{"id":267026,"date":"2026-10-07T04:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=267026"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:41:28","slug":"nano-banana-2-1-prompts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/nano-banana-2-1-prompts\/","title":{"rendered":"Nano Banana 2.1 prompting guide: 14 prompts to copy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nano Banana 2.1 prompts work hardest when they play to the model’s strengths: readable text on posters and diagrams, precise edits, changes directed by a doodle, scenes assembled from several images, and step-by-step refinement in one chat. The 14 prompts below are sorted by those jobs, so each one exercises something the new model does well. Every prompt runs in Picsart AI Playground<\/a>, where Nano Banana 2.1<\/a> sits alongside the rest of the AI models<\/a> catalog. Copy one, swap in your own subject, and generate.<\/p>\n

What changes about prompting Nano Banana 2.1<\/span><\/h2>\n

The model comes from Google’s Gemini 3 family, with Gemini 3.6 Flash underneath. It takes words and pictures as input, and a reply can mix pictures with written text. As a result, a prompt can carry both a written brief and the photos it refers to. Google positions it for fast, precise rounds of creating and editing, legible lettering, world knowledge, and lettering in several languages. Resolution is set to 1K, 2K or 4K, and the frame can be anything from square 1:1 to an extreme 8:1 or 1:8 strip.<\/p>\n

Google also publishes the weak spots, and a good prompt writes around them. Tiny lettering tends to blur at the lowest resolution, and long blocks of copy struggle, so the text prompts below keep wording short and call for 2K or 4K. Left and right occasionally get swapped, so these prompts anchor placement to objects in the scene instead. A character can drift a little from the uploaded reference, and an edited subject sometimes holds on to its old pose. For that reason, the character prompts spell out what stays and what moves.<\/p>\n

Text and infographic prompts<\/span><\/h2>\n

Legible lettering ranks near the top of Google’s list of intended uses, and the new model outscored Nano Banana 2 on infographic design and factual accuracy. Pick 2K or 4K before running these, and set the frame to 8:1 for the banner.<\/p>\n

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A bilingual caf\u00e9 poster<\/h3>\n\n
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A portrait poster for a neighborhood caf\u00e9’s autumn menu launch. Warm illustrated style with a steaming ceramic cup, cinnamon sticks and scattered maple leaves on a deep burgundy background. Render this headline exactly once, in large cream serif lettering across the top: “Autumn Menu”. Directly below it, in smaller cream lettering: “Men\u00fa de oto\u00f1o”. Along the bottom edge, in small clean sans-serif: “From October 10”. Keep all text crisp and evenly spaced, with generous margins. No other text, no logos, no watermarks.<\/p>\n\n