# Science Fiction World-Building Art

Writers and tabletop game masters building science fiction settings benefit from visual anchors: cities, ships, uniforms, and alien landscapes. These prompts help create world-building reference images with [Raphael AI](https://raphael.app), a free AI image generator at https://raphael.app.

## Building a visual bible

Start with three pillars for your setting, such as "decaying luxury, ocean colonies, bioluminescent tech". Add them to every prompt so the world feels consistent.

## Prompt ideas

- Cities: "underwater dome city with kelp gardens, soft blue light, wide establishing shot"
- Vehicles: "small cargo shuttle with patched hull plates, side view, concept art"
- Characters: "dock worker in a pressure suit with hand-painted symbols, full body"
- Landscapes: "twin suns setting over glass desert dunes, long shadows, cinematic"

## Faction design

Give each faction a shape language and palette: rounded and green for settlers, angular and red for corporate security. Use the same words in all prompts for that faction.

## At the table

Print location images on cards and show them when players arrive somewhere new. A single picture sets the scene faster than a paragraph of description.

## Ownership

Keep notes on which images inspired which canon details, and commission or create final published art yourself.