# Retro Product Icon Style Prompt > JSON prompt template for generating style-consistent retro consumer tech icons This structured JSON prompt enforces a consistent retro industrial design aesthetic across AI image generations. It locks down materials, lighting, orthographic camera angles, and color palettes to create coherent sets of flat-lay consumer tech icons. ## The prompt Usage: paste into ChatGPT, replace \ (or \ in the screenshot variant), hit Enter. Full prompt: { "task": "Render one icon in the locked Retro Product Icon style", "object\_subject": "\", "style\_reference": "Flat-lay inspired retro product icon pack. Each icon represents a 60s–90s consumer tech product, rendered like a physical object. Must match the visual style of approved icons (e.g. camera, radio, register) with glossy white casing, chrome parts, orange accents, and top-down composition. Rendered to resemble real-world materials with neutral studio lighting and tight icon framing.", "render\_style": { "materials": { "main\_body": "Glossy white plastic — smooth enamel surface with soft highlights. No gray tint or matte finish.", "metal\_parts": "Cool brushed aluminum or polished chrome with clean specular reflections", "buttons": "Glossy orange plastic — max 1–2 small elements per icon", "black\_parts": "Matte or vinyl-textured black (used for grips, lenses, or dials)", "glass": "Flat or lightly frosted acrylic for screens, lenses, or meters" }, "colors": { "primary": "\#FFFFFF (clean white plastic)", "accent": "\#F27121 (retro orange)", "secondary": "\#111111 (vinyl black)", "metal": "\#CED2D5 (brushed chrome)", "background": "100% transparent PNG with soft, neutral contact shadow" }, "geometry": { "base\_shape": "Rounded rectangle", "corner\_radius": "10–12% of object size — must remain consistent across the full icon set", "button\_style": "Slightly inset rounded rectangles or circles, respecting corner rule", "circular\_elements": "Only use perfect circles for lenses, dials, rotary parts, knobs" }, "lighting": { "engine": "Cinema4D with Redshift", "setup": "Three-point studio lighting — soft top-left key + subtle rim + fill", "white\_balance": "Neutral to slightly cool — never warm", "shadow": { "style": "Tight soft contact shadow directly beneath object", "opacity": "15–25%", "direction": "subtle and symmetrical" } }, "camera": { "angle": "Strict orthographic top-down (90°)", "type": "Flat-lay style with no perspective distortion", "framing": "Perfect 1:1 square ratio, centered object, minimal margins", "focus": "Full icon sharp — no depth blur" } }, "output": { "format": "PNG", "transparent\_background": true, "shadow\_enabled": true, "canvas\_ratio": "1:1", "resolution\_px": 2048 }, "render\_notes": "Every icon must feel like a real object photographed from above. Use only approved materials. Avoid modern design language or soft toy-like forms. Match the Leica-style example in every render. Do not alter camera angle, shadow styling, or material gloss unless instructed." } ## What it is for - Generate a cohesive custom icon set for an app or website UI - Design retro-styled tech product illustrations for marketing graphics - Maintain visual consistency across multiple AI image generation sessions ## Key points - JSON schema structure specifying object subject and locked style parameters - Strict color palette constraints featuring glossy white, retro orange, brushed chrome, and vinyl black - Defined orthographic 90-degree flat-lay camera settings to eliminate perspective distortion - Material-level directives covering enamel plastics, polished metals, and acrylic lenses - Studio lighting rules configured to simulate neutral three-point Cinema4D/Redshift renders ## Pricing Free ## Details - Type: Prompt - Category: [Design](https://xiry.app/topics/design.md) - Topic: [AI Prompts](https://xiry.app/topics/ai/ai-prompts.md) - Open source: no - Platforms: Web - For: Designers and creators generating visual assets with ChatGPT or DALL-E - Tags: prompt, iconography, image generation, chatgpt, dalle, retro tech ## Why it was saved - [@tranmautritam, 11 September 2025](https://x.com/tranmautritam/status/1966070551849656736): Produces a coherent, style-locked icon set (glossy white casing, chrome, orange accents, orthographic top-down flat-lay) across many renders. ## Related - [agency-agents](https://xiry.app/resources/agency-agents): Curated library of specialized AI agent personas and workflows for Claude Code (GitHub repo, Open source) - [Senior Product Manager PRD Prompt](https://xiry.app/resources/prd-prompt-for-llms): System prompt to convert rough software ideas into structured, agent-ready PRDs (Prompt, Free) - [15 ChatGPT Prompts by Topic (Atul Kumar)](https://xiry.app/resources/15-chatgpt-prompts-by-topic-atul-kumar): A cheat sheet of 15 business and marketing prompts for ChatGPT. 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