Retrofuturistic ads

Prompt

A 1920s-style newspaper advertisement for “Moon Vacations,” featuring a luxury rocket cruise landing on a scenic lunar resort with Earth visible in the sky, and the tagline, “The Moon Is Just a Ticket Away!”

Theme

Dive into a nostalgic future that never came to be! In this challenge, create vintage-style newspaper advertisements for inventions, technologies, or experiences imagined in the past but never realized.

Voting process

Everyone can submit their image to this post. At the end of the week all images will be collected and shared in a new voting post wherein people can vote on their favorite image. This will be up for at least 24 hours before a winner is made.

There are no extra points to be earned, OP will decide on a winner in case of a tie.

Rules

  • Follow the community’s rules above all else

  • One comment and image per user

  • Embed image directly in the post (no external link)

  • Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged but not required (we’re all here for fun and learning)

  • OP will declare winner in case of a tie

  • The challenge runs for at least 7 days from now on

  • Down votes will not be counted

  • Voting and final scoring will be done in a separate post.

Scores

At the end of the challenge the image with the most votes, wins! It’s that simple this time :)

The winner gets to pick the next theme. As always, have fun everyone!

Previous entries

  • cron@feddit.org
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    Prompt: 1950s poster, advertisment for personal nuclear reactor, free energy, retro. top line says “nuclear reactor”, the bottom line says “order now”, Bing image creator

    Apparently, creating text is still hard for image AI.

  • Itrytoblenderrender@lemmy.world
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    Made with comfyui. the workflow is embedded in this picture (catbox)

    Prompt

    Picture a high-gloss travel poster from a distant era that never was. The background shows a teal and rose-tinted cosmos, dotted with hand-painted constellations that swirl around a sleek, pearl-white luxury liner hovering just beyond a lavender planet’s horizon. Bold, curvy lettering arcs across the top: “Fhloston Paradise—Your Interstellar Escape!”

    The spacecraft gleams with retro-chrome accents and rocket fins, its observation decks ringed by panoramic windows. Inside, smiling attendants in form-fitting pastel uniforms are ready to pour sparkling cocktails from gravity-defying decanters. A stylized starburst motif frames each promise: “Sumptuous Suites,” “Interstellar Gastronomy,” and “Dazzling Live Entertainment!” A midnight-blue panel at the bottom features a vintage microphone icon, beckoning guests to attend a once-in-a-lifetime performance by the galaxy’s most celebrated diva.

    Every element evokes a dreamy, atomic-age future—one where martini glasses clink beneath floating chandeliers and cosmic lounge music drifts through velvet corridors. Gentle taglines reassure travelers that luxury, adventure, and relaxation await in equal measure. Between twinkling stars and shimmering neon text, the ad delivers its message: Fhloston Paradise is the perfect fusion of timeless elegance and visionary design, a shining beacon of leisure in the endless night.

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksM
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    Prompt: a 1950s sci-fi newspaper full-page ad, of an atom-punk robotic chef cook wearing a chef’s hat, cooking a wonderful meal in a modern kitchen, two kids look up at the robot with big smiles, the text “What’s for dinner, Cuisine-Bot?” is written in bold font on the top of the page --ar 21:29 --v 6.1

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      11 hours ago
      My other images/backups :)


      Prompt: a 1930s sci-fi advertisement poster, of a farmer in a space suit, shooting at an alien insect with a ray gun , with the title “Critters after your crops?”, flat 2d design, at the bottom is a textbox with the text “Buy the Bug Blaster 3000!” with a schematic and some text


      Prompt a 1950s sci-fi newspaper full-page ad, of a man in a three-piece suit and wearing a fedora, smiling at the camera, standing on a teleporter pad, electrical currents crackle around the teleporter pad, the man is half faded, in a futuristic looking station, the title “Insta-pad Technologies” is written at the top, In the bottom the text “Getting you there in a flash!!” is written


      Prompt: a 1950s sci-fi socialist propaganda poster, of a man working next with a robot, in a field full of wheat, the title “Man or Machine” is written at the top, In the bottom the text “All workers must unite!” is written