bytesagain 🎨 Image Prompt — AI Art Prompt Generator & Optimizer
Turn a vague idea into a detailed, production-ready image prompt. Built-in word banks for styles, lighting, composition, and quality modifiers — just provide a subject and go.
Commands
generate <subject>
Build a full image prompt from a subject. Randomly picks style, lighting, composition, and quality tags from the internal word bank to create a ready-to-use prompt.
image-prompt generate "a fox in a forest"
style <subject> <style>
Generate a prompt locked to a specific art style. Supported styles:
photorealistic— hyperrealistic photography lookanime— Japanese animation aestheticoil-painting— classical oil on canvaswatercolor— soft watercolor washespixel-art— retro pixel graphics3d-render— Blender/Octane 3D stylesketch— pencil/charcoal drawing
image-prompt style "mountain village" watercolor
enhance <prompt>
Take an existing prompt and upgrade it with quality boosters, detail tags, and a matching negative prompt suggestion.
image-prompt enhance "a cat sitting on a windowsill"
negative
Print a curated list of commonly used negative prompt terms, grouped by category (anatomy, quality, style, artifacts).
image-prompt negative
template <type>
Get a fill-in-the-blank prompt template for a specific genre. Available types:
portrait— character/person focuslandscape— scenery and environmentsproduct— commercial product shotsfood— food photographyarchitecture— buildings and interiorsfantasy— fantasy/sci-fi illustration
image-prompt template portrait
random
Roll the dice — generates a completely random creative prompt by combining random subjects, styles, lighting, and composition from the word bank.
image-prompt random
translate <chinese_description>
Convert a Chinese-language description into an English image prompt with appropriate tags.
image-prompt translate "一只猫坐在樱花树下"
save <name> <prompt>
Save a prompt to your local library for later reuse.
image-prompt save hero-shot "a knight standing on a cliff, dramatic lighting, cinematic, 8k"
list
Show all prompts saved in your local library.
image-prompt list
search <keyword>
Search your saved prompts by keyword.
image-prompt search knight
help
Show the help message with all available commands.
version
Print the current version number.
Examples
Basic generation:
$ image-prompt generate "an astronaut"
🎨 Prompt:
an astronaut, digital painting style, volumetric lighting, rule of thirds composition,
intricate details, sharp focus, 8k resolution, trending on artstation
📛 Negative:
blurry, low quality, deformed, watermark, text, signature
Styled output:
$ image-prompt style "cherry blossom garden" anime
🎨 Prompt:
cherry blossom garden, anime style, cel shading, vibrant colors, soft ambient lighting,
wide angle composition, detailed background, studio ghibli inspired, high quality anime art
📛 Negative:
photorealistic, 3d render, blurry, low quality, deformed
Enhancing an existing prompt:
$ image-prompt enhance "a dragon flying over a castle"
🎨 Enhanced Prompt:
a dragon flying over a castle, epic scale, dramatic rim lighting, aerial perspective,
intricate scales and details, sharp focus, 8k resolution, cinematic color grading,
volumetric clouds, masterpiece quality, trending on artstation
📛 Suggested Negative:
blurry, low quality, deformed, watermark, text, bad anatomy, disfigured
Random prompt:
$ image-prompt random
🎨 Random Prompt:
a mechanical owl perched on ancient ruins, steampunk style, golden hour lighting,
centered composition, intricate gears and clockwork, highly detailed, 4k wallpaper,
concept art
📛 Negative:
blurry, low quality, deformed, watermark, text, signature
Configuration
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
IMAGE_PROMPT_DIR |
$HOME/.image-prompt |
Base directory for saved prompts and history |
The data directory is created automatically on first run.
Data Storage
All data is kept under $HOME/.image-prompt/ (or the path set via IMAGE_PROMPT_DIR):
~/.image-prompt/
├── prompts.txt # saved prompts (one per line: name|prompt)
└── history.log # command usage log
Prompts are stored as plain text — easy to back up, grep, or move between machines.
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