Updated: 23 October 2026

Creative 404 page illustration

This prompt makes a cheerful 404 illustration with a lost character, such as an astronaut, robot or cat, floating beside a large broken 404 sign, with clear space below for a message and a button. Add a short humorous headline.

image-404-page-illustration — midjourney — 48 words

Playful 404 error page illustration. A lost [CHARACTER, e.g. astronaut / robot / cat] floating beside a large broken "404" sign in [COLOUR], stars and small clouds, flat vector with a hint of texture, cheerful colour palette, clear space below for a message and a button. --ar 16:9

Edit in the builder Copy & open Midjourney ↗Copy & open Gemini ↗Copy & open ChatGPT ↗

Add a short humorous headline and a clear button back to the homepage.

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What you will get

A playful 404 page illustration of a lost character floating beside a large broken 404 sign, with stars and clouds, flat vector with a hint of texture, cheerful colours and clear space below for a message and button.

Common mistake

The 404 digits are wrong or look odd.

Fix: Check the numbers. If they fail, ask for a blank sign and add the number in your design tool.

Also watch for

There is no space for a message. Say “keep the bottom third empty and plain”, and put the text and button there in your layout.
The picture is too busy for a quick error page. Keep one character, one sign and a plain background, and make the picture light so the page loads fast.

Try a variation: make a maintenance page

Change the sign to a plain board and the character to holding a wrench, and keep the wording about space. It gives you a matching maintenance page.

Still not right? Add this and run it again

Keep the character and the sign. Use fewer stars, make the background a flat colour and leave more space below for text.