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Prompt course · 8 lessons · 23 prompts · 1 hour · Beginner

AI for Illustrators

This prompt course teaches illustrators to use AI for concepts, characters, color, client notes, and project planning. You will practice short prompts you can use in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini on real illustration work.

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What you'll learn

  • Concept sprints: Use AI to turn a brief or theme into several clear illustration directions.
  • Character worlds: Build character backstories, visual traits, and settings that feel lived in.
  • Color plans: Plan palettes and compositions with AI help and simple color theory.
  • Visual prompts: Write detailed prompts for image tools or translate client briefs into visual notes.
  • Client notes: Draft professional emails, explain creative choices, and respond to feedback with care.
  • Project timelines: Break illustration projects into tasks and set realistic deadlines.
  • Print files: Understand print specs, fix file issues, and choose the right formats.
  • Style guides: Keep a consistent style across pieces and solve advanced technical problems.

What's inside

8 lessons · 23 prompts
  1. Before you start · framework course CRISPE Prompt Framework: Explore Options and VariantsAs an illustrator, CRISPE helps you explore options by generating several variants, like three dragon cover sketches, to compare.
  2. Start here Nadia's Thursday, two waysA day in the life of an Illustrator, before and after these prompts.
  3. 01 Lesson 1 · 2 prompts Concept Development Basics
  4. 02 Lesson 2 · 5 prompts Character Design and World Building
  5. 03 Lesson 3 · 3 prompts Color and Composition Planning
  6. 04 Lesson 4 · 3 prompts Writing Prompts and Visual Descriptions
  7. 05 Lesson 5 · 2 prompts Client Communication and Feedback
  8. 06 Lesson 6 · 2 prompts Project Planning and Deadlines
  9. 07 Lesson 7 · 3 prompts Print and File Preparation
  10. 08 Lesson 8 · 3 prompts Style Consistency and Advanced Techniques

About this course

7 topics

Prompts for illustrators, from idea to file

This course is built around the prompts illustrators actually need. You will move from early concepts to final files, with lessons that fit between drawing sessions.

Each lesson gives you a prompt, a plain explanation, and a way to make it your own. You can use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and you do not need any technical background.

  1. The lessons
    1. Concept Development Basics: Use AI to brainstorm and expand initial illustration concepts from a brief or theme.
    2. Character Design and World Building: Use AI to develop rich character backstories, visual traits, and immersive settings for your illustrations.
    3. Color and Composition Planning: Use AI to plan color palettes, composition layouts, and understand color theory for your illustrations.
    4. Writing Prompts and Visual Descriptions: Use AI to write detailed prompts for image generators or to translate client briefs into clear visual descriptions.
    5. Client Communication and Feedback: Use AI to draft professional client communications, explain creative choices, and handle feedback effectively.
    6. Project Planning and Deadlines: Use AI to break down illustration projects into manageable tasks and create realistic timelines to meet deadlines.
    7. Print and File Preparation: Use AI to understand print specifications, troubleshoot file issues, and choose the right formats for your illustrations.
    8. Style Consistency and Advanced Techniques: Use AI to maintain a consistent style across illustrations, create style guides, and solve advanced technical problems.
  2. What the course covers

    The course follows the real arc of an illustration job. You start with concepts and characters, then move into color, prompts, client talk, planning, print files, and style consistency.

    Every lesson is short and focused on a task you already do.

  3. How the lessons connect

    Each lesson builds on the one before it. A concept becomes a character, a character needs a palette, a palette needs clear visual descriptions, and a finished piece needs client approval and print-ready files.

  4. How to use prompts well

    Good prompts are specific, plain, and easy to change. Bring your own details, such as the mood, the audience, the format, and the feeling you want. Then edit the AI answer until it sounds like you.

  5. Who this course is for

    This course is for working illustrators, from freelance book artists to editorial and advertising illustrators. It is also for illustrators who feel behind on AI and want a calm, practical way in.

  6. Safety and privacy

    Keep client names, unpublished art, and contract details out of public AI tools unless you have permission. Use the privacy settings your tool offers, and treat AI chats like any other work file.

  7. Your next step

    Pick one lesson and try it on a current project today. Start with Concept Development Basics or Writing Prompts and Visual Descriptions, then bring what you learn into the next client email or sketch.