33 ChatGPT Prompts for Stunning Fantasy Art

Have you tried asking ChatGPT to help with fantasy art creation? I’ve found it’s an incredible tool for artists looking for inspiration or specific scene descriptions.

In this post, I’m sharing 33 chatGPT prompts that work well for generating fantasy art descriptions. These are ready to use with any AI art generators or as inspiration for your own artwork.

Why these prompts work

I’ve written these prompts to be detailed and specific. They include elements like:

• Character descriptions
• Setting details
• Lighting and atmosphere
• Art style suggestions

The more specific your prompt, the better results you’ll get from AI art tools.

The Fantasy Art Prompts

• Create a majestic, ancient red dragon perched atop a jagged, snow-capped mountain peak at sunrise, surveying its vast, misty valley domain below, dramatic lighting, hyperrealistic painting style.

• Create a grizzled dwarven blacksmith with a braided beard and intricate leather apron, hammering a glowing, rune-etched axe on an anvil sparking with magical energy inside a vast, fire-lit underground forge.

• Create a scene of a lone knight in dark, weathered plate armor standing before a colossal, moss-covered stone gate pulsing with faint arcane energy, set within a dense, fog-shrouded ancient forest, mysterious and foreboding atmosphere.

• Create a powerful sorceress with flowing silver hair and glowing purple eyes, levitating amidst swirling arcane symbols and cosmic energy, channeling a storm above a windswept cliff overlooking a turbulent sea.

• Create a close-up of a meticulously detailed, ancient spellbook bound in dragon leather, lying open on a stone altar, its pages filled with intricate arcane diagrams and glowing golden script, casting an eerie light.

• Create a fearsome Orc warlord clad in heavy, spiked armor made from bone and scrap metal, wielding a massive, jagged war axe, roaring defiantly on a battlefield littered with fallen banners and broken weapons, dramatic, low-angle shot.

• Create a whimsical scene of tiny, winged fairies with iridescent wings flitting around oversized, glowing mushrooms and dew-kissed flowers in an enchanted forest at night, magical realism style.

• Create a vast, subterranean cavern filled with giant, glowing crystals of various colors, illuminating strange rock formations and an underground river, where a small group of adventurers navigates in a simple boat.

• Create a dark fantasy image of a skeletal necromancer in tattered black robes, standing in a desolate graveyard under a full moon, raising spectral undead minions from the earth with streams of sickly green energy.

• Create a powerful elemental being made entirely of crackling fire and molten rock, emerging from a volcanic caldera, its form immense and imposing against a smoke-filled, fiery sky.

• Create a nimble rogue clad in dark leather, perched silently on a gothic rooftop overlooking a medieval city at midnight, scanning the rain-slicked streets below, holding a gleaming dagger, film noir atmosphere.

• Create the interior of a cozy, cluttered wizard’s study filled with overflowing bookshelves, bubbling alchemical apparatus, floating candles, celestial charts, and a sleeping cat curled up on a pile of scrolls.

• Create a colossal, ancient treant, its bark-like skin covered in moss and vines, its eyes glowing with old wisdom, standing protectively at the edge of a primeval forest, interacting gently with a small forest creature.

• Create an image of a legendary sword, intricately crafted with glowing runes along its blade, embedded deep within a crystal formation inside a hidden ice cave, shimmering with trapped magical power.

• Create a floating castle high in the clouds, made of white marble and gold, with impossible architecture, banners fluttering in the wind, and griffins circling its tallest spires, bathed in bright sunlight.

• Create a terrifying sea monster, a kraken with enormous tentacles covered in suckers and barnacles, rising from a stormy ocean to attack a small, wooden sailing ship, dynamic composition, splashing waves.

• Create an imposing demon lord with leathery wings, horns, and burning eyes, sitting on a throne made of obsidian and skulls within a hellish landscape of fire, brimstone, and tormented souls, radiating malevolent power.

• Create a hidden, ancient library carved into a giant geode, where shelves filled with glowing scrolls line the crystalline walls, illuminated by the geode’s natural inner light, studied by a lone, robed scholar.

• Create a colossal, biomechanical golem constructed from mossy stones, ancient gears, and pulsating crystal conduits, lumbering through a misty swamp, its single optic lens glowing ominously.

• Create a breathtaking scene of sky-whales, immense, gentle creatures with iridescent scales, swimming gracefully through clouds tinted pink and gold by a setting sun, observed by figures on a floating island dock.

• Create a dark and twisted fairy tale forest where the trees have grotesque faces carved into their bark, thorny vines snake across the path, and glowing, predatory eyes watch from the deep shadows.

• Create a regal Griffin rider, clad in gleaming silver and blue armor, soaring high above a dramatic canyon landscape on their powerful mount, heading towards a distant, spire-topped castle.

• Create the moment a magical portal rips open in the fabric of reality, revealing a glimpse into a vibrant, alien world with bizarre flora and floating rocks, startling onlookers in a medieval town square.

• Create an intricate fantasy astrolabe, crafted from gold, silver, and inlaid gems, displaying constellations unknown to Earthly astronomers, hovering magically above a velvet cloth on an astronomer-mage’s table.

• Create a desert nomad shaman, weathered face painted with ritualistic symbols, performing a sandstorm-summoning ritual atop a windswept dune under a blazing sun, swirling sand forming spectral shapes around them.

• Create a scene inside a giant’s kitchen, from a low angle perspective, showing enormous, rustic wooden furniture, a bubbling cauldron over a massive hearth, and perhaps a discarded, human-sized boot in the corner.

• Create a vibrant, bioluminescent coral reef city inhabited by merfolk with shimmering tails and pearl adornments, featuring structures grown from living coral and powered by captured deep-sea vents.

• Create a young, determined apprentice wizard nervously attempting their first complex teleportation spell, runes glowing erratically around them, sparks flying, inside a cluttered tower room filled with magical artifacts.

• Create a fearsome swamp hydra with multiple hissing heads, emerging from murky, algae-choked water, lunging towards a small boat carrying terrified adventurers trying to navigate the fetid marsh.

• Create a detailed close-up of a goblin inventor’s workbench, cluttered with bizarre contraptions made of scrap metal, wires, explosive potions, half-eaten fungus, and nonsensical blueprints.

• Create a panoramic view of a fantasy city built on the back of a colossal, ancient turtle swimming slowly through a calm sea, complete with towers, bridges, and tiny figures going about their lives.

• Create an intimidating Ice Witch Queen on a throne carved from glacial ice, holding a staff topped with a perpetually frozen snowflake, inside a vast ice palace shimmering with cold, blue light, attended by frost sprites.

• Create the celestial forge of a creation god, set amidst swirling nebulae and stars, where the deity hammers new worlds into existence on an anvil made of cosmic dust, sparks flying like galaxies.

These prompts are just starting points. The real fun comes from tweaking them to match your vision and seeing what the AI creates. Each prompt gives you a foundation – the rest is up to your imagination.

What kind of fantasy art do you most enjoy creating? Let me know in the comments!