Fantasy & sci-fi

Fantasy RPG character card

Turn yourself into a collectible RPG character card, complete with a rendered name plate and class stats.

A painterly fantasy trading card of an elven ranger in a misty forest at dusk, framed by an ornate border with a rendered name and class plate.

Prompt

A vertical fantasy trading-card layout: dark parchment-textured background glowing faintly at the corners, framed by an ornate bronze filigree border running along all four edges. In the lower two-thirds, a battle-worn elven ranger with braided auburn hair and a leather-and-fur cloak stands ready in a misty pine forest clearing at dusk, a recurve bow slung across her back. Lit by soft blue-hour ambient light with a warm rim light from a distant campfire, rendered as rich painterly illustration with visible brushwork texture. In the card's top banner render the text "SYLVANA THORNWOOD" in a bold engraved fantasy serif font, and in a small plate near the bottom render "RANGER - LV. 24" in the same font; this is a collectible character card for a personal social post, portrait orientation, no watermark, no extra text beyond those two labels.

Original recipe · oimg.ai team · Jun 19, 2026

Original example prompt authored by the oimg.ai team — free to copy and adapt.

Model: gpt-image-2
Aspect ratio: 3:4
Category: Fantasy & sci-fi

PersonalGame artSocial mediaIllustrationOil paintingCharacterFantasyText

Swap the variables

Steal the structure, not the image. Replace each highlighted {{TOKEN}} with your own subject, then generate.

A vertical fantasy trading-card layout: dark parchment-textured background glowing faintly at the corners, framed by an ornate {{BORDER_STYLE}} border running along all four edges. In the lower two-thirds, {{SUBJECT}}, {{ACTION_OR_POSE}}, in {{SETTING}}. Lit by {{LIGHTING}}, rendered as rich painterly illustration with visible brushwork texture. In the card's top banner render the text "{{NAME}}" in a bold engraved fantasy serif font, and in a small plate near the bottom render "{{CLASS}} - LV. {{LEVEL}}" in the same font; this is a collectible character card for a personal social post, portrait orientation, no watermark, no extra text beyond those two labels.

Why it works

Quoting the exact name and class/level string gives gpt-image-2's strong text rendering a literal target instead of letting it invent illegible fantasy lettering.
Naming "the lower two-thirds" plus a named border style is what makes this read as an actual trading card and not just a portrait with a frame slapped on after.
A named light source (the campfire) doubles as both the in-world explanation for the rim light and the dramatic sub-brightening real card art uses for a heroic silhouette.
Keeping the border, background, and lighting fixed while swapping only subject, name, and class is what makes a batch of these look like one deck instead of unrelated images.

Make your own version

1Copy the prompt
2Swap in your own subject and details
3Generate

Watch out for

Long names or full sentences in the quoted text tend to misspell; keep {{NAME}} to one or two short words.
Dropping the "lower two-thirds" and border instructions usually collapses the whole thing back into a plain character portrait with no card framing at all.