Fantasy Island Map with Compass Rose
ChatGPT (DALL·E)A GPT Image 2 prompt for a fantasy island map on aged parchment — a tropical island with a beach ring, jungle interior, smoking volcano, a galleon and rowboat in a bay, a red dotted trade route, small islets, an ornate compass rose, and blank label areas in hand-painted watercolour cartography.
Last tested: August 2026 with ChatGPT (DALL·E) GPT Image 2
Part of the ChatGPT (DALL·E) prompt library · see more fantasy prompts .
Prompt
A fantasy island map on aged parchment, a single tropical island drawn in the centre with a jagged coastline, a sandy beach ring in pale gold, a dense jungle interior in dark green tree-canopy circles, a volcano in the island centre with a drawn plume of smoke rising, a river flowing from the volcano to the western coast, a small bay on the south coast with a drawn anchored galleon and a rowboat heading to shore, a dotted trade route in red from the galleon curving around the island to the north, three small uninhabited islets to the east, an ornate compass rose in the lower left with cardinal and intercardinal points, two blank rectangular areas on the island for place labels, a decorative rope border around the map edge, no text, no letters, no place names, hand-painted cartography style with muted watercolour wash on cream paper
Settings
- Model
- ChatGPT (DALL·E) GPT Image 2
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
How to use this prompt
The ornate compass rose is the focal anchor that makes the composition read as a map rather than an island illustration — without a compass rose, DALL-E tends to render a landscape painting viewed from above. "Cardinal and intercardinal points" tells DALL-E to draw eight directional arms, which is the detail that separates a real compass rose from a simple star shape. The galleon and rowboat in the bay are the storytelling elements that give the island a sense of discovery and exploration, and naming both the ship and the small boat creates a narrative of arrival. The volcano with a drawn smoke plume is the dramatic anchor that draws the eye to the island centre.
Variations to try
- Swap the jungle for a snowy pine forest and the volcano for an icy peak for a northern fantasy island
- Add a sea serpent drawn in the ocean margin and a shipwreck on the reef for a perilous waters map
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{
"title": "Fantasy Island Map with Compass Rose",
"prompt": "A fantasy island map on aged parchment, a single tropical island drawn in the centre with a jagged coastline, a sandy beach ring in pale gold, a dense jungle interior in dark green tree-canopy circles, a volcano in the island centre with a drawn plume of smoke rising, a river flowing from the volcano to the western coast, a small bay on the south coast with a drawn anchored galleon and a rowboat heading to shore, a dotted trade route in red from the galleon curving around the island to the north, three small uninhabited islets to the east, an ornate compass rose in the lower left with cardinal and intercardinal points, two blank rectangular areas on the island for place labels, a decorative rope border around the map edge, no text, no letters, no place names, hand-painted cartography style with muted watercolour wash on cream paper",
"model": "ChatGPT (DALL·E)",
"model_version": "GPT Image 2",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:2"
},
"style_tags": [
"fantasy",
"vintage"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"fantasy-maps",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/dalle/fantasy-island-compass-map/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
