7 Cool Use Cases For Nano Banana | With Prompts & Examples

Nano Banana has been one of the most exciting generative AI tools recently released, mainly because of its AI image editing abilities.

I’ve spent the past couple of days experimenting with the model and wanted to share some of the results. Spoiler alert; it’s pretty good. It might be my go-to image editor for the foreseeable future.

7 cool Nano Banana use cases

Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, aka Nano Banana, excels at editing images. It’s not bad at generating new visuals, but it’s most impressive for the visual consistency. When you give the model a reference image, other reference images, and a fairly comprehensive prompt, the output is usually good.

Use case 1: Turning people into commercial figures

a diverse group of about eighteen people smiling and posing for a photo at night on a patio, there are palm trees and string lights in the background and a lit candle on the wooden table in the foreground — Reference image

a detailed desk setup featuring a collectible 3d figurine of a group of people, in the background a large curved computer monitor shows a 3d modeling program, and to the right is the product box for the friendship collectibles — Reference image

Prompt:

Create a 1/7 scale commercialized figure of this group in the illustration, in a realistic style and environment.

Place the figures on a computer desk, using a circular transparent acrylic base without any text.

On the computer screen, display the Brush making process of the figure. Next to the computer screen, place a BANDAI-style toy packaging box printed with the original artwork.

One of the coolest prompts I’ve seen was turning images of people into collectible figures with the above prompt. The reference picture was from Piktochart’s recent retreat. Other examples I’ve seen indicate that the prompt works better with fewer people or individuals.

Use case 2: Visualizing sketches

an architectural sketch of an office interior during construction, showing exposed metal wall studs, scaffolding, and equipment covered with blue tarps, a single far wall is painted pink — Reference image of architect’s sketch

a bright, modern office hallway with light wood floors and glass-walled meeting rooms on either side, at the end of the hall is a teal accent wall with a small meeting table — Reference image of architect’s sketch

Prompt:

Finish this interior design restoration. Color it and furnish the rooms and buildings.

I wanted to see how well it could turn an idea into fleshed out version based on a blueprint or sketch. I thought it did a decent job turning the concept into a mockup. However, some of the finer details didn’t quite translate. For example, the chairs and sofas didn’t make it in the final cut, and Gemini 2.5 Flash turned the offices on the right with cut out door frames into a full glass office.

Minor things, but keep in mind if you’re using the output for client-facing proposals!

Use case 3: Generating ideas for interior design styles

a spacious, empty room with dark brown hardwood floors, beige walls, and a staircase with a dark wood railing and white spindles, in the background, a kitchen with dark cabinets and a breakfast bar is visible — Reference image of an empty room

a furnished living room with dark wood floors, featuring a teal sofa, two mustard yellow armchairs, a round coffee table on a geometric rug, and a staircase in the background — Reference image of an empty room

Prompt:

Stage this empty house with furniture, Wes Anderson style. Keep the walls, floor, and ceiling intact.

This isn’t my house, but I did move recently and I would have really appreciated this tool to help me brainstorm ideas on how to fill up my house with better taste than I have!

The suggested design is a bit cramped for my liking. Looks a bit hard to get to the basement stairs. Also, I’m not a fan of painting’s positioning on the stairs (accident waiting to happen and a sore head for whoever’s sat on the couch).

Use case 4: Modelling clothes

an asian woman with her hair tied back wears round sunglasses and a navy blue two-piece outfit, she stands with her hands in her pockets in front of a colorful, abstract graffiti wall

a white midi dress with a pink and green floral pattern, it has a square neckline with a tie detail, short puff sleeves, and an a-line skirt, displayed against a plain grey background

Prompt:

Change the woman’s outfit to the summer dress. Keep the sunglasses on.

My wife often laments not being able to try on clothes she sees online, but really liking the style. While putting them on is the best way to find out whether it’s a good fit, a decent alternative is to have Nano Banana imagine what you’d look like with certain clothes.

For eCommerce brands, this could be an easy way to attract new customers by quickly creating mockups using the same model.

Use case 5:

Prompt:

Turn my image into a corporate-style headshot with a neutral background and business attire.

Speaking of creating mockups, I’ve seen people create new profile pictures. I’m definitely in need of this service, since I’ve been using the same Slack PFP for five years (in my defense, why fix what’s not broken?)

If you’re in need of a glow up, Nano Banana can recreate your images into different styles. I briefly tested it in other visual styles, and it was a bit hit and miss. Depth and specificity of prompting makes a big difference.

Use case 6: Grouping people together

a smiling asian man in a black t-shirt and green pants walks through a modern glass and black-framed office door, he is carrying a water bottle and a bag of coffee beans from dutch colony coffee co

soccer player cristiano ronaldo jogs on the field, wearing a navy blue al-nassr fc jersey with gold lettering from nike and a blue captain's armband, he has a focused expression

Prompt:

Have the man holding the coffee cup and bag take a selfie with Messi and Ronaldo on Wembley pitch

Camp Messi or camp Ronaldo? Who’s the GOAT?

Rather than steep myself in the trenches of this divisive debate, I thought “why not take a selfie with both?”

The final output was pretty good. It captured Ronaldo’s and Messi’s features well and we are lined up to take a pretty sick selfie (coffee tumbler and shopping bag in hand, clearly I was just passing by).

If I had to nitpick, my face didn’t quite make it clean through (the AI image is probably an improvement to reality, to be fair). I also noticed a line cutting through the 18 yard box, which doesn’t exist in soccer pitches. Otherwise, I’m happy enough to play with this and see if I can pull off some cheeky pranks.

Use case 7: Make your own memes

a long-haired norwegian forest cat with white, brown, and grey tabby markings sleeping peacefully on a rust-orange duvet, its eyes are partially open and its paws are tucked in — Reference image of a sleeping cat

a meme showing a sleepy norwegian forest cat lying on an orange bed with the text, me monday morning, at the top and, five more minutes, at the bottom — Reference image of a sleeping cat

Prompt:

Turn this into a viral meme with bold white caption text

I’m an expert at consuming content and memes, but green behind the ears when it comes to making my own. Always wanted to dabble in it though, which Nano Banana lets me do with aplomb (if it comes out bad, I can blame the tool).

The beauty of memes is how versatile they can be. You can put any meme into your slide deck, a blog article, or reserve in your meme bank to roast friends when they have a terrible take.

It was pretty simple to make this one in less than 30 seconds. With more tinkering, you can merge popular memes together for layered humor.

Google released a list of text-to-image prompts if you want to learn more about using Nano Banana.

How to use Nano Banana in Pikto AI

If you have a Pikto AI subscription, the great news is that you can use it for free! Here’s how:

Open Pikto AI Editor
Click on “Images” tab, then click on “Image Modifier”
Drag and drop or upload your reference image (the main image you want to edit)
In the Pikto AI editor, add further reference images that you want to include
Type in your prompt and click “Generate visual”

Et voilà! You can download your visual to use for your other workflows, like creating an Instagram reel or add it as part of your LinkedIn carousel.

We recorded a brief video as a demo on how to start using it in 60 seconds!

As you can see, Pikto AI lets you use the powerful AI image editor in your subscription. Once you’ve created your visuals, you can integrate them into your other formats like presentations, infographics, or social media assets – all from the same workspace.

This means that instead of changing tabs and swapping between different tools, you can create all your visual content in the same browser.

You don’t even need to open multiple tabs! You can access powerful AI image tools in Pikto AI Studio and all the different formats within the same workspace, such as: