Art lane

Inlay

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

flat color-block illustration

1 hero · 3 proofs

Prompt template

{subject}, in the style of Inlay: built entirely from bounded flat color-blocks held inside crisp solid black drafting outlines like an architectural elevation drawing colored in, {palette} used as bounded zones never gradients, select surfaces filled with terrazzo speckle texture (tiny scattered colored chips over cream), every form casting a hard-edged offset solid slab shadow with no blur, warm ivory cream ground, tiny drafted Memphis markers (circles, stepped arches, checker chips, squiggle rules) anchored at the corners, bright and clean never muddy, full-frame composition edge to edge

Slot recipes

hero — A wide establishing scene (street, room, or landscape) rendered in the Inlay technique: many objects as bounded flat color-blocks inside black drafting outlines, terrazzo speckle on a few surfaces, hard offset slab shadows, corner drafting markers. Full-bleed, edge to edge.

feature — A single hero object centered on warm cream, faceted into bounded color-block zones with black outlines and one terrazzo-filled facet, casting a hard offset slab shadow. Generous calm ground around it.

avatar — A close-up three-quarter face portrait faceted into bounded color-block planes inside black drafting outlines, one cheek and the background panel filled with terrazzo speckle, head casting a hard offset slab shadow, corner markers.

empty-state — A single small drafted object (a stepped arch, a lone chair, a potted sprout) far over a broad quiet cream field with sparse terrazzo speckle and a couple of corner Memphis markers, calm and roomy.

illustration — A small still-life or vignette of two-to-four everyday objects in the Inlay technique, each a bounded color-block construction with black outlines, mixed terrazzo and solid facets, hard offset slab shadows, corner markers.

color-blockmemphis-geometrydrafting-outlineterrazzo-speckleoffset-slab-shadow

Credits · in the lineage of

Cloisonné-style flat colour-blockingTraditionbounded fields in dark keylines

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

· Build every form from flat bounded color-blocks held inside crisp solid black outlines, like a colored-in elevation drawing.
· Reserve terrazzo speckle for a few surfaces (a wall, a counter, one facet) so it reads as material, not wallpaper.
· Give each object a hard-edged offset solid slab shadow for furniture-like object presence.
· Keep the ground warm cream and quiet so the cobalt, tomato, butter, teal and lilac blocks stay bounded accents.
· Anchor tiny drafted markers (circles, stepped arches, checker chips, squiggles) at corners as playful wayfinding.

Don't

· Do not use gradients, soft shading, or blurred shadows; depth comes from flat slabs and outlines.
· Do not flood the whole frame with speckle or Memphis squiggles.
· Do not add text, signage, or lettering of any kind.
· Do not let the palette go muddy, pastel-washed, or desaturated; stay bright and clean.
· Do not leave large empty margins; the subject fills the frame.

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remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.