Thirty-three image prompts across ten domains and two color modes. One master video framework. Three realism registers. The civilization, ready to generate.
Each prompt below is a complete starting point. Copy it into Midjourney, Ideogram, or your tool of choice. Run it. Curate the output. The prompts are written like scene direction, not feature lists — what the light is doing, what the air is made of, what the architecture invites.
Cobalt Mode — Deep cobalt + black + chrome. Used for: arrival, architecture, observatory, formal portraits, transit, cosmic landscapes at night. The atmospheric register.
Iridescent Mode — Pearl + lilac + mint + peach. Used for: ritual, wellness, pastoral, beauty, soft refraction, dawn. The dawn register.
Campaign-grade realism is a system requirement, not luck. Four levers, in order of impact:
1. Drop the stylize value. Add --s 50 (or 25) to every realism prompt. The default 100 is where the AI gloss lives.
2. Physics, not adjectives. Never "sparkle, glowing, stunning." Instead: wet stone, condensation on chrome, steam, dust in the light beam, atmospheric haze.
3. Imperfection is evidence. Film grain, slight vignette, long-exposure noise, mist on the horizon. Perfection is the tell.
4. The finishing chain. Generate (--s 50 --style raw) → upscale-detail pass in Magnific (realism mode, low creativity) → grain + levels in post. Nothing ships raw.
The brand runs on a Midjourney moodboard profile built from curated keepers. Every prompt carries it: --p m7464029402100138014. For tighter control, add 1–2 hero keepers as --sref [image URLs] --sw 300. Text describes the scene; the references carry the style. That is the correct division of labor.
Editorial — the campaign register. Medium format, composed, the world at full atmosphere. For plates, covers, anchors.
Documentation — the proof register. Visitors in casual clothing, visible infrastructure, 35mm grain, handheld feel. The realism unlock: it reads as a record of something that exists. For installations and applied environments.
Daylight — the cosmos lives in the chrome — the translation register. The environment is real and ordinarily lit; the celestial appears only in mirrored surfaces. The world stays believable; the trend visits it by reflection. For brand translations and product work.
For applying the world to an existing brand (Aman, Mugler, yours): keep the brand's invariants (what makes it itself with the color removed) · swap only the hour (every brand has a blue hour — photograph it there) · invert the warmth ratio (their warm field becomes a cobalt field with one warm accent). The translation is the service.
Every prompt below honors the same six rules from the brand guideline: cobalt or iridescent atmospheric key, human-centered (where applicable), architectural or environmental context, restrained luxury, emotional stillness, material realism. Anything outside these rules is not Extra Celestial.
Humans inhabiting the civilization. Frontal or three-quarter framing. The figure as someone who lives here, not as someone visiting.
A wide editorial portrait of a single woman standing inside a vast atmospheric arrival hall, polished chrome floor reflecting deep cobalt light, a curved chrome-framed window opening to a wide planetary horizon at her shoulder. She wears soft cream linen layered with liquid silver silk. Hair slicked back, severe. Cinematic ambient cobalt light, soft directional falloff from the window. Restrained, aspirational, inhabited. Luxury hospitality campaign photography, medium format, generous negative space above the head. --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6
A serene editorial portrait of a woman standing at the edge of an architectural reflecting pool at dawn, soft pastel iridescent sky, a white horse in the far distance at the edge of frame. She wears a soft glitter-dust silver gown that refracts pale lilac and peach across the fabric. Wet hair, natural shape. Cinematic ambient natural light, soft directional from upper left. Restrained, pastoral, inhabited. Wellness retreat campaign photography, medium format, generous environmental negative space. --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6
A fashion photograph in the grammar of 1980s couture campaigns: a woman in a sculptural black suit with architectural shoulders, tiny against a monumental deep cobalt sphere filling the frame behind her, its geodesic surface faintly visible. She balances on its edge, hand extended, chin lifted. Hard daylight, saturated cobalt, film grain, shot on slide film. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
A studio fashion photograph with extreme forced perspective: a woman in black lying on a pale grey floor, her gloved hand reaching huge toward the lens, fingers spread. In the foreground, small and sharp, an iridescent chrome sphere resting on the seamless like a precious object. Soft grey studio, hard single shadow, shallow depth. Campaign grammar, no logos. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
An editorial portrait multiplied through a glass prism: the same woman in a black architectural jacket repeated five times across the frame in overlapping refractions, deep cobalt light flooding the lens, soft focus edges, analog film texture, 1990s fashion photography grammar. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
An over-the-shoulder editorial portrait of a woman in liquid silver leaning on a polished black mirror surface, her reflection perfectly symmetrical below, one strip of warm light crossing the table. Deep cobalt studio background, slicked-back hair, chrome cuff. Soft diffused light, shallow depth, smooth minimal grain. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
The spaces of the civilization. Lobbies, corridors, spa courtyards, transit halls. Aman scale, celestial atmosphere. Architecture that holds the human.
An architectural interior photograph of a long curved corridor inside a celestial transit lounge at twilight. Polished chrome floor catching deep cobalt ambient light. Walls of soft draped iridescent fabric. A single floor-to-ceiling window opening onto a planetary horizon. Two figures walking at distance, dwarfed gently by the scale. Cinematic ambient cobalt light, no studio flash. Restrained, atmospheric, hospitality-coded. Architectural photography in the register of Iwan Baan and Aman resort imagery, medium format, deep perspective. --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6
An architectural photograph of a serene spa courtyard at dawn, soft pastel iridescent sky overhead. A still hydrotherapy pool at the center, water holding the room's light. Curved stone benches in cream travertine. Soft draped iridescent fabric panels at the perimeter, catching pale lilac and mint refraction. One figure seated at the pool's edge in the distance. Cinematic ambient natural light, soft directional from above. Restrained, pastoral, hospitality-coded. Architectural photography in the register of Kerry Hill and John Pawson, medium format. --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6
An architectural documentation photograph of a hotel arrival lobby at night. Polished dark stone floor reflecting a vast slow projection of a planetary surface covering one full wall. A low brushed-chrome reception desk, a single guest with luggage at distance. Soft pools of warm light from the ceiling grid, deep cobalt ambient atmosphere. Shot on 35mm, natural imperfection, documentary framing. Restrained, hospitality-coded, inhabited. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
An interior photograph of a long indoor resort pool hall at night, mostly dark. Suspended copper dome pendants unlit, vertical timber rods along the far wall. The still water reflects a deep cobalt glow entering from one tall window — cobalt blue, not violet. One warm light from a far doorway, the only warmth. Faint steam over the water surface. Empty lounge chairs. Shot on medium format, long exposure, natural grain, 80 percent shadow. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
A photograph of a brushed-steel pavilion built into a rocky coastline, ordinary daylight, real sea. Inside the pavilion, the polished back wall reflects a cobalt night sky with a planetary ring — a reflection that doesn't match the day outside. Cables on the concrete floor, wind-blown sand at the threshold. Documentary framing, 35mm, natural grain. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
The objects of the civilization. Ritual vessels, mineral specimens, sculptural products. Studio-lit, archival framing, the object as small monument.
A still life product photograph of a single iridescent mineral specimen — fragmented obsidian and chrome geode — resting on a polished chrome surface against a deep cobalt backdrop. Soft directional light catching the iridescent edges, throwing subtle prismatic reflections. Wisps of dry ice atmosphere around the base. Museum object photography in the register of luxury watch or jewelry editorial. No props, no labels. Restrained, archival, atmospheric. Medium format. --ar 1:1 --style raw --v 6
A still life photograph of a single sculptural ceramic vessel in soft pearl and chrome finish, resting on a cream linen surface against a pale iridescent lilac wall. The vessel's surface refracts faint mint and peach. Soft directional dawn light from upper left, throwing one long gentle shadow. A trace of water on the surface where the vessel meets the linen. Restrained luxury product photography in the register of Aesop or Le Labo, medium format, generous negative space. --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6
An extreme close-up product photograph of a liquid chrome lounge chair, mirror-polished surface reflecting a deep cobalt sky and a pale travertine floor. Shot at f/2.8, shallow depth, the reflection in sharp focus. Natural daylight from one window. Material realism, slight dust on the floor. Product editorial register. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
Posters, packaging, layouts, brand collateral. Type-led pieces. Use Ideogram when type accuracy matters; Midjourney for atmospheric layout studies.
