Since the launch of Gemini's Nano Banana Pro, users have been experimenting with its image generation capabilities to create comics. By taking care of the visuals, Gemini's Nano Banana Pro model lets you focus on the narrative, delivering pro-level results within a few seconds.

Nano Banana Pro supports styles from anime to superhero, with features like reference image blending for up to 5 consistent faces. At present, the panels on a single comic strip are restricted to four. To get more panels in, you'll need to create them separately.

With that out of the way, let's see how you can create professional-level comics with Gemini's Nano Banana Pro.

How to plan your comic story

Each story, whether a comic or not, requires a mix of a few essential things. These include:

  • Characters
  • Story beats
  • Scene descriptions

Since we're creating comic panels, we'll further need:

  • Angle
  • Colors and Lighting
  • Comic Style
  • Pacing (panel-by-panel)

Make sure you have a rough idea of your story. Then write prompts that mix the above elements.

How to make Professional Comics with Gemini's Nano Banana Pro

For starters, open gemini.google.com. Click on the 'Create Image' shortcut.

If you don't see the shortcut, click on the 'Preferences' icon and select 'Create Images'.

Make sure to also select the Thinking with 3 Pro model.

Now you're all ready to start prompting Gemini to create comics.

Prompting

Start your prompt by telling Gemini to "Create a new comic with the title..." and mention your title.

Now, structure your prompt in Panels. Here's how:

Tell Gemini what you want to see in Panel 1. This is the start of the comic so make sure to be as descriptive as possible. Mention the style that you want the comic to be in, introduce the characters, their positioning, characteristics, clothing, expression, etc., and the main action or dialogue.

Similarly for Panel 2, continue your story. Depending on your story, you may want to inject a little conflict, or raise the stakes. If you don't update the colors and style, they'll remain the same throughout, which isn't all bad since you'd want to coherence. But wherever you need to have a different color or angle, do specify it.

Use a similar format for the middle panels. Finally, at the end, bring the comic to a close with a description of the final panel. Make sure it provides a punchy, but coherent, ending to the whole comic and ties up the panels with a message, subtle or otherwise.

Hit Enter and let Gemini do the work. Even with minimal prompting, Nano Banana Pro creates a highly workable comic strip.

Updating prompt

If you like what you see but want to tinker a little, you can simply update your original prompt.

Alternatively, you can tell Gemini in a follow-up to make the changes.

Referencing existing images

You can also provide a reference image to Gemini to style your comic after it. To do so, simply upload the image to the prompt box and specify what you want Gemini to do with the reference image.

Tips for a professional comic prompt

Follow the tips below for a professional comic prompt:

  • Be as detailed and descriptive as possible. The more info Gemini has, the better the comic will be.
  • Mention the style you're after. Otherwise you'll get a generic-comic look.
  • Explore different angles for the shots, as well as different poses for your characters.
  • In every panel, make sure there is something going on. This will ensure a sense of action.
  • If you don't like what Gemini creates, tell it to try again. Alternatively, iterate upon what's already generated to improve it.

And that's about it! These are the general prompting principles you should follow when looking to create professional-level comics with Gemini's Nano Banana Pro. As Gemini takes care of the panel creation, you are liberated from the task of sketching and drawing and can instead focus more on creating better comic stories. We wish you all the best! Keep creating.