Friendly Ghost Learning to Fly

ChatGPT (DALL·E)

By Varun Sharma Tested with ChatGPT (DALL·E) GPT Image 2 Aug 7, 2026

Friendly Ghost Learning to Fly is a GPT Image 2 prompt for a 3:2 children's book spread. A small round ghost with curious eyes reaching upward above autumn leaves and a pumpkin creates a gentle Halloween-adjacent scene in soft watercolour with a smiling twilight moon.

Last tested: August 2026 with ChatGPT (DALL·E) GPT Image 2

Part of the ChatGPT (DALL·E) prompt library · see more watercolor prompts .

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Children's book illustration of a small friendly ghost with big eyes floating above autumn leaves and a pumpkin — Friendly Ghost Learning to Fly — ChatGPT (DALL·E) GPT Image 2, Aspect ratio 3:2

Commercial use included

Prompt

A children's book illustration of a small round ghost with big curious eyes floating just above the ground, one wispy arm reaching upward as if trying to go higher, a tiny pumpkin nearby looking up at the ghost, autumn leaves on the ground, a friendly smiling moon in a twilight sky with soft stars, the ghost is white with a slight blue tint, warm and gentle rather than spooky, watercolour texture with visible brush strokes, no text, no letters, no watermark

Settings

Model: ChatGPT (DALL·E) GPT Image 2
Aspect ratio: 3:2

How to use this prompt

"Warm and gentle rather than spooky" is the phrase that stops GPT Image from making this a horror illustration. Without it the model defaults to a scary ghost with hollow eyes. "Big curious eyes" is the character cue that makes the ghost endearing — without them it is a blank sheet shape. The slight blue tint keeps the ghost from vanishing against the moon as a flat white blob. The pumpkin and autumn leaves ground the scene in a season without making it a Halloween page, keeping it sellable year-round. "Just above the ground" is the scale cue — a ghost flying high loses the learning-to-fly vulnerability.

Variations to try

Add a second smaller ghost floating beside the first, same curious eyes and autumn leaves
Swap the pumpkin for a small owl perched on a fence post, same twilight moon and stars

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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON

{
  "title": "Friendly Ghost Learning to Fly",
  "prompt": "A children's book illustration of a small round ghost with big curious eyes floating just above the ground, one wispy arm reaching upward as if trying to go higher, a tiny pumpkin nearby looking up at the ghost, autumn leaves on the ground, a friendly smiling moon in a twilight sky with soft stars, the ghost is white with a slight blue tint, warm and gentle rather than spooky, watercolour texture with visible brush strokes, no text, no letters, no watermark",
  "model": "ChatGPT (DALL·E)",
  "model_version": "GPT Image 2 (ChatGPT)",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "3:2"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "watercolor",
    "whimsical"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "childrens-book",
    "illustration"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/dalle/friendly-ghost-learning-to-fly/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.