ChatGPT Prompt for Ghibli Art: 10 Hand Painted Anime Looks

A good ChatGPT prompt for Ghibli art describes the look in visual terms: soft hand painted backgrounds, gentle line work, simple cel shading, warm light, and tall glowing clouds. Naming the style alone gives uneven results, while listing the traits gives you control over the scene. Below is a full Ghibli inspired art prompt plus 9 shorter prompts for photos, pets, food, homes, and landscapes.

These prompts are for style inspiration only. Do not recreate existing characters or film scenes, use photos only of people who agreed, and fill in the [brackets] with your own details. PromptDig is not affiliated with Studio Ghibli.

The full Ghibli style art prompt

1. Scene from your photo or idea

Create a hand painted anime style illustration of [subject and clothing] in [setting]. Paint the background with soft gouache and watercolor brush texture and almost no outlines. Use thin gentle lines and simple two tone cel shading on the characters. [Time of day] light, tall rounded clouds with glowing edges, small details painted with care: [details]. [Shape]. No text, no existing characters, not photorealistic.

Prompts for people and pets

2. Family photo restyle

Restyle this uploaded family photo as a hand painted anime scene. Keep everyone's face shape, hairstyles, and clothing colors recognizable. Warm afternoon light and a softly painted background.

3. Pet portrait

Turn my [pet] into a hand painted anime style illustration napping in [spot], with soft cel shading, keeping its [markings and colors] exactly as in the photo.

4. Profile picture

Create a square hand painted anime style portrait from my photo, shoulders up, with a soft painted sky behind me. Keep my features and skin tone true to the photo.

Prompts for places and things

5. Cozy home interior

Paint my [room] in a hand painted anime style: sunlight through the window, plants, steam from a cup, lived in clutter painted lovingly. No people.

6. Food scene

Paint [dish] on a wooden table in a hand painted anime style, with glossy highlights on the food, rising steam, and warm kitchen light.

7. Countryside landscape

Create a wide hand painted anime style landscape of [place type]: rolling hills, a winding path, wildflowers in the foreground, and huge summer clouds.

8. City street at dusk

Paint a quiet [town or city] street at dusk in a hand painted anime style, with warm shop windows, overhead wires, and a soft purple sky.

Prompts for stories and fixes

9. Story panel

Create an original character, [description], in a hand painted anime style scene where they [action] in [setting]. Wide shot, gentle wind moving the grass. Not based on any existing character.

10. Fix a result that looks off

This looks too [glossy, 3D, detailed, or washed out]. Make it flatter and hand painted, remove outlines from the background, and make the colors richer while keeping the soft painted look.

Get the full scene builder

The Ghibli Style Art Prompt: Hand Painted Anime Scene Builder writes a custom prompt for your scene. You describe the photo or idea, the main subject, the mood and light, the details you care about, the shape, and consent for anyone in the photo. It returns a style trait list, a composition plan, the full ChatGPT prompt, a keep line, three variations, and a fix list. The example on the page turns a photo of a grandmother in her tomato garden into a birthday print.

Tips for Ghibli inspired art

• Describe traits, not titles. Brush texture, cel shading, and cloud shapes steer the look better than a name.
• Paint small everyday details. Food, plants, and weather make these scenes feel warm.
• Keep likeness lines in photo prompts so people still look like themselves.
• Make original characters instead of copying existing ones.

Related prompts

Want a different handmade look? Try the Claymation Portrait Compiler. Illustrating a story? Plan the cover with the Book Cover Editorial 9:16 Compiler, or build characters with ChatGPT Prompts for DnD Characters. Find more in the Illustration prompts hub, browse more prompts, or share a prompt with your favorite painted look.