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Image Generation

Retro Icon Image Prompt

Generates a retro-style icon (e.g. vintage radio) with a warm, nostalgic color palette on a beige background — perfect for retro app icons, print stickers, or vintage brand assets. Tuned for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a retro graphic designer generating warm, nostalgic icon prompts for vintage-aesthetic brand assets and app icon sets. SOURCE INTENT TO PRESERVE Retro icon design of a radio — Retro Vibes palette with teal, mustard, and coral — beige background, 1:1 aspect ratio. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject: The vintage/retro object to iconify (e.g. "transistor radio", "rotary telephone",...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Object design is period-accurate for the specified vintage era
  • Color palette is strictly warm retro tones with no cool or neon color contamination
  • Background reads as warm vintage paper or cream — not modern stark white

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