This is your Magazine Cover Story!

There’s something irresistibly iconic about a magazine cover. It doesn’t matter if it’s Vogue, TIME, or “Compost Weekly”—once you’re on the front, you’re a headline. That’s the magic this prompt captures.

With this beautifully crafted image generator, you’re not just creating AI portraits. You’re giving your subject a press pass into visual culture. Whether you’re designing a fashion shoot for a fictional influencer or throwing your dog on the cover of Bark Digest, this prompt transforms even the most mundane snapshot into something impossibly polished, editorial, and oh-so-shareable.

Think dramatic lighting, flawless framing, and just the right amount of overhyped subtext (“You won’t believe her skincare secret!”). And the kicker? You control it all—genre, style, layout, even which era it looks ripped from. Glamorous, gritty, or gloriously trashy. It’s your story to tell.

This isn’t about photorealism for realism’s sake. It’s about narrative packaging. The image is just the hook—the headline is what sells it. That’s why this prompt bakes in editorial tropes: bold mastheads, stylised layouts, cheeky callouts, and the always-a-bit-much cover quote. It feels instantly familiar… but always fresh. Because the subject is yours.

For creators building mock-ups, social satire, product placement parodies or even full-on conceptual storytelling projects—this is a shortcut to legitimacy. It looks like it belongs on a real newsstand, because visually, it does. And in a swipe-fed world where thumbnails matter more than text, looking real is half the win.

Best of all? You don’t need to wrestle with layers in Photoshop. One prompt. One genius cover. Infinite potential for reinvention.

So, who’s your next cover star?

If you end up creating something glorious, tag me on X (@phillshaw)—I want to see your wildest cover stories hit the feed in style.