There is a reason the Ghibli look never gets old: soft painted skies, cozy villages, and a gentle warmth in every frame. Google Gemini can repaint your own photos in that exact style in about a minute, no drawing skills or expensive commissions needed. You upload a picture, ask for the Ghibli treatment, and get back a hand-painted illustration that still looks like you. Gemini's Nano Banana image model keeps every face true while it repaints the whole scene in soft watercolor.
It makes an instant profile picture, a sweet gift, or a print for the wall, and it works just as well for pets and groups. Below are the exact Gemini Ghibli prompts to try, from a dreamy countryside portrait to a full village scene. Copy any one, paste it into Gemini with your photo, and change the parts in [square brackets] to set your scene. For a quick single portrait, try our Ghibli style portrait prompt.
How to make Ghibli art in Gemini
- Open the Gemini app and upload a clear, well-lit photo.
- Paste one of the prompts below and set the [scene] you want in the brackets.
- Ask for soft watercolor brushwork and warm golden light to nail the film feel.
- Generate a few takes and keep the one that looks most like a real Ghibli frame.
The Ghibli countryside portrait
The signature look, you in a breezy Ghibli meadow with rolling hills and a soft painted sky, warm and dreamy like a still from the film.
Turn [a person] into a Studio Ghibli style illustration, keeping their recognizable face and features. Place them in a breezy countryside meadow with rolling green hills, wildflowers, and a soft pastel sky, painted in gentle watercolor-and-gouache brushwork with warm golden light. Soft edges, cozy hand-drawn detail, like a frame from a Ghibli film. High resolution.
The Ghibli couple
A cozy two-person version, you and your favorite person painted into one gentle Ghibli moment that is made for sharing or framing.
Turn [a couple] into a Studio Ghibli style illustration, keeping both faces recognizable. Paint them sharing a quiet moment [on a grassy hilltop under a big tree], with soft watercolor brushwork, gentle expressions, a warm pastel sky and drifting clouds. A cozy, tender, hand-drawn Ghibli film feel. High resolution.
The Ghibli pet
Your pet reimagined as an adorable Ghibli companion, soft brushwork and big gentle eyes, straight out of a Miyazaki film.
Turn [a pet] into an adorable Studio Ghibli style companion, keeping its real colors and markings. Big gentle eyes, soft painterly fur, sitting in a lush Ghibli garden with oversized leaves and soft dappled light. Painted with gentle watercolor strokes and soft blended edges, warm, whimsical, hand-drawn charm, like a beloved film sidekick. High resolution.
The Ghibli family
The whole family in one hand-painted scene, warm light and cozy detail, like a quiet frame from a Ghibli story about home.
Turn [a family] into a Studio Ghibli style illustration, keeping every face recognizable. Paint them together outside a cozy wooden house with a small garden, warm evening light, and soft watercolor detail. A gentle, heartwarming scene about home, soft brushwork and warm blended colors throughout, in the classic Ghibli film style. High resolution.
The Ghibli village scene
A full storybook scene, your photo turned into a cozy Ghibli village with wooden houses, flower boxes, and soft golden light.
Turn this photo into a full Studio Ghibli style village scene, keeping any people recognizable. A quiet countryside village of small wooden cottages with tiled rooftops and warm glowing windows, a winding stone lane, low garden fences, window flower boxes, and a couple of tidy trees, under a soft pastel [evening] sky. Painted in gentle watercolor-and-gouache detail, a storybook Ghibli village, hand-drawn and inviting. High resolution.
A few extra tips
- Ask for "soft watercolor-and-gouache brushwork" and "warm golden light" every time, that combination is the heart of the look.
- Golden-hour outdoor photos convert the most naturally, that warm light is already half the Ghibli look.
- Keep the linework soft and hand-drawn, hard dark outlines break the gentle watercolor feel.
- Prefer a sharper, crisper style over the soft painted look? See our anime prompts for every other anime style.
