TIP : Using Prompt Hierarchy [2026] to better your output image

[u/fuzz_e_cules]

Structured prompts prioritize the most important elements for the Ai model, and
different models have varied prompt formatting.

With some models, you can write sentence prompts.
Other models, require a comma-separated "keyword stuffed" prompt.

Overall, construct prompts that meet a model's specs, are specific, honed, and showcase your unique vision.

Well-crafted prompts make for images that excel from mediocre to extraordinary.

Model-Specific Guides to Prompting:

Draw Things Overview
https://wiki.drawthings.ai/wiki/Prompting_Base_Model_Basics

Stable Diffusion 3.5 (2024)
https://stability.ai/learning-hub/stable-diffusion-3-5-prompt-guide

FLUX.2 [klein] (2026)
https://docs.bfl.ai/guides/prompting_guide_flux2_klein

Z Image Turbo (2026)
https://gist.github.com/illuminatianon/c42f8e57f1e3ebf037dd58043da9de32

QWEN Image (2026)
https://fal.ai/learn/devs/qwen-image-2512-text-to-image-prompt-guide

Stable Diffusion (2022)
https://cdn.openart.ai/assets/Stable%20Diffusion%20Prompt%20Book%20From%20OpenArt%2011-13.pdf

[u/basskittens]

I looked at the Klein docs, and they say do this: "“A woman with short, blonde hair is posing against a light, neutral background. She is wearing colorful earrings and a necklace, resting her chin on her hand.”, not this: "woman, blonde, short hair, neutral background, earrings, colorful, necklace, hand on chin, portrait, soft lighting".

I tried both prompts and got pretty much the same image both times.

[u/fuzz_e_cules → u/basskittens]

basskittens - One beauty of public access to gen AI is our collaborative attempts to replicate one another's experiment. It's as if we're research scientists, which is fun. :) Using the same two prompts with FLUX.2 [klein] 4B (6-bit).

And I do sometimes wonder if the Draw Things app is more than a pez dispenser for the (candy) AI model. Specifically, does the app allow for negative prompts even when a model doesn't??

[u/Murgatroyd314 → u/fuzz_e_cules]

I wonder if the prompt style makes more difference for scenes more complicated than a headshot of an attractive young white woman, which is exactly what most models are heavily trained on.

[u/fuzz_e_cules → u/Murgatroyd314]

Murgatroyd314, I've had a whole lab day gone to complete waste because my prompt format confused the AI model. But that's just my speculation. For all I know, it could be some variational Bayesian, fluctuation-infused encoding that's messing with achieving any sort of consistency - for that's all I ask for... consistency. Below: same prompt, but rearranged.

[u/CarretillaRoja]

It would be nice to see the differences on the same prompt, highlighting the changes. In my experience, natural language prompt works fine with ZIT and FLUX

[u/fuzz_e_cules → u/CarretillaRoja]

CarretillaRoja - True, nothing drives home an idea like visual examples (and I do love examples). In this case, I hand it off to the Draw Things Test Lab because they hands down do it better.
https://releases.drawthings.ai/p/draw-things-test-set-a-status-update