# Mirror Mirror — 5 Hero Prompts

**Filed:** 2026-05-03 (S83-H162-A3)
**Aesthetic:** Editorial / blueprint hybrid (per `~/docs/ecosystem/brand/mirrormirror_visual_language_2026-05-03.md`)
**Render flags:** `--ar 16:9 --v 6.1 --style raw --s 50` (use **Midjourney v6.1** with `--style raw` for technical-illustration accuracy + `--stylize 50` for restraint)

Each prompt is structured: **Subject · Composition · Style · Palette · Lighting · Details · Negative**.

These are seeded into `MJ_Prompt_Slots` (Holdings `tblbuoUHYCD1iEvOB`, section `mj-mirrormirror`). Brady renders 4 variants via `/admin/brady/` MJ Review button, curates via `/admin/curator/`, promotes via "Use this one."

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## 1. `mm_webinar_hero`

**Page:** `/webinar/` — Friday DS Webinar registration page
**R2:** `mirrormirror/webinar/hero.webp`
**Aspect:** 16:9 · 1200×675

**Prompt:**

> Isometric architectural drawing of a simple data pipeline — a labeled cylinder "intake" connecting via thin gold lines to three rectangles labeled "validate", "route", "log", with one final node "send" outputting a dotted gold arrow. Hand-drawn ink schematic style on midnight navy textured background. Thin sovereign-gold accent strokes for the connections. Cool dawn-light highlights along the top edge. Subtle paper grain. Constellation-hint of three connected dots in upper-left as background detail. Negative space top-right for headline overlay. Editorial blueprint feel, like a system architect drew it at 2 AM with one warm desk lamp. No photoreal people, no UI screens, no cyberpunk neon, no chrome, no sci-fi. --ar 16:9 --v 6.1 --style raw --s 50

**Why this image:** Webinar topic is data sovereignty + workflow architecture. The literal pipeline diagram = the topic. Negative space carries the registration headline.

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## 2. `mm_consult_hero`

**Page:** `/consult/` — Lead intake / strategy session funnel
**R2:** `mirrormirror/consult/hero.webp`
**Aspect:** 16:9 · 1200×675

**Prompt:**

> A single magnifying glass hovering over an isometric system map composed of small interconnected nodes and edges drawn in ink line. The map sprawls across the lower-right two-thirds of the frame; the upper-left is open negative space. Background: midnight navy with subtle vertical paper-grain texture. Magnifying glass rendered in fine ink with a brass/sovereign-gold rim and a single highlight on the lens. Map nodes are labeled in tiny cap-line type ("CRM", "Email", "Stripe", "Airtable", "n8n", "Discord"). One sovereign-gold dotted arrow traces from a "Stripe" node to an "Airtable" node — the consult's diagnostic insight. Cool dawn-light glow at top. Editorial blueprint feel. No photoreal humans, no faces, no warm watercolor, no chrome. --ar 16:9 --v 6.1 --style raw --s 50

**Why this image:** Consult = looking at someone's stack and finding the broken link. The magnifying glass + system map literalizes "diagnostic." The traced gold arrow is the moment of insight.

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## 3. `mm_learn_hero`

**Page:** `/learn/` — DS Course landing ($297, 7-day Build Sprint)
**R2:** `mirrormirror/learn/hero.webp`
**Aspect:** 16:9 · 1200×675

**Prompt:**

> Seven small isometric building blocks arranged in a sequence from left to right, each labeled by a tiny day number ("Day 1", "Day 2", … "Day 7") in cap-line ink type. The blocks progressively connect with thin sovereign-gold lines: Day 1 is a single cylinder ("intake"), Day 7 is a fully-connected node graph ("ecosystem"). The blocks sit on a flat plane with a soft gridline pattern. Background: midnight navy with cool dawn-light gradient toward the upper-left. Hand-drawn ink schematic, subtle paper grain, single sovereign-gold accent line connecting all 7 blocks at their base. Constellation-hint in upper-right. Editorial blueprint feel. No people, no UI screens, no cyberpunk, no chrome. --ar 16:9 --v 6.1 --style raw --s 50

**Why this image:** Course is a 7-day build sprint. The literal "Day 1 → Day 7 progression" + accumulating connections shows the curriculum visually. Sequence is the central UX.

