Prompting: Backgrounds
Hey all! So I know a lot of you struggle when prompting for backgrounds, and I'd like to give you a few tips to help you achieve what you're looking for!Template FormulaWe're going to use this template to make it easier when prompting for backgrounds, of course, you don't have to fill in all of these, it's just an idea to get you going![indoor/outdoor], [theme/style], [key background location], [important objects or structures], [time of day], [weather], [lighting/mood adjectives], [small background details]Examples1. 📍 INDOORSModern IndoorsApartment interior — minimalist furniture, exposed brick wall, soft warm lighting, windowsCorporate office — glass walls, desks with chairs and computer, a plant, filing cabinets, folders, cityscape visible outside, fluorescent lightsCafé — rustic tables, warm lights, crowded shelves, coffee machineFantasy IndoorsAncient library — towering bookshelves, candles, massive dusty tomes, wooden rustic tablesMage’s tower room — arcane symbols on walls, glowing crystals, ancient scrolls and books piled on table, wooden desk, magic clutterCastle Hall — stone walls, banners, chandeliers, long tables, warm lightSci-Fi IndoorsSpaceship cockpit — holographic displays, metal walls, blinking control panelsCyberpunk hacker den — glowing monitors, tangled wires, dark metal desk, neon graffiti wallsAlien temple — bioluminescent carvings, strange pulsating walls, hovering energy artifactsHistorical IndoorsMedieval tavern — wooden beams, crowded tables, candlelight flickering, tankards of aleVictorian parlor — velvet chairs, ornate rugs, grand fireplace, oil paintings on wallsRoman villa atrium — marble columns, mosaic floors, small fountain, lush plants2. 🌲 OUTDOORSModern OutdoorsUrban city street — skyscrapers, busy traffic, flashing billboards, nighttime rain reflectionsSuburban park — morning, trimmed green lawns, tree-lined walking path, benchAbandoned warehouse yard — cracked pavement, broken fences, overgrown weeds, graffiti muralsFantasy OutdoorsEnchanted forest — glowing mushrooms, ancient twisted trees, magical fog creeping at feetDragon graveyard — giant skeletal remains, charred black ground, perpetual red sunsetMountain castle — green mountain cliffs, big stone castle treesSci-Fi OutdoorsAlien desert planet — red sun, red cracked earth, distant colossal ruins, swirling sandstormsMega-city skyline — impossibly tall towers, neon holograms, hovercars zipping past, misty lower levelsAsteroid mining station exterior — rocky surface, space shuttles parked, distant planets visible in black skyHistorical OutdoorsMedieval battlefield — muddy trenches, shattered banners, smoke rising from distant firesViking fjord village — wooden longhouses, smoky chimneys, mountains meeting icy watersFeudal Japan village — thatched roofs, winding stone paths, cherry blossom trees in bloom🧠 Bonus Tips for Background PromptingMention time of day: morning, dusk, night, midnight, dawn.Weather adds mood: rainy, snowy, foggy, stormy, sunny, dusty.Use adjectives to strengthen the scene: "ruined", "elegant", "oppressive", "overgrown", "desolate", "bustling".Think of lighting: neon lights, candlelight, moonlight, glowing fog, flickering torches, cyber glow.Use 2-3 small details to make scenes vivid without overloading.🖊Quick Ideas1. Indoor or Outdoor?indooroutdoor2. Theme or Style?modernfantasysci-fihistoricalcyberpunksteampunkdark horrormedievalpost-apocalyptic3. Location Examples?apartment interiorcastle throne roomneon city streetfloating islandviking villageabandoned labhacker densecret gardenspaceship bridge4. Objects/Structures?glowing runessteel beamsgrand chandeliersruined statuesmarket stallsold booksovergrown vinesshattered glassritual circles5. Time of Day?morningafternoonsunsetdusknightmidnightdawn6. Weather?clear skyrainingsnowingfoggystormywindydusty7. Lighting or Mood Adjectives?soft candlelightharsh neon gloweerie blue lightgolden sunset glowdim flickering lightbioluminescent mistcrackling fires8. Small Details?footsteps in dustabandoned backpacksbloodstains on floorflying paper scrapsvines creeping up wallsholographic adsancient symbols carved on walls