
How To Create a Blog Post Image with AI – Step-by-Step Guide
In the Ultimate Guide To Creating the perfect prompt I mentioned that Deep Thought gave everyone the key in crafting a question.
“You have to know what the question actually is in order to know what the answer means”.
In this case I want to create an AI prompt (chatGPT examples below) that generates an image for a blogpost.
Step 1. Ask ChatGPT what exactly you want.
Me:
“I would like an image for my blogpost. What kind of prompt should I use?”
ChatGPT:
“To create an image for your blog post, the prompt will depend on the theme and content of your post. Here’s a guide for crafting an effective prompt:
- Specify the subject: Describe what the image should contain, whether it’s a person, object, scene, or concept.
- Set the tone: Should the image be professional, fun, dramatic, or relaxed? Mention the mood you want to evoke.
- Include visual details: Colors, style (realistic, abstract, comic-book, minimalist), background setting, and any specific objects or actions.
- State the purpose: Mention if it’s for a header image, thumbnail, or content illustration.
Here’s an example for a blog post about productivity:
Example Prompt:
“A clean, minimalist illustration of a person working on a laptop in a modern home office. The desk is organized with a plant, notebook, and coffee cup. Soft natural light comes through a large window. The overall mood is calm and focused, with light pastel colors to convey productivity and relaxation.”
If you share details about your blog post, I can help you craft a specific prompt!”
Step 2. Give ChatGPT more details and ask to create the Prompt
Me:
“My blogpost’s headline is The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Fishing. Create a list of prompts based on the guide you suggested above”
ChatGPT:
Here’s a list of potential image prompts for your blog post The “Complete Beginner’s Guide To Fishing, following the guide I mentioned:”
Step 3. – Ask ChatGPT to create the images
Here are the results and the prompts in a nice slider:
Step 4. – Add the Title of you Blogpost
When it comes to adding text to an image, AI generally does a poor job.
One can get into a lot of details when crafting the prompt, font size, type, family position etc… the result is never satisfactory.
Hopefully this feature will improve in the near future.
For this reason I use an app called WordSwag (check it out here). (https://wordswag.co/)
(WordSwag has a ton of presets and styles that don’t require too much tweaking.
You can “swag” anything you want to fit the format of all social media images.
It has over 109k positive ratings on the AppStore.
Or just use Canva.
Add the headline and your desired style.
And Voila:








Notes
Make sure that the text is readable even when looking at the image from distance (think of thumbnails).
Play around with the fonts and styles. Consistency can be achieved across the entire blog if that is desired.
Refine and add more details to the prompts – ask ChatGPT for more options.
You can skip steps 1-2 if you find your image on Pixabay.
Have Fun with it 🙂