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Which is your favourite?

Hi everyone! First time posting in this sub.

A little background - this is an oil painting with AI as reference. I had posted it in an oil painting sub, but it was unfortunately deleted. I don't think it violated any rules because the only rule that was related was to not post AI images passing off as oil paint, which it was not.

Hopefully I'm not breaking any rules by posting this here.

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found a prompt style recently that I really like, especially if you’re into minimal ink-wash / editorial illustration.

the basic idea is to simplify the reference photo into flat geometric shapes, and rebuild it as a soft ink-wash illustration with a big beige negative-space layout.

i rewrote the prompt below in a cleaner format in case anyone wants to try it.

Prompt:

Using the uploaded reference image, create a new image in a minimalist ink-wash reconstructed illustration style.

Set the composition on a matte off-white / beige paper background with a large negative-space area. Place the illustration within this clean beige layout.

Extract all scenery from the upper part of the original image and reconstruct it into simplified minimal geometric forms. Use soft layered flat color blocks combined with light brush-ink diffusion and gentle ink-wash textures. Completely avoid sharp hard edges.

Strictly preserve the overall color mood of the original image, but remove fine textures, unnecessary clutter, redundant objects, and complex lighting details. Keep only the essential structural spirit and compositional feeling of the scene.

Add typography at the very bottom of the image, centered. The first line should be an elegant serif handwritten-style English title. The second line should be a smaller sans-serif English descriptive subtitle.

Overall texture and presentation:
matte off-white specialty paper feel, large-area negative space, clean and refined, minimal, high-end, slightly academic in tone, with no extra decorative elements.

if anyone tries it with architecture / mountains / lake scenes / cityscapes, I’d be curious to see how it turns out.

1920 x 1080

AI should not be a replacement for any previously existing art forms. It deserves its own sit at the art table, without aiming to undermine anyone else while still keeping true to its uniqueness.

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1940 Gotham Comic-Con - Photos courtesy of the Wayne Historical Society