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Cathode Hush

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

Cathode Hush hero
Cathode Hush proof 1
Cathode Hush proof 2
Cathode Hush proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of Cathode Hush — rendered as if captured off a dim obsolete CRT monitor at night: near-grayscale and low-saturation, precise manga-ink hairline contour linework in off-black tracing the form, {palette} kept muted and powder-gray, faint horizontal phosphor scanlines over the whole frame, a soft white radial bloom glowing from behind the subject, a low-opacity pale-lavender noise veil, and a few tiny cyan-green status sparks. Matte, never glossy, never neon; quiet, lonely, domestic-technical mood. The subject fills the entire frame edge to edge.
Slot recipes
hero — {subject} composed wide and full-bleed, soft white radial bloom centered behind it, scanline veil and lavender noise across the whole frame; the form fills 100% edge to edge with no empty margin.
feature — A single {subject} centered tight in frame, manga-ink hairline contours crisp, gentle bloom behind it, muted powder-gray field; clean and quiet, one small cyan-green spark permitted.
avatar — Close-up of {subject} cropped square and filling the frame, near-grayscale with fine ink linework on the edges, faint scanlines, soft bloom halo; intimate and lonely.
empty-state — {subject} small and far within a vast quiet powder-gray field, very faint linework, the lightest scanline veil, a lone soft bloom; absence and silence carry the mood.
illustration — {subject} drawn as layered manga-ink hairline linework over a matte powder-gray ground, scanlines and lavender noise unifying the surface, a couple of cyan-green sparks marking key points; reads as both image and monitor residue.
phosphor-capturepowder-graymanga-ink-hairlinecrt-scanlinelow-saturation
Credits · in the lineage of
  • Analog CRT broadcast imageryTraditiondim phosphor capture

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 any subject in near-grayscale powder-gray with only a faint cool lavender cast.
  • · Trace the form with precise off-black manga-ink hairlines, thin and deliberate.
  • · Lay faint horizontal phosphor scanlines across the entire frame.
  • · Place a soft white radial bloom behind the subject as the light source.
  • · Add a low-opacity pale-lavender noise veil to unify the surface.
  • · Reserve tiny cyan-green status sparks for one or two small accents.
  • · Keep the subject filling the frame edge to edge; matte, never glossy.
Don't
  • · Do not use saturated cyberpunk magenta, electric blue floods, or rainbow glitch overlays.
  • · Do not render the monitor bezel, UI windows, or apparatus — only the captured subject.
  • · Do not add text, captions, or watermarks.
  • · Do not use glossy plastic 3D, heavy drop shadows, or glassmorphism blur excess.
  • · Do not go to pure black and pure white except for the tiniest phosphor sparks.
  • · Do not leave empty whitespace borders around the subject in full-frame slots.
  • · Do not add anime characters, fan-art, or literal show references.
try it

remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.