An editorial poster design, deep cobalt black background with subtle gradient to vacuum at the bottom edge. Large serif headline reading "EXTRA CELESTIAL" in elegant transitional serif type (Instrument Serif style), tracking -0.5%, centered. Below in smaller monospace type: "AN INTERGALACTIC LIFESTYLE SYSTEM / 2026". A small iridescent chrome geode object at lower center, lit cobalt. Generous negative space, museum poster aesthetic, in the register of MoMA exhibition typography. Medium format, archival. --ar 2:3 --style raw --v 6
A flat-lay product photograph of a luxury skincare brand card on a soft cream linen surface. The card has a pale iridescent pearl finish with embossed serif type reading "Extra Celestial" in deep ink. Beside it: a small chrome lipped vessel containing a pale lilac liquid. A single pressed mint leaf. Soft dawn directional light from upper left. Restrained luxury wellness brand photography in the register of Aesop or Glossier, medium format, generous negative space. --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6
The materials of the civilization. Macro studies of fabric, light, refraction, gradients. Used for backgrounds, layered compositions, and brand atmosphere.
A macro photograph of liquid silver silk fabric catching deep cobalt ambient light. Folds and ripples in the fabric surface, with subtle iridescent prismatic refraction along the highest light points. Soft directional light from upper left, throwing long shadows in the folds. No subject, no background detail — only the fabric as landscape. Material study photography, museum archival quality, medium format. --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6
A macro study of holographic foil catching dawn light, refracting pale lilac, mint, peach, and azure across the surface. The foil is matte, not plastic-bright — slightly aged, slightly textured. Soft directional natural light. No subject. The image reads as pure atmospheric gradient with material texture. In the register of material design studies and luxury skincare brand backgrounds. --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6
An extreme close-up photograph of liquid silver silk in motion, frozen mid-ripple — the fabric behaving like mercury, catching deep cobalt light in its folds and one thin warm highlight along a single crest. Visible weave texture at the sharpest point of focus, soft falloff everywhere else. Shot on 100mm macro, shallow depth, natural grain. The material fills the entire frame, no figure. Restrained, atmospheric, material realism. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
The landscapes of the civilization. Nebulas, planetary horizons, fields under cobalt sky. The civilization's larger context — the world beyond the figure and the architecture.
A wide cinematic landscape photograph of a field of soft tall grasses extending to a distant horizon, deep cobalt sky overhead with subtle violet gradients near the planetary edge. A thin band of pale chrome cloud at the horizon line. No figure. The field is lit by ambient cobalt with no harsh shadows. In the register of luxury travel documentary photography crossed with Iwan Baan's environmental work. Medium format, generous sky, restrained. --ar 21:9 --style raw --v 6
A wide landscape photograph of a planetary horizon at dawn, soft pastel iridescent sky shifting from pale lilac at the top to peach and azure near the horizon. A still reflective body of water in the foreground. A distant low ridge of mountains in deep mineral tones. No figure. Cinematic ambient natural light. The image reads as the morning after the cobalt night — soft, expansive, inhabited at scale. Luxury travel photography in the register of Six Senses brand imagery, medium format. --ar 21:9 --style raw --v 6
The rituals of the civilization. Macro intimacy — the face mid-ritual, hands applying product, the practiced morning of someone who lives this life.
An extreme macro photograph of a single closed eye, dressed in moon-dust iridescent eyeshadow — the eyelid reading as a small atmospheric surface, catching faint cobalt rim light. The skin is dewy and slightly luminous. A single eyelash visible in sharp focus. Cinematic close-up lighting, ambient cobalt cool, soft falloff. Beauty editorial photography in the register of i-D or Re-Edition Magazine, medium format, generous depth blur. --ar 1:1 --style raw --v 6
A macro photograph of two hands, one cupping a chrome lipped vessel of pale iridescent liquid, the other dipping a single fingertip into the liquid. Soft pastel iridescent skin highlight catches the dawn light. Mother-of-pearl ring on one finger. Soft directional natural light from upper left. The image reads as a quiet ritual — practiced, intimate, calm. Wellness brand photography in the register of Aesop or Le Labo, medium format. --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6
A hyper-realistic extreme close-up beauty portrait, face filling the frame: a woman wearing the iridescent chrome visor over her eyes, condensation droplets sharp on the lens, wet skin with visible pores, dark wet hair strands on her cheeks, lips parted. In the visor's reflection, a faint cobalt horizon. Clean studio, soft white front light, warm skin against cool chrome. 100mm macro, no logos. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
A documentary photograph inside a stone-tiled spa treatment room: a therapist in dark linen performing a water ritual over a guest lying on a sculpted basin table, a row of chrome shower arms above, dense steam catching a soft cobalt light from a backlit wall panel. Warm skin tones against the cool light. Mosaic tile, condensation on chrome, wet floor. Shot on 35mm, natural grain, quiet. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
The rendered surfaces of the civilization. CGI-coded scenes used for brand graphics, motion thumbnails, and atmospheric objects. Octane-render quality, atmospheric, never plastic.
