How to convert your Diwali photos into Studio Ghibli style AI art using ChatGPT: A step-by-step guide with right prompt

Diwali Ghibli art photos

Turning Diwali photos into Ghibli-like frames is now possible through AI models that support style transfer via text prompts. Unlike filters, these models reinterpret shapes, depth, fabric and light with a painterly logic rather than just overlaying textures.

Step-by-step guide to convert your photos into Ghibli art using ChatGPT

Start with a photo that has clear subjects and clean edges: people around diyas, rangoli in foreground, terrace crackers, or inside-home portraits. Crop distractions before prompting; AI respects starting composition but exaggerates noise and clutter. Keep faces lit and expressions visible because the model needs readable contours to redraw them in a stylised ink-and-paint form.

Things to keep in mind before you prompt

AI Ghibli results collapse easily when the source is too dark, backlit or motion-blurred. Avoid photos with blown highlights from diyas or sparklers since painted simulations do not re-invent missing luminance texture. If you want the art to remain recognisable, request “preserve likeness” or “keep faces true to subject” inside prompt.

The right prompt — structure matters more than adjectives

A usable prompt skeleton is:[Target style] + [Scene description] + [Selective constraints] + [What not to do]

For example:
“Ghibli style 2D painted frame of a Diwali courtyard at night with diyas on steps and warm lanterns, preserve subject likeness and clothing shapes, avoid surreal distortions or extra characters.”
You can tune intensity with a second instruction like “apply style at 60–70% strength” or “keep lighting physically plausible”.

After the first generation, use an upscaler to add line cleanliness instead of regenerating with a new style prompt, which often changes faces and breaks continuity. For a full album, save your prompt and only rotate the scene clause (terrace crackers / family around rangoli / balcony with torans) so the aesthetic vocabulary stays constant across frames.

Ghibli conversion works best when you push style deliberately but cap invention. Treat prompt as a contract: describe what is allowed, what must be preserved, and what must not appear, and the painterly look will remain believable rather than ornamental.