I Built a Free Nano Banana

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    "prompt": "I’m leony, an indie maker who likes turning repeated experiments into small, useful tools. One problem I kept running into with image generation was the blank prompt: I knew the kind of image I wanted, but not how to describe the subject, lighting, composition, and constraints in a way that gave me a useful starting point. So I built the [Soutine ## Why show the result beside the prompt? A The collection is organized around common creative tasks rather than a single style. You’ll find examples for portraits, product shots, image restoration, anime, interior spaces, and surreal edits. That range matters because each category tends to need different kinds of detail. A portrait may depend on expression and lighting; a product shot may need surface descriptions and a controlled background; a restoration ## The browse copy → try workflow My preferred workflow is simple: 1. Browse a category that is close to the image I want. 2. Compare the preview with the exact 3. Copy the 4. Run the new version, then make a small, deliberate change. Browsing and copying the examples is free. If you use Soutine to generate new images, those generations use Soutine The companion reference package is also available as [soutine-banana-prompts on GitHub]( It gives the collection a more inspectable home for people who prefer looking at a small source package alongside the live browsing experience. ## A small iteration habit When a",
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    "provenance": "COMMUNITY_PROMPT"
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