So I wrote a page about this early on, but never came back and revisited it systematically. Bing/DALL-E supports a *lot* of different art styles, and that can make a big difference in how your prompts are interpreted. So here’s exploring what exactly that means by having Keira and Kord model a variety of art styles. Note that sometimes you have to list style first (a larry elmore style oil painting of…) to get it to really strongly “take”. My normal for BG2 is:

BG2: “dark fantasy,oil paint,drawing,d&d,dark shading“

Keira’s baseline is:

“half-elf woman, age 22, french, thief, mischievous grin, scruffy, athletic, cocked head, short unkempt bob white hair, pale skin, purple eyes, leather armor, small tattoo on her right cheek, curious expression“

Kord’s baseline is:

“large half-orc city guard,muscular,male,german,tall,kind,grayish-green skin,goatee,black hair in a neat topknot,age 24,heavy armor,determined“

This produces a baseline for them like this:

My normal style for Icewind Dale is similar, and produces a similar look

“dark fantasy, rpg portrait by justin sweet, soft focus, blurred, minimalist features, oil paint, drawing, in the snow, d&d, dark shading“

So now lets branch out a bit:

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,watercolor drawing,d&d”

“heroic fantasy,rpg portrait,classical painting,d&d”

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,photo-realistic style,d&d”

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,classic comic style,d&d”

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,anime style,d&d”

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,detailed color pencil,d&d”

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,impressionist painting,d&d”

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,digital painting,d&d”

“dark fantasy,rpg portrait,baldurs gate 2 art,d&d”

“baldurs gate 2 video game art”

“a larry elmore style oil painting of a…”

“”in the style of Dragonlance cover art””

“in the style of Lord of the Rings movie”

“in the style of Disney animation”

“a frank frazetta style painting of a …”

“Michael Whelan fantasy painting of”

“Keith Parkinson fantasy painting of”

“Greg and Tim Hildebrandt painting of”