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Google Nano Banana Deep Dive - 10 Money-Making Use Cases (With Ready-to-Use Prompts)

A comprehensive one-day test of Nano Banana, covering 10 highly practical scenarios with prompt examples, performance observations, and pros/cons analysis.

Ye XiaofengYe Xiaofeng
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Google Nano Banana Deep Dive - 10 Money-Making Use Cases (With Ready-to-Use Prompts)

Google Nano Banana Deep Dive: 10 Money-Making Use Cases (With Ready-to-Use Prompts)

What makes Google's latest image model gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview (aka Nano Banana🍌) so powerful? What can regular people, designers, and office workers do with it? I spent an entire day putting it through dozens of "extreme tests" and here's my fresh-off-the-press "Real-World Testing Report" for everyone.

Introduction

Nano Banana's strength isn't just "click and generate images" — it's the comprehensive control over scenes, materials, lighting, and identity consistency. These 10 techniques below are both immediately usable and can help boost your productivity and income.


1️⃣ Create Your Custom Collectible Figures

Every time you see a favorite game or anime character, you think "I wish I had a physical figure on my desk." I had AI skip all the modeling, production, staging, and photography steps. With just a flat image, it generates "unboxing" product photography, complete with packaging boxes and even modeling process screenshots!

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Figure Unboxing" product photography

Create a photorealistic, highly detailed PVC character figure, meticulously crafted based on a photograph. The figure stands proudly on a sleek, round plastic base. Behind it, its collectible box features a high-quality print of the original character art. Adjacent to the box, a computer monitor displays the intricate 3D modeling process in Blender, showcasing the digital sculpting and texturing. The entire figure is rendered in a clear, translucent PVC material, giving it an ethereal, ghost-like quality. The scene is set within a professional design studio with soft, diffused indoor lighting that highlights the figure's form and transparency.

It doesn't just convert 2D to 3D — it creates a complete "story scene." This is a game-changer for figure manufacturers, independent designers, and collectors alike.


2️⃣ AI as Your Personal Pose Coach

The hardest part of e-commerce photography is nailing the poses. Using a pose reference image, you can make any model "instantly replicate" the pose while maintaining identity, face, and clothing consistency with natural lighting.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Pose Transfer" (maintaining character consistency)

Using the model from  as the subject, and the pose from  as the reference, generate a new, photorealistic image. The subject must perfectly replicate the reference pose. Crucially, maintain the subject's identity, facial features, and clothing from her original photo. The background should be a clean, minimalist studio setting with soft lighting.


3️⃣ Transform Rough Sketches into Real People

Give it a rough sketch and watch AI's "imagination" at work. It doesn't just convert sketches to photos — it automatically adds skin texture, material quality, and appropriate lighting, like a professional fashion magazine shoot.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Sketch to Photorealistic" conversion

Transform the line art from [Sketch image] into a hyper-realistic photograph. Render a female model with realistic skin textures and natural hair flow. The clothing should be made of a soft, cotton-like material, matching the sketch's design. The lighting should be soft and natural, as if from a large window. The final image must look like a professional fashion magazine shot.


4️⃣ One Model, Entire Store's Wardrobe

Model photography is extremely expensive. Give it one model + multiple product images, and AI automatically generates "seller's photos" with consistent facial identity, natural clothing fit, and believable wrinkles and shadows.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Virtual Try-On"

Take the model from [Model image] and dress her in the complete outfit shown in [Clothing item image #1]. Place her in a bright, outdoor park setting during a sunny day. Ensure the clothes fit her body realistically, with natural folds and shadows. The model's face, hair, and identity must remain consistent.


5️⃣ AI Director: Creative Compositions at Will

Multi-character interaction is the real test. Given two characters + complex interaction pose sketch, I tested for "uncanny valley" effects. Result: accurate identity recognition, poses well-replicated, minor flaws in physical contact areas but overall usable.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Multi-Character Action Scene"

Create a dynamic, anime-style action scene. Use the character with black hair from [Character Image 1] and the character with pink hair from [Character Image 2]. Position them according to the stick-figure sketch in [Pose Sketch]. The black-haired character is performing a flying kick, and the pink-haired character is blocking with a punch, creating a bright yellow energy impact. The setting is ancient stone ruins at dusk, with fire and embers in the background. High detail, cinematic lighting.


6️⃣ Scene Annotation: Instant AR Glasses

Take any street scene, and AI automatically identifies landmarks and adds info boxes with a high-tech feel. Perfect for presentations and video thumbnails.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Scene Annotation / AR Style"

Analyze the provided [Scene Image]. Identify the 1-3 most prominent landmarks, buildings, or points of interest. For each identified point, draw a neat, glowing blue outline around its silhouette. Next to each outline, overlay a clean, semi-transparent dark UI box. Inside each box, display plausible information such as a generated Name, Type/Location, and a brief, one-sentence description. The overall style should be modern and informative, like an augmented reality (AR) view.

7️⃣ Logo Style Exploration

Transform one brand logo into multiple style variants: cyberpunk, vaporwave, minimalist line art, 3D inflatable toy, Japanese ink wash, etc., while maintaining core recognizability. Perfect for bulk proposal generation.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Logo Style Variations"

Using the Duolingo owl logo from [Logo Image] as the core subject, redesign it in 5 different styles: 1. Cyberpunk, with neon glows and metallic textures. 2. Steampunk, with gears, brass, and clockwork elements. 3. Minimalist line art. 4. 3D inflatable plastic toy. 5. Traditional Japanese ink wash painting (Sumi-e). Maintain the basic shape and recognizability of the owl.


8️⃣ Verbal Photo Editing - True Magic

Naturally modify hair color and add glasses with proper gloss and shadows, changing only specified areas without "breaking" the face.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Verbal Photo Editing (Hair/Glasses)"

Take the person in [Photo of a person]. Please make two subtle changes. First, change her hair color to a light pink. Second, add a pair of modern, black-rimmed glasses to her face. Ensure the changes look natural, with correct lighting, shadows, and reflections. Do not alter her facial features or expression.


9️⃣ Half Real, Half Anime - Dimension Split

Achieve irregular style division within a single image with clear boundaries. Great for posters and avatars with strong visual impact.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Dimension Split (Style Division)"

Take the image of the woman in [Input Photo]. Apply a creative split-style effect. Keep the lower half of her body (legs and boots) as the original photograph. Transform the upper half of her body (torso, arms, head) into a vibrant, 2D anime style with bold outlines and flat colors, similar to the anime 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'. The transition between the two styles should be a clean, slightly curved line.


🔟 AI as Your Interior Designer

Give it an empty room photo and "command" furniture placement through text. Perspective, lighting, materials, and shadows all align perfectly for maximum realism. Highly efficient for home staging and design proposals.

🧠 Prompt (Copy and Use)

Recommended prompt for "Interior Design"

This is a photo of an empty living room [Empty Room Photo]. Redesign it in a cozy Scandinavian style. Add a light grey fabric sofa, a natural oak wood coffee table, several green potted plants, and a large, soft wool rug. The lighting should be bright and airy, coming from the window.

Summary

Overall, if Midjourney is more like an artist, Nano Banana is more like a top commercial designer — stable delivery, commercially viable.

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