10 Nano Banana AI image styles you can create with Gemini, reveals Google

To showcase its potential, Google offered ten quirky examples of what Nano Banana can do:

1. Retro gaming magic – Transform a cat into a pixelated 16-bit video game character, complete with its own platform level.
   Prompt: “Recreate this cat as a 16-bit video game character, and place the character in a level of a 2D 16-bit platform video game.”

• Time-travel tea party – Place your adult self alongside your childhood self, captured in a whimsical playroom scene.
  Prompt: “Here’s a picture of me as an adult. Create a photo of me as an adult sitting with myself as a child in a playroom having a tea party together.”
• Fantasy landscapes – Reimagine a photograph as a stylised 3D world map, complete with a harbour and village. Prompt: “Turn this photo into a map of a stylised 3D world for a fantasy game. Include a village and harbour.”
• Artistic sketches – Convert snapshots into elegant pencil drawings. Prompt: “Turn this photo into a pencil drawing.”
• Gourmet creations – Turn raw ingredients into a plated dessert worthy of a five-star restaurant. Prompt: “Turn these ingredients into a refined delicious-looking dessert, inspired by these ingredients. Plate it as if it were a dish at a 5-star avant-garde restaurant.”
• Everyday objects reimagined – Morph a pair of scissors into a fantasy film character. Prompt: “Turn these scissors into a realistic-looking fantasy character in a movie about elves and fairies.”

• Miniature models – Render a pet as a small 3D figurine placed in a real-world setting. Prompt: “Create a realistic-looking small 3D model of this dog. Place the model on a desk next to birthday packaging that makes it look like someone unwrapped the model as a gift.”
• Epic storytelling – Generate a nine-part superhero adventure told entirely through images, no text required. Prompt: “Create a riveting epic nine part story with nine images with these two protagonists and their adventures as secret superheroes. The story is thrilling throughout with emotional highs and lows and ending on a great twist and high note. Do not include any words or text on the images but tell the story purely through the imagery itself.”
• Fashion experiments – Restyle clothing with unexpected materials, such as tennis balls. “Prompt: Change this person's dress to be made out of tennis balls.”

• Architectural makeovers – Transform a home into a tropical island retreat, complete with palm trees and bamboo features. Prompt: “Transform this house into a vibrant tropical island design. Replace the roof with thatch and add bamboo structural elements. Surround it with lush, colourful tropical plants and palm trees.”

While some users are experimenting with nostalgia-fuelled portraits, others are pushing the limits of surreal creativity. Google positions Nano Banana not just as a novelty, but as a versatile tool that blends personal expression with professional-grade editing.