Nano Banana 2 Prompt Guide: Copy-Paste Prompts I Actually Use

I spent a week stress-testing Nano Banana 2 prompts the way real creators work: short briefs, messy references, and “make 8 variants by lunch.” Most prompt lists online are pretty but fragile. This guide is the opposite—prompts I reused across packs, plus the edits that fixed common fails.

In this article

• TL;DR prompt formula
• Ecommerce / catalog prompts
• Portrait + consistency prompts
• Lifestyle and UGC stills
• Negative / repair lines I keep handy
• When to generate in NanoBananaTool
• FAQs

TL;DR

Piece	What I write
Subject	Specific product or person + materials
Camera	lens + angle + distance
Light	softbox / window / golden hour
Constraints	same face / white background / no text
Output job	catalog, ads, lookbook

If you only remember one thing: describe the job, not the vibe.

The formula I reuse

[subject] + [materials/details] + [framing] + [lighting] + [background] + [quality constraints] + [do-nots]

Banana models respond well when you lock identity and background early. Soft poetry (“ethereal muse”) without constraints is how you get pretty one-offs you can’t ship.

Ecommerce prompts (copy-paste)

1. Clean packshot

Frosted glass serum bottle, centered product photo on pure white seamless, softbox lighting, soft contact shadow, sharp label edges, catalog ecommerce style, no text overlay, no watermark

2. 45° hero

Premium matte black box and bottle at 45-degree angle, white cyclorama, soft reflections, commercial product photography, high detail, no logos invented, no text overlay

3. Lifestyle shelf

Skincare bottle on marble bathroom shelf, bright spa daylight, shallow depth of field, lifestyle ecommerce, keep bottle shape accurate, no text overlay

Portrait + consistency prompts

4. Face lock reference brief

Same young woman as reference, identical facial features and hairline, new outfit only, studio portrait, soft beauty light, neutral backdrop, photoreal, no face morphing

5. Three-angle lookbook

Same person as reference across three subtle angles, consistent identity, clean fashion lookbook, even lighting, no beauty filters that change bone structure

More on this workflow: /blog/nano-banana-2-character-consistency.

Lifestyle / social stills

6. Cafe UGC still

Handheld-looking photo of creator holding coffee cup, natural window light, slight motion realism, authentic UGC aesthetic, no heavy retouch, no text

7. Street golden hour

Full-body lifestyle shot walking city street at golden hour, realistic skin texture, shallow depth, candid commercial feel, no text overlay

Repair lines that save a pack

• keep product silhouette exact, do not warp bottle edges
• identical face to reference, change clothing only
• pure white background, no gradients, no props
• no readable text, no watermark, no logo invention

Generate these in NanoBananaTool

I keep the prompt library next to generation so I can iterate without tab chaos.

Open Banana Prompts · Generate in browser

Related: /blog/nano-banana-2-ecommerce-prompts, /blog/nano-banana-2-remix-gallery.

Final take

Nano Banana 2 rewards specific jobs + hard constraints. Start with packshot and face-lock prompts, then expand to lifestyle. Save winners as templates instead of rewriting from scratch every campaign.

FAQs

Do Nano Banana 2 prompts need negative prompts?

Short constraint lines usually beat long negative novels. Put the must-haves in the main prompt.

Why do my product edges melt?

You under-specified silhouette. Add “exact bottle shape / sharp edges / no warping.”

Can I reuse Midjourney prompts as-is?

Sometimes. Strip aesthetic fluff and add product/identity locks.

What’s the fastest starter pack?

Three packshots + one face-lock + one lifestyle. That’s enough to judge consistency.

Where should I generate?

I use NanoBananaTool Generate when I need browser-speed iteration with references.

Pro vs 2 for prompts?

Use the tier that matches fidelity needs; prompt structure stays the same—see /blog/nano-banana-2-vs-pro-vs-gpt-image-2.