A 3D rendered scene of a single perfectly reflective chrome sphere floating above a dark mirror-polished surface, set against a deep cobalt atmospheric background with subtle gradient. The sphere catches and reflects the ambient cobalt light across its surface. Soft volumetric dust particles floating in the atmosphere around it. Octane-render quality, museum object aesthetic, no other elements. Restrained, atmospheric, archival. --ar 1:1 --style raw --v 6
A 3D rendered scene of a single transparent glass bubble resting on a pale iridescent surface, the bubble refracting pale lilac, mint, and peach across its curved face. Soft dawn light from upper left. Soft volumetric atmosphere around the object. Octane-render quality, in the register of luxury skincare brand photography. Restrained, soft, atmospheric. --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6
The civilization built at room scale. Light fields, projection halls, inhabitable atmospheres. This domain runs in the documentation register — visitors in casual clothing, visible infrastructure, 35mm grain. The realism is the proof that the room exists. Every still here is composed to become motion.
A documentary photograph of visitors inside an immersive art installation: a vast dark room filled with thousands of slender fiber-optic stems glowing deep cobalt and pale chrome blue — cobalt blue, not violet, not purple — a mirrored ceiling doubling the field into infinity. Visitors in casual clothing seated among the stems, faces lit softly by the glow. Visible ceiling infrastructure at the top edge of frame. Ambient cobalt light only, no studio flash. Shot on 35mm with slight grain, natural perspective. Restrained, inhabited, quiet. In the register of teamLab installation documentation. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
A documentary photograph of visitors standing beneath a vast elliptical ceiling installation washed in slowly shifting pastel light — pale lilac, mint, and peach gradients bleeding into one another across a suspended dome. A single figure silhouetted small at the center of the room. Visible floor seam and a doorway at the edge of frame. Ambient light from the installation only, no studio flash. Shot on 35mm with slight grain, natural perspective. Restrained, held, inhabited. In the register of James Turrell installation documentation. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
A phone photograph inside an immersive installation corridor: curved LED walls displaying deep cobalt nebulae, a dark eclipse circle on one panel, fiber-star ceiling. Floor tape lines visible, slight lens distortion, handheld feel. Visitors' shadows at the far end. Documentation register. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
The objects of the civilization at furniture scale — the layer between Industrial Design and Architecture. A sofa, a daybed, a chrome ring: one sculptural piece holding a believable room. One impossible idea per image, grafted onto a real interior. Editorial interiors register, never product render. When the celestial appears, it appears in the chrome — by reflection.
An interior photograph of a single sculptural curved sofa in pale grey bouclé, beneath a suspended glowing cobalt woven-sphere pendant light. Soft draped fabric wall behind. Deep cobalt blue ambient light pooling across the floor — cobalt blue, not violet, not purple, not magenta. One soft warm shadow under the sofa. Shot for a furniture editorial on 35mm, natural grain, slightly imperfect framing. Restrained, atmospheric, material realism. In the register of Apartamento magazine interiors. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
An interior photograph of a single sculptural daybed in soft pearl bouclé at the edge of a still hydrotherapy pool at dawn, pale iridescent light refracting off the water onto cream travertine. A folded linen towel resting on the daybed — a trace of someone. Soft directional dawn light from upper left. Shot for a wellness interiors editorial on 35mm, natural grain. Restrained, pastoral, material realism. In the register of Aesop store interiors and Kerry Hill spa photography. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
A photograph of a pale stone terrace in flat afternoon desert light, raw rock formations behind, matte sand floor. At its center, one large mirror-polished chrome ring sculpture — and in its reflection only, a deep cobalt sky with a faint nebula. The real sky above is ordinary pale blue. A woman in white linen seated inside the ring, eyes closed. Shot on medium format, natural shadows, slight haze. --p m7464029402100138014 --ar 4:5 --style raw --s 50 --v 7
One master video framework for both Cobalt and Iridescent modes. Motion in Extra Celestial lives in material, not in the camera. The camera is locked. Time passes. Light shifts. Fabric breathes. Water settles. The viewer holds a single moment longer than they expected to.
