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Mokuhanga

An engine-agnostic style recipe: a wide hero, proof shots across subjects, and a portable prompt.

Mokuhanga hero
Mokuhanga proof 1
Mokuhanga proof 2
Mokuhanga proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, rendered as a Japanese mokuhanga woodblock print: flat carved ink-black contour lines and solid sumi blocks, one muted indigo-blue field, and a single vermilion-red spot accent, hand-printed on crisp off-white kozo paper, bold confident gouged contours, fine woodgrain texture inside the printed colour blocks, flat hard-edged colour areas, no gradients, {composition}. Absolutely NO text, NO letters, NO words, NO numbers, NO logos.
Slot recipes
hero — The subject carved in flat sumi blocks, indigo field and one vermilion spot accent, filling a wide 3:2 frame edge to edge.
feature — The subject rendered full-frame in flat hard-edged blocks, sumi line, indigo field and a single vermilion accent.
avatar — A three-quarter contour of the subject in flat carved ink, indigo and one vermilion spot, filling the frame.
empty-state — A quiet single subject in flat carved blocks, sumi line on indigo or off-white paper, woodgrain texture, filling the frame.
illustration — The subject in flat carved blocks with asymmetric composition, sumi line, indigo field and a vermilion accent, fine woodgrain texture, full-frame.
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • Japanese mokuhanga woodblock printingTraditioncarved contour and solid fields

A generated style is an aggregate of many influences — credit is given to the artists and traditions it draws on, not a claim of authorship.

produced by unrecorded · sourced by unrecorded · images by unrecorded

Do
  • · Apply the woodblock treatment to any subject equally — a face, an object, a city, an animal.
  • · Keep colour to flat hard-edged blocks: sumi ink, one indigo, one vermilion, on off-white paper.
  • · Keep fine woodgrain texture inside the printed colour blocks.
  • · Carve bold confident contour lines and flat hard-edged colour areas; fill the frame.
Don't
  • · Do not render the apparatus — no woodblock, press, paper sheet, or frame as the subject.
  • · Do not add any text, letters, numbers, or logos.
  • · Do not use gradients or photographic shading.
  • · Do not leave empty negative space reserved for text or a press block.
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remix with this style

Apply Mokuhanga to any UI language and swap the palette — the preview takes this style's hero image.

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.