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Generate a hero image for a product launch

Marketing needs a launch-day hero image of a fictional smart water bottle in the next hour. Use Midjourney, Nano Banana, or any image model to deliver one.

The scenario

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The brief

  • Product: HydraOne, a matte-black smart water bottle with a small OLED ring that glows soft cyan when it's time to drink.
  • Hero use: top-of-fold image on the launch homepage and the X (Twitter) launch post.
  • Vibe: minimalist, premium, slightly futuristic. Think Apple-product-photography energy, not stock-photo energy.
  • Constraints: no text in the image, no humans, the bottle must be the unmistakable subject.
  • Aspect ratio: 16:9 for hero, but a 1:1 crop should still work.
    • Deliverable

    What counts as success

    One final hero image (PNG or JPG, 1920×1080 or larger) that fits the brief and could plausibly ship to a real launch page.

    How to do it

    Recommended tools and flow

    Recommended tools: Midjourney v7, Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image), DALL·E 3, or Adobe Firefly.

    Suggested flow
    1. Write a tight prompt: subject + setting + lighting + lens + mood. Avoid more than ~40 words.
    2. Generate 4 candidates. Pick the best base.
    3. Iterate: re-roll with style adjustments, then upscale.
    4. Optional: light retouch in Photoshop / Photopea (clean reflections, fix logo if any).
    5. Upload your final image below.

    Prompt starter: "Editorial product photo of a matte-black smart water bottle with a thin glowing cyan OLED ring near the top. Studio lighting, soft falloff, deep charcoal background, 85mm, shallow depth of field, no text, ultra clean."

    Take on this quest — earn XP

    Ship the deliverable, submit it in the app, and earn +10 XP on submission plus +100XP when it's approved.

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