ChatGPT (DALL·E) · GPT Image 2 (ChatGPT)

Surreal Giant Key Floating Above a Sleeping City

Tested: 2026-08-10

16:9 · 768 × 432

AI-generated image for the prompt "Surreal Giant Key Floating Above a Sleeping City", produced with GPT Image 2 (ChatGPT)
Generated with ChatGPT (DALL·E) · GPT Image 2 (ChatGPT) at 16:9. Full prompt below.

The prompt

Prompt

An enormous antique brass key floating horizontally above a sleeping city at night, the key roughly the size of a city block, warm golden light glowing from the key, rooftops and church spires below in cool blue moonlight, a few lit windows in the buildings, the key casting a soft golden reflection on the river running through the city, stars visible in the dark sky above the key, impossible scale, dreamlike atmosphere, no text, no letters

How to use this prompt

  1. 1

    Open the generator that matches the model and version above, and start a new image rather than editing an existing one.

  2. 2

    Set the output to 16:9. That is the only output setting recorded for this entry, and it is what produced the 768 × 432 image on this page.

  3. 3

    Paste the prompt exactly as written. Changing the wording changes the image, so copy it before you edit.

  4. 4

    Generate, then change one thing at a time. The result will not be pixel-identical to the image on this page, because no seed is recorded for it.

Only an aspect ratio is recorded for this entry. GPT Image and DALL·E do not expose a sampler, step count, or CFG value in the interface this was tested in, so there are no numbers to match — the prompt text and the aspect ratio are the whole instruction. Resize by describing the framing in words rather than reaching for a parameter.

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