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Gouache Drift

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

Gouache Drift hero
Gouache Drift proof 1
Gouache Drift proof 2
Gouache Drift proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of hand-painted gouache-and-watercolor atmospheric painting: feathered brushwork with no hard outlines, soft tonal value bands receding into haze, edges that dissolve into misty bloom, layered painted clouds and diffuse light, depth carried by blur and value rather than line, {palette}, calm and expansive mood, painterly visible brush texture. The subject fills the frame.
Slot recipes
hero — Wide full-bleed atmospheric landscape or scene with layered haze bands, painted clouds, and a low warm light source; soft foliage silhouette anchoring a lower corner; expansive negative-feeling sky rendered in gouache so an overlay stays legible.
feature — A single subject (object, place, or figure) painted in gouache drift, mid-distance, its edges feathering into mist; one warm accent catching the form.
avatar — A close three-quarter portrait painted with soft tonal bands and a warm rim-light, background dissolving into a pale misty gradient; no hard outline on the face.
empty-state — A quiet near-empty horizon: a calm field of haze with one small distant painted form and a soft cloud bank, lots of atmosphere, nothing crowding the scene.
illustration — Any subject treated as a painted weather scene: feathered gouache edges, receding value bands, watercolor bloom at the margins, a single warm light note.
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • Atmospheric gouache-watercolour illustrationTraditionfeathered mixed washes

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
  • · render depth with value and blur, not outlines
  • · let edges feather and dissolve into atmospheric haze
  • · keep one warm light source against a cool tonal field
  • · show visible gouache and watercolor brush texture
  • · fill the frame with the subject and its atmosphere
Don't
  • · do not use hard ink outlines or sharp cel-shading
  • · do not flatten into vector or flat-graphic shapes
  • · do not push neon or oversaturated colour
  • · do not leave blank borders or whitespace around the subject
  • · do not add text, letters, or logos
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remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.