GPT Image 2prompts that actually work.
A living library of prompts, real outputs and teardowns. Copy the prompt, tweak it in our playground, and learn what actually moves the model.
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Portrait
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Calligraphy
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PosterWhy GPT Image 2
Four leaps worth writing home about.
Legible signs, product copy and UI mocks — no garbled glyphs.
Clean neutrals across skin tones and daylight scenes.
The playground now runs through a GPT Image 2 compatible generation endpoint.
Use larger outputs for posters, product shots, and editorial compositions.
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Use-case navigation for long-tail discovery: text rendering, posters, UI mockups, product shots, diagrams, and more.
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Why GPT Image 2
6upgrades you’ll feel on the first generation.
Built around the documented GPT Image 2 model and prompt examples collected from real creator workflows.
99%+ Text Rendering
Text appears naturally on signs, labels, UI mockups, and code snippets. The prompt library highlights examples where typography and layout hold together.
Photorealistic Output
Beach selfies with correct hands, accurate sunglass reflections, and natural lighting. Outputs are indistinguishable from real photographs.
World Knowledge
IKEA storefronts, YouTube interfaces, Minecraft UI — the model understands what real-world environments actually look like.
Flexible Image Sizes
Supports common creative ratios for posters, thumbnails, product shots, social graphics, and editorial compositions.
True Color Accuracy
The warm yellow cast from previous models is gone. Natural, neutral color reproduction without post-processing.
Prompt Obedience
Complex multi-object scenes render without occlusion or misplacement. Compositions hold together consistently.
About
What is GPT Image 2?
GPT Image 2is OpenAI’s state-of-the-art image generation model for fast, high-quality image generation and editing. OpenAI documents the model ID as gpt-image-2 with the current snapshot gpt-image-2-2026-04-21.
Before the official model name was visible, creators tracked anonymous tape-themed models on LM Arena and shared prompts from those tests. This site keeps that community prompt-discovery workflow, but now connects it to a live GPT Image 2 playground.
Early examples from Pieter Levels and Blake Robbins helped surface the kind of prompts worth collecting: text-heavy posters, UI mockups, product layouts, photorealistic scenes, and style-transfer examples.
“It makes Nano Banana Pro look like DALL-E.”
“The way it handles text, design, and prompts is actually insane. It took me less than a minute to realize how scary good it is.”
Timeline
Apr 4, 2026
Anonymous tape-themed image models appear on LM Arena
Early Apr 2026
Creators begin sharing prompt examples, image outputs, and model comparisons
Apr 21, 2026
OpenAI documents GPT Image 2 with snapshot gpt-image-2-2026-04-21
Now
This site curates reusable GPT Image 2 prompts and offers a playground for testing them
Questions & answers
FAQ
What is GPT Image 2?
GPT Image 2 is OpenAI's state-of-the-art image generation model for fast, high-quality image generation and editing. OpenAI lists the model ID as gpt-image-2, with the current snapshot gpt-image-2-2026-04-21.
How is GPT Image 2 different from DALL-E 3?
GPT Image 2 is designed for stronger prompt following, cleaner text rendering, flexible image sizes, and higher-quality image generation and editing workflows. It is a better fit for prompts involving packaging, UI mockups, posters, editorial layouts, and real-world visual references.
What is the Duct Tape AI model?
Duct Tape AI was the community nickname used before GPT Image 2 became publicly identifiable. During early blind testing, several tape-themed model names appeared on LM Arena, and creators used that nickname while sharing examples and prompts.
Is GPT Image 2 free to use?
You can try GPT Image 2 prompts in this site's playground while free usage is available. Generations may be rate limited because image generation has provider-side costs.
What are the best prompts for GPT Image 2?
For best results: put specific text in quotation marks (e.g., 'a sign reading "HELLO"'), describe lighting and composition explicitly, specify aspect ratios, and use concrete references rather than abstract descriptions. The model excels at product photography, UI mockups, editorial compositions, and comic panels.
GPT Image 2 vs Midjourney — which is better?
GPT Image 2 leads in text rendering, prompt obedience, and world knowledge. Midjourney maintains advantages in artistic style control and aesthetic diversity. For commercial work requiring accurate text (packaging, ads, UI), GPT Image 2 is the better choice. For artistic exploration, Midjourney may still have an edge.
Is GPT Image 2 available through an API?
Yes. OpenAI documents gpt-image-2 as an image generation model, and this site uses a GPT Image 2 compatible generation endpoint for the playground experience.
Is there a GPT Image 2 app?
You can use GPT Image 2 through supported OpenAI image-generation surfaces and API integrations. This site focuses on prompt discovery, examples, and a lightweight playground for testing prompt ideas.
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