1.4 – Creating Our First Images Lesson

Lesson Overview

This lesson demonstrates how to convert a scenic prompt formula into actual image results within ChatGPT’s image generation features. By breaking down five varied examples—ranging from product photography to fantasy art and infographics—you will see how changing elements like subject, setting, or style leads to very different images tailored for different uses.

The scenic formula, explored in the previous lesson, asks you to specify: what’s in the scene, the environment, lighting, camera perspective, mood, and art style. This lesson brings that theory to life. You’ll see step-by-step prompt crafting for a sleek product shot, an anime-style character, a colorful infographic, a cinematic movie-style scene, and a polished business stock photo.

These examples are designed for both creative exploration (artists, marketers, teachers, storytellers) and practical needs (business mockups, educational visuals, website assets). You’ll also pick up quick problem-solving tips for when ChatGPT isn’t sure you want to generate an image.

In real life, this skill is useful whether you need unique product mockups for online stores, art inspiration, custom infographics for classroom use, or professional images for digital marketing—all generated directly from your ideas in a matter of seconds.

Who This Is For

If you want to quickly visualize ideas or produce custom images for projects, this lesson will give you essential building blocks.

• Business owners needing product or marketing visuals
• Content creators designing infographics or online content
• Teachers and educators looking for unique teaching materials
• Beginners hoping to create art without traditional drawing skills
• Marketers wanting stand-out ad or website imagery
• Artists or writers seeking inspiration or reference material

Where This Fits in a Workflow

You’ll use the skills from this lesson whenever you need an image that fits a particular purpose or tells a specific story—without relying on generic stock libraries. For example, you might want a product photo for an online store, a unique character illustration for a comic, or an infographic for presenting a business process. Prompting ChatGPT for images becomes a fast, flexible step in content planning, campaign design, or lesson preparation. By adjusting elements in your prompt, you’re able to generate multiple tailored versions for presentations, websites, or print materials without waiting for external designers or searching endlessly for something close enough.

Technical & Workflow Benefits

Traditional image sourcing usually means buying stock photos, hiring designers, or using time-consuming editing tools. With ChatGPT’s image generation, you can write a detailed prompt and have a custom image within seconds, tailored precisely to your needs—whether it’s a product shot, a fantasy portrait, or an educational infographic.

For example, a marketing team launching a new product can quickly mock up visuals for internal review without waiting for photography or design drafts. Teachers can instantly generate illustrations matching lesson plans rather than adapting generic images. Clarity and quality increase since you control every detail via prompt—subject, scene, mood, layout, and style—meaning less compromise in your final visuals and more time saved for other tasks.

Practice Exercise

Use the prompt formula from this lesson to generate your own image in ChatGPT. Choose one scenario:

1. A new tech gadget (product mockup)
2. A character for a comic/story (fantasy or realistic)
3. An educational infographic (choose a simple process or concept)

**Steps:**

1. Write out a full prompt including subject, setting, style, lighting, and perspective, inspired by the examples shown in the lesson.
2. Open a new ChatGPT conversation and enter your prompt. If needed, begin with “Create” to clarify your intent.
3. Compare your image result to the example from the lesson. How did changing specific details in your prompt change the final output?

**Reflection:**
Which prompt feature made the most striking difference to your result—the subject, setting, style, or another detail?

Course Context Recap

This lesson marks your transition from understanding prompt structure to practical application in AI image creation. Previously, you learned how to structure prompts for best results. Now, you’re seeing real-world usage across different needs and scenarios. In upcoming lessons, you’ll move deeper into customizing, troubleshooting, and efficiently producing images for various goals. Keep experimenting and refer to the whole course to steadily grow your skills with AI-generated visuals. Explore more lessons to unlock the full potential of image creation with ChatGPT