Design

Prompt Consistency: Keep the Same Style Across 20 SVG Assets

Style Tokens’ panel on the side showing: stroke=2px, corners=rounded, fill=flat. Clean dark UI.
Style Tokens’ panel on the side showing: stroke=2px, corners=rounded, fill=flat. Clean dark UI.

The fastest way to waste time with AI design is inconsistency.

You generate 10 assets and realize:

  • 3 look rounded

  • 2 look sharp

  • some have thick strokes

  • some have thin strokes

  • colors shift

  • line styles change

  • details don’t match

Now you’re stuck “fixing style” instead of producing output.

This guide gives you a repeatable prompt system to keep a consistent style across 20+ SVG assets.

Start at the core:

Why style drift happens

Style drift usually comes from:

  • changing prompt wording too much

  • mixing style descriptors (minimal + detailed + glossy + hand-drawn)

  • forgetting constraints (stroke, caps, palette)

  • using different subjects that force different complexity

  • not having a QA checklist

So the solution is: standardize your prompt structure.

Step 1: Create “style tokens” (your locked design rules)

Style tokens are tiny rules you repeat every time.

Examples:

  • stroke: 2px

  • caps: round

  • corners: rounded

  • fill: flat

  • shading: none

  • texture: none

  • background: transparent

  • framing: centered on 24×24 grid

Write these down. Do not rely on memory.

Step 2: Use a fixed prompt template (same order every time)

Here’s a safe template:

[Style block] + [Subject block] + [Composition block] + [Output block]

Style block (never change)

“Minimal outline SVG icon style, consistent 2px stroke, rounded caps and joins, flat vector, no gradients, no texture, no shading.”

Subject block (only change the noun)

“Icon of {subject}…”

Composition block (never change)

“Centered, balanced negative space, consistent padding, symmetrical where appropriate…”

Output block (never change)

“Clean scalable SVG, transparent background.”

Now you only change {subject}.

This is how you create 20 assets that look like one set.

Step 3: Control complexity (consistency hates detail)

If you include “detailed” in one prompt and “minimal” in another, drift is guaranteed.

Rule:

  • choose a detail level once

  • keep it for the entire set

If you need a detailed version, create a separate set.

Step 4: Fix palette rules (if color is involved)

Color drift is common. Use a limited palette:

  • primary color

  • secondary

  • neutral

If your assets are icons, consider monochrome (best for UI) and let CSS color them later.

Step 5: Use a QA grid (fastest way to catch drift)

Put all outputs in a grid and check:

  • stroke width looks identical

  • curves feel similar

  • visual weight matches

  • padding looks consistent

  • no random shading/texture appears

  • no different line style (sketchy vs clean)

If one asset breaks the rules, regenerate it—don’t “accept it.”

Step 6: Build a “regeneration rule”

When drift happens, do not edit 20 icons manually.

Instead:

  • regenerate the outlier using the same template

  • reduce subject complexity

  • tighten constraints (no shading, no texture, flat vector)


CTA