Tired of cheesy stock photos that don’t represent your learners? In this hands-on webinar, I shared my prompting framework for generating cohesive AI images that actually fit your training content, your audience, and your brand. I walk through real examples, practice exercises, and practical workflows for creating consistent characters, matching brand colors, building icon sets, and upgrading old course visuals.
You’ll learn how to:
- Apply a repeatable prompting framework that works across AI image tools
- Create diverse, representative character images for scenario-based learning
- Keep a consistent visual style across an entire course
- Generate icon sets and visual metaphors in a single prompt
- Navigate copyright, ethics, and commercial use considerations
For the post header image below, I used Midjourney to create the four images in a consistent style and colors. While Nano Banana is better at consistent character images, Midjourney is still my favorite tool for interesting and cohesive illustration styles. This set uses sref 361625325, which means I just needed to add that code to the end of my prompts to get these results fast. You can explore more styles to use on Midjourney’s website.

Watch the recording
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Handout, practice exercises, and articles
This was a hands-on webinar, and you can follow along with the practice exercises with the recording.
dominKnow published two follow-up articles building on the webinar content.
- Build Cohesive Learning Visuals with AI: From Generic to Purpose-Built
- How to Create AI Images for eLearning: Prompts, Styles, and Consistency
IDIODC podcast
For more about AI images with the folks from dominKnow, watch or listen to my conversation about AI-generated images with Paul Schneider and Chris Van Wingerden on the Instructional Designers in Offices Drinking Coffee (IDIODC) podcast.
Character consistency webinar
If you’re interested in learning more about character images with AI, check out my webinar Character Consistency Solved: AI Image Generation Workflows and my follow-up character Q&A post.
I try not to post webinar recordings back-to-back on my blog, but March was a busy month for speaking for me with five webinars. At least this week’s recording is on a different topic from the branching scenario webinar I shared last week. I’ll be back to my regularly scheduled post schedule soon!
More on AI and instructional design
Check out my growing collection of articles about AI and instructional design, including a number of posts specifically focused on AI image generation.
Upcoming events
Instructional Design Uncovered: A Community Conversation with Instructional Designers. September 10. ATD Research Triangle Area
Creating High-Quality AI Media: Prompting, Scripts, and Consistency. October 8. Register for the ATD AI Intensive.
Creative Solutions with Twine: Design, Streamline, and Refine Branching Scenarios. October 14. ATD Dallas Learning Technology SIG
DevLearn

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Branch Smarter, Not Harder: Naming Conventions, Variables, and Bottlenecks in Storyline
- November 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM
- CE01: Storyline & Rise Pro Lab
Cohesive by Design: Generate Consistent AI Icons, Illustrations & Characters
- November 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
- BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
Buzz Discussion: Video & Media
- November 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM