ChatGPT Prompt for Manga: 12 Prompts for Original Panels

A ChatGPT prompt for manga gets the best results when you lock an original character first and then describe each panel in craft terms: angle, ink, screentone, and motion. The 12 prompts below cover character design, action panels, quiet scenes, and full pages. Fill in the [variables] with your own characters, and leave lettering for the end.

Design your original character

1. Character lock

Write a 5-line description of my original manga character [name, age range, hair, face, outfit, signature item] that I can paste into every image prompt.

2. Turnaround sheet

Black and white manga character sheet of [character lock]: front, side, and back views, plus three expressions. Clean lines, plain white background, no text.

3. Expression chart

Manga style expression chart of [character lock] showing [emotions], six head shots in a grid, consistent hair and eyes, no labels.

Action panels

4. Big leap

Wide manga panel: [character lock] mid-jump over [obstacle] in [setting], low side angle, speed lines behind, bold ink, dot screentone shadows, no text.

5. Impact frame

Manga panel of [character] landing a [move] on [object], radial focus lines, heavy blacks, a burst of motion around the hit, no sound effect lettering.

6. Chase across a page

Plan a 5-panel manga chase where [character] runs from [threat] through [setting], with shot size and angle for each panel and one image prompt per panel.

Quiet and story panels

7. Slice of life moment

Soft manga panel of [character lock] [everyday action] in [place], gentle screentone gradients, window light, calm expression, no text.

8. Establishing shot

Wide manga establishing panel of [location] at [time of day] in [weather], detailed background, fine lines, no characters, no signs with readable text.

9. Close-up reaction

Tight manga close-up of [character]'s eyes reacting to [event], dramatic shading, sparkle or shadow effects that fit [mood].

Pages and finishing

10. Four-panel page plan

Plan a 4-panel manga page for this beat [beat], reading [right to left or left to right], with shot size, angle, and action for each panel.

11. Yonkoma comedy strip

Write a 4-panel vertical comedy strip about [character] and [situation]: setup, build, twist, punchline, with one image prompt per panel and dialogue kept separate.

12. Lettering plan

For this panel description [paste], tell me where speech balloons, captions, and sound effects should go so they do not cover faces or hands.

Build one panel and the page around it

The flagship Manga Panel Prompt: Original Character, Screentone, Motion takes your character, the beat, setting, mood, panel shape, ink style, and what comes before and after. It returns a character lock, the panel prompt, the reason for the angle, a 4-panel page plan, a fix list, and lettering notes. Its example shows a courier girl leaping between rainy rooftops at dusk.

Tips for manga images

Paste the same character lock into every prompt so the design holds. Describe the style with ink weight, screentone, and speed lines instead of naming artists, studios, or series, and keep characters original. Image tools often garble lettering, so add text yourself in an editing app.

Related prompts

To design characters in a softer style, see the ChatGPT prompt for anime character. For western inks and halftone, read the ChatGPT prompt for comic book style, and for short strips, try the three-panel comic beat sheet prompt.

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