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Inkpool

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

Inkpool hero
Inkpool proof 1
Inkpool proof 2
Inkpool proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of Inkpool — wet East-Asian ink-wash painting on absorbent rice paper, the form built from pooling and bleeding monochrome ink that flows from concentrated near-black at the focal mass through medium grey washes into pale diluted tones at the edges, soft feathered bleeding boundaries where ink meets damp paper, visible water-blooms and granulation, atmospheric depth with the form emerging from mist, {palette}, warm cream paper ground, generous contemplative negative space, a single small vermillion-red seal stamp as the only color accent, full-frame composition
Slot recipes
hero — A single commanding subject filling the frame, rendered in dense pooling ink at the focal mass dissolving into pale washes and mist toward the edges, vast atmospheric negative space above, one vermillion seal low in a corner — 16