1. Locked camera. No pans, no dollies, no zooms. The camera holds. Motion is what enters and exits the frame.
2. One impossible idea per clip. One thing that couldn't happen on Earth. Not three.
3. 8–15 seconds. Long enough to hold; short enough that the viewer doesn't ask for plot.
4. Single sustained tone. Ambient, atmospheric, almost silent. Never a song with a drop. Brian Eno over The Weeknd.
5. The cut is the end of the world. The clip doesn't transition into anything. It just ends.
Used for Runway Gen-4, Higgsfield, and Kling. Generate a still image first using the matching domain prompt above, then animate using this structure:
[Subject or object from the still, exactly as composed]. The camera is locked. Over [8/12/15] seconds, [one specific material motion: fabric breathes, water settles, dust drifts, light shifts, hair lifts in a still room]. No camera movement. Ambient natural light. Single sustained atmospheric tone. Restrained, held, cinematic. In the register of [Aman brand film / Lost in Translation / Her]. End on the same frame, slightly altered. --ar 16:9 or 9:16 (story)
A single woman standing inside the atmospheric arrival hall from "Cobalt Observatory Portrait." Camera locked, framed wide. Over 12 seconds, the liquid silver silk of her dress catches a slow shift in cobalt light from the planetary window beside her. Her hair lifts slightly in an unseen draft. No movement of her body. No camera movement. Ambient cobalt light. Restrained, held, hospitality-cinematic. --ar 16:9
A woman standing at the edge of the reflecting pool from "Iridescent Pastoral Portrait." Camera locked, framed wide. Over 12 seconds, soft pastel iridescent dawn light slowly shifts across her gown, refracting pale peach and lilac across the fabric. A single drop falls into the pool — the surface ripples once, then stills. No movement of her body. No camera movement. Restrained, pastoral, wellness-cinematic. --ar 16:9
The fiber-optic installation field from "The Cobalt Field," exactly as composed. Camera locked. Over 12 seconds, the cobalt glow of the stems slowly pulses like breathing — a single wave of light crossing the field once. One seated visitor turns their head slightly. No camera movement. Single sustained ambient tone. Restrained, held. End on the same frame, slightly dimmer. --ar 9:16 (story)
From the arrival lounge still, exactly as composed. A woman in liquid silver walks slowly away from camera, deeper into the arched corridor. Her gown catches the ring light as she passes each arch. Camera locked, no movement. 12 seconds. Single ambient tone. End as she reaches the second archway. --ar 16:9
Every prompt above can be adapted by changing one of four things. Hold three constant, change one. The discipline of the civilization stays intact while the output becomes yours.
Change who is inhabiting the world. Different age, different ethnicity, different posture. The civilization belongs to everyone — vary the subject and the brand stays consistent. Single figure → quiet pair. Standing → seated. Eyes ahead → eyes closed.
Change where in the civilization the scene happens. Observatory → corridor → spa → field → terminal → suite. Each location has the same atmospheric rules but a different architectural backdrop. Wide horizon → enclosed interior. Window → mirror. Dawn → twilight.
Change what the subject is wearing or what surface the camera holds. Liquid silver silk → cream linen → iridescent glass → polished chrome → still water. Material is the most varied element in the system — vary it freely. Silk → linen. Chrome → stone. Foil → silk.
Change the emotional register within the rules. Held → released. Watching → arriving. Awake → mid-ritual. Pacing of the moment shifts; the civilization remains. Held breath → exhale. Standing alone → quiet conversation. Beginning → ending.
No matter what you change, the six rules of the closed system stay locked: cobalt or iridescent atmospheric key, human-centered (where applicable), architectural or environmental context, restrained luxury, emotional stillness, material realism. If a swap breaks one of these, the swap is wrong — not the brand.
1. Is the page quieter than the image? Type should never compete with subject.
2. Is the architecture holding the subject? The space supports; it doesn't perform.
3. Does this feel inhabited? Not posed, not observed — lived in.
If yes to all three, the output is Extra Celestial. If no to any, kill the image. Even if it's beautiful. Especially then.
Curate, don't generate.
The civilization is in the eye.