What this prompt creates
A painted, comic-style illustration rather than a photograph. Viewed from the front three-quarter angle, a black Buick Regal with a bulging hood sits at night. The driver wears a green, orange and white windbreaker and bandana, cigarette in hand, gripping the wheel. The passenger, younger, wears a white shirt and tie. Warm bokeh streetlights and a green dashboard glow light their faces.
How to use this 1980s buick regal night illustration prompt
- Tap Copy prompt above to copy the full text.
- Open Any image model, or any image generator you prefer, and paste the prompt into a new chat or prompt box.
- Replace the two tagged characters with written descriptions of your own people and swap the Buick Regal for another period car, keeping the night setting and serious mood.
- Generate three or four versions and keep the one with the most convincing grain, color and light. Use the tips below if the result looks too modern.
Tips for this prompt
- Describe each person in words, such as age, clothing and hairstyle, since the character tags will not carry over outside their original setup.
- Add "35mm film still, grainy, sodium vapour streetlights" if you want a photographic version instead of the illustrated rendering.
- Include "Grand National trim, T-top roof, wet street reflections" to push the car detail and the late-80s atmosphere further.
Who this prompt suits
Hip-hop mixtape and single covers, crime story or podcast artwork, game concept art, and storyboards for period dramas set on the streets of 80s urban America after dark.
What makes this prompt work
Naming a specific car, "black 1980s Buick regal", gives the model a recognisable boxy G-body silhouette that instantly dates the scene. "At night" plus the unspoken urban setting produce the orange bokeh behind the glass. "Is smoking a cigarette" adds the smoke wisp, and "both men have a serious look on their face" sets the tense, crime-drama mood. The character reference tags in the original prompt control who appears, so replace them with your own descriptions.
Example image by JTXCREATES, shared publicly on OpenArt. The prompt is shown as originally posted.
