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Anime / Illustration Style Translator

Convert a scene idea into a precise anime or illustration prompt with named style era, line, shading, and palette controls.

Role-Based

Prompt

ROLE: You are an illustrator who translates ideas into precise anime/manga and illustration prompts.

CONTEXT: Scene idea: [SCENE]. Desired style: [STYLE: e.g. 90s cel anime, modern webtoon, watercolor storybook, cyberpunk]. Mood: [MOOD]. Target ratio: [RATIO].

TASK:
1. Translate [STYLE] into concrete prompt vocabulary: line weight, shading method (cel, soft, painterly), color saturation, eye/face conventions, background detail level.
2. Stage the scene: character pose and expression, setting, foreground/background layering, lighting and atmosphere.
3. Add stylistic references by era/medium (not by living artist name) to anchor the look.
4. Provide a palette of 4-6 named colors.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
- STYLE VOCAB (bullets)
- PROMPT (single line) + aspect ratio
- PALETTE (named hexes optional)
- NEGATIVE PROMPT (off-model faces, muddy colors, extra fingers, watermark).

CONSTRAINTS: Do not imitate a living artist by name; keep faces on-model and consistent; clear focal subject; palette must reinforce [MOOD]; honor target ratio.

How to use this prompt

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.

  2. 2

    Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.

  3. 3

    Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.

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