nms-blog-images

name	nms-blog-images
description	Generate hero images for No Man's Sky Recipes blog posts with a consistent art style. Use when creating, regenerating, or updating blog post hero images for the NMS site, or when the user mentions blog images, hero images, or thumbnails for nomansskyrecipes.com.

NMS Blog Image Generation

Art Style

All blog hero images follow a unified style:

• Genre: Dark, cinematic sci-fi digital art inspired by the No Man's Sky universe
• Palette: Deep darks with vibrant accent glows — cyan, teal, magenta, gold, or purple depending on subject
• Lighting: Dramatic, moody lighting with neon/energy glow as the primary light source
• Composition: Wide 16:9 aspect ratio, landscape orientation
• Detail level: High detail, painterly digital art (not photorealistic, not pixel art)
• Atmosphere: Alien, mysterious, space-exploration mood

Hard Rules

• No humans. No Man's Sky characters wear full helmets and space suits — if a figure must appear, it should be a helmeted astronaut in a bulky suit, never a visible face or skin.
• No watermarks or branding. Don't include film studio logos, stock photo watermarks, or fake brand names (e.g. "NMS" stamped in a corner). Contextual in-scene text like UI labels, crafting tree diagrams, or alien signage is fine and encouraged when it fits the subject.
• Use in-game item icons as reference images when available. Item PNGs live in public/images/items/. Pass them via the reference_image_paths parameter so the generated art faithfully represents the actual game asset. To find an item's icon filename, search the JSON files in src/datav2/ for the item name and read its "Icon" field.
• File format: .webp, saved to public/images/blog/.

Image Types

Two proven styles for blog hero images:

1. Scene images — An environment-focused shot (workshop, planet surface, space station) with the subject item or activity as the centerpiece. Good for guides and general topics.
2. Crafting tree diagrams — A visual crafting tree with the final product at the top, branching down through sub-components. Each node should resemble the actual in-game icon. Pass all component item icons as reference images. Good for "How to Craft X" posts.

Prompt Template

When generating, follow this structure:

A sci-fi themed hero image for a blog post about [TOPIC] in a space
exploration game. [CENTRAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION, referencing the in-game item
if a reference image was provided]. [ENVIRONMENT/SETTING — alien workshop,
planet surface, space station, freighter interior, etc.]. [LIGHTING AND COLOR
NOTES — which accent colors dominate]. The scene has NO people, NO humans —
[if a figure is needed: only a helmeted astronaut in a full space suit]. Dark
cinematic atmosphere, digital art style. Wide aspect ratio (16:9). No
watermarks, no branding.

Existing Image Inventory

Blog Post	Image Path	Reference Item
Best Refiner Recipes	public/images/blog/refiner-recipes.webp	BUILD_REFINER2.png
Best Nanite Farms	public/images/blog/nanite-farms.webp	—
Fusion Ignitor vs Stasis Device	public/images/blog/fusion-vs-stasis.webp	—
Gravitino Coil Guide	public/images/blog/gravitino-coil.webp	—
How to Craft Fusion Ignitor	public/images/blog/craft-fusion-ignitor.webp	ULTRAPROD1.png
How to Craft Stasis Device	public/images/blog/craft-stasis-device.webp	ULTRAPROD2.png
How to Make Units Fast	public/images/blog/make-units-fast.webp	UNITS.png
Is NMS Worth It 2026	public/images/blog/is-nms-worth-it-2026.webp	—

Frontmatter Integration

Each blog post in src/content/blog/*.md has an optional heroImage field:

heroImage: "/images/blog/your-image-name.webp"

After generating a new image, update the post's frontmatter to point to it.