Image Blending Prompts: Artistic Fusion Guide

Image blending is where AI moves from "tool" to "artist." By fusing two distinct images—like a portrait and a landscape—you can create dreamlike, surreal compositions that would take hours to mask manually in Photoshop. Nano Banana understands the content of both images and merges them conceptually.

Understanding Artistic Blending

Effective blending isn't just laying one image over another (opacity). It's about interaction. The texture of the wood should become the skin of the face; the clouds should become the hair.

DOUBLE EXPOSURE

Let's start with the foundation example from the Creative Blending overview. Here is the complete, fully detailed prompt to generate the "DOUBLE EXPOSURE" effect.

[Subject Image] + [Nature Image] Create a double exposure effect.

- **Primary Shape**: Use the silhouette of the [Subject Image] as the container
- **Fill Content**: Fill the shadow areas with the [Nature Image] (Misty pine forest)
- **Style**: True Detective opening credits style
- **Technique**: Photographic double exposure
- **Palette**: Monochromatic, high contrast black and white
- **Details**: Birds flying out from the edge of the silhouette

Why This Works

The "Container" Concept: Telling the AI to use the "silhouette as the container" is crucial. It defines the boundaries of the blend. Without this, the AI might just put a person standing in a forest.

The "Fill Content": Specifying that the nature image should fill the "shadow areas" creates that classic double exposure look where the highlights (face) remain visible, but the darks (hair, clothes) reveal the landscape.

Common Mistakes

Variations on "DOUBLE EXPOSURE"

Explore different artistic styles of blending.

The Elemental Fusion

Merge a person with natural elements like fire or water.

[Subject Image] + [Fire/Water Image] Blend subject with elemental texture.

- **Transition**: Skin turning into cracking magma (or splashing water)
- **Edges**: Dissolving into smoke/droplets
- **Lighting**: Internal glow from the element
- **Style**: Surreal digital art, fantasy concept

What Changed: We moved from a "photographic" look to a "surreal digital art" style, focusing on texture replacement rather than just overlay.

The Glitch Art Blend

Combine a photo with digital noise for a cyberpunk look.

[Subject Image] + [Glitch Texture] Create a datamoshed glitch portrait.

- **Effect**: Pixel sorting, RGB shift, data corruption
- **Blend Mode**: Hard mix, screen overlay
- **Vibe**: Cyberpunk, hacker, dystopian
- **Focus**: Eyes remain clear amidst the distortion

What Changed: We used "glitch terms" like "pixel sorting" to direct the blending algorithm toward digital distortion.

Expanding Your Art

Push the boundaries of reality.

The Surreal Object Merge

Combine two unrelated objects into a new concept.

[Object A: Lightbulb] + [Object B: Brain] Create a conceptual blend.

- **Concept**: "Bright Idea"
- **Visual**: A lightbulb filament shaped like a glowing human brain
- **Glass**: Clear glass enclosing the brain tissue
- **Style**: Hyper-realistic product photography

The Style Transfer

Apply the texture of a painting to a photo.

[Subject Photo] + [Oil Painting] Apply artistic style to photo.

- **Technique**: Impasto oil painting
- **Brushwork**: Thick, visible brushstrokes
- **Preserve**: Subject's likeness and expression
- **Change**: Texture, color palette, edge softness

Troubleshooting

Next Steps

• Background Replacements: Swap backgrounds without blending the subject.
• Character Consistency: Keep your subject consistent across blends.