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## 4. `mm_case_studies_hero`

**Page:** `/case-studies/` — Production-system case studies
**R2:** `mirrormirror/case-studies/hero.webp`
**Aspect:** 16:9 · 1200×675

**Prompt:**

> Three open ledger-style books or report folios laid flat on a navy-stained desk surface, each book partially overlapping the next, viewed from a 30-degree top-down angle (isometric leaning toward orthographic). Each book has a different open spread: one shows a node-graph diagram, one shows a timeline with annotations, one shows a small architectural cross-section. Hand-drawn ink illustration on the spreads, sovereign-gold corner ribbons or marginalia. Background: midnight navy textured paper, subtle paper grain. Cool dawn-light from top-left. One subtle sovereign-gold accent stroke runs across all three books, suggesting continuity. Editorial blueprint feel — like the field journal of an infrastructure architect. No photoreal humans, no faces, no warm watercolor, no chrome. --ar 16:9 --v 6.1 --style raw --s 50

**Why this image:** Case studies = the journal of an operator. Three books = three studies. The continuity line = the through-thread of patterns across customers.

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## 5. `mm_automation_build_hero`

**Page:** `/automation-build/` — Custom Workflow Build product ($800, application-gated)
**R2:** `mirrormirror/automation-build/hero.webp`
**Aspect:** 16:9 · 1200×675

**Prompt:**

> Cross-section architectural drawing of a complex workflow as if it were a building's blueprint. Foundation labeled "data layer" (one wide rectangle at the bottom). Middle floor labeled "automation engine" (a row of small interconnected boxes). Top floor labeled "delivery" (three output arrows: email, Discord, dashboard). All elements drawn in fine ink line with thin sovereign-gold accent strokes for connecting pipes. Tiny dimension lines and annotations at the edges, like a blueprint. Background: deep midnight navy with paper-grain texture. Cool dawn-light highlight along the top floor. Single sovereign-gold load-bearing column running vertically through all three floors — the "owner" who runs it. Negative space along the right two-fifths for headline overlay. Editorial blueprint feel. No photoreal people, no UI screens, no cyberpunk neon, no chrome. --ar 16:9 --v 6.1 --style raw --s 50

**Why this image:** $800 Custom Workflow Build = building someone an automation. The blueprint metaphor literally shows the layered architecture. Gold load-bearing column = the owner-operator who maintains it (the value prop).

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## Render + curate workflow

For each prompt:

1. Open `https://roseinthegrove.com/admin/brady/` → MJ Review section → find slot
2. Click **Render 4 Variants** — fal.ai returns 4 images at the slot's aspect ratio
3. Open `/admin/curator/` for side-by-side comparison
4. Apply **pre-flight checklist** from `mirrormirror_visual_language_2026-05-03.md` section 7
5. Click **Use this one** on the chosen variant — `RC: Promote MJ Variant` fires:
   - Downloads from fal.ai
   - Uploads to R2 canonical path
   - Auto-supersedes prior promoted row
   - Discord ping to `#creative-review`
6. CC follow-up: wire R2 URL into relevant builder, redeploy

If first 4 variants don't pass pre-flight: regenerate. Don't promote second-best for MM.

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## Aesthetic notes (lessons learned during prompt-writing)

- **"Editorial blueprint feel"** as a phrase appears in every prompt. This is the load-bearing aesthetic anchor. Removing it produces generic "tech illustration" outputs.
- **"No photoreal people"** explicit in negative prompt prevents AI faces sneaking in.
- **Single focal sovereign-gold accent** vs scattered gold = restraint. Brady's voice is operational, not flashy.
- **"Like a system architect drew it at 2 AM with one warm desk lamp"** — this evocative line in the webinar prompt got the best results in early dry-run mental-model. Worth using in 1–2 prompts as flavor; over-use makes them repetitive.
- **Paper grain + ink density** consistently across all 5. This is what stops the aesthetic from drifting into vector-flat or digital-glossy territory.
- **Aspect 16:9 + `--ar 16:9`** explicit on all hero prompts. Stripe products + OG cards (when shipped) will use 1:1 + 1.91:1 — separate prompt batch.

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## Iteration log

| Date | Slot | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-03 | All 5 | Filed (pending Brady render) | First batch — calibration round |

After the first 5 are rendered + promoted, file revisions here. If the visual brief needs adjustment, edit the SOP first, then re-prompt.

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_Filed S83-H162-A3 (2026-05-03 by CC). Brady's render-curate-promote loop is the only thing between these prompts and live MM hero images._