A portrait prompt shown with its result — copy it, swap the subject, run your own.
Prompt
A Japanese Edo-period Ukiyo-e woodblock print. The overall feeling is a surreal collaboration between masters like Hokusai and Hiroshige, reimagining modern technology through an ancient lens.
**The scene:** {argument name="modern scene" default="a busy Shibuya scramble crossing"}
**Edo transformation logic:**
Characters wear Edo-era kimono but perform modern actions. All technology is transformed into surreal Edo equivalents:
* Smartphones are glowing, illustrated paper scrolls being read intently.
* Metro stations and trains are giant articulated wooden centipede carriages shuffling through crowds.
* Skyscrapers are reimagined as endless, towering wooden pagodas reaching into dramatic clouds.
* Robots and mecha appear as giant, armored woodblock golems.
The composition uses a flattened perspective with large, bold, hand-carved ink outlines. The background features heavily stylized Ukiyo-e wave patterns and dramatic, swirling clouds, with a distant Mt. Fuji visible on the horizon.
The image must look like a physical print, not a digital painting.
* Texture: strong visible wood grain texture and rough paper fibers throughout the piece.
* Printing imperfections: pigment bleeding is evident. Simulate hand-pressed plates with slight color misalignment for authenticity.
* Color palette: strictly limited to traditional mineral pigments, with dominant use of Prussian blue, vermilion red, and muted yellow ochre.
* Lighting: soft, flat, shadow-free lighting with no digital gradients.
Aspect ratio is 3:4 vertical poster. Include vertical Japanese calligraphy describing the scene and a traditional red artist seal stamp in a corner.
It works because it front-loads the constraints the model usually guesses at: an aspect ratio, so re-running it — or handing it to a teammate — lands in the same place instead of drifting. Keep those clauses and rewrite the subject to make it your own.
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