlight facets.

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.