Hard Masks, Soft Gradients Prompt pack

About this prompt pack

Airbrush images read when every edge has a job. This set teaches you how to separate silhouette from volume, then carries that rule through occlusion, chrome, clear acrylic, depth, emitted light, mixed materials, and exact typography. The prompts transfer because they describe what the edge and gradient must do, not just what the finished image should resemble.

What you'll learn

• Hard mask, soft turn — The base move separates the silhouette from the modeling. Hard masks tell you where each form stops; soft spray tells you how the sphere and arch turn.
• Occlusion that tracks — Continuity is the constraint. Alternating the front-back order at every crossing forces a readable weave instead of a pile of unrelated ribbons.
• Chrome in four bands — Chrome becomes controllable when you specify an ordered reflection stack. Four named bands describe curvature without asking the model to invent a room.
• Transparency, not alpha — The prompt separates an object's transparency from the file background. Visible overlaps, edge tint, and an explicit opaque page keep clear acrylic from becoming an alpha cutout.
• Depth by edge loss — Equal objects make the depth cue measurable. Contrast and edge softness fall away in stages, so atmosphere does the work before scale does.
• Contain the glow — Glow gets a boundary. Limiting it to the inner blade tips preserves the six dark gaps and keeps the outer iris readable.
• One light, four materials — A shared light direction holds the creature together. Material-specific highlight width, transmission, and nap stop ceramic, metal, acrylic, and velvet from collapsing into one finish.
• Type that stays type — The final prompt combines the system with exact copy. Crisp letter contours, a contained halo, controlled face gradients, and one chrome insert preserve both style and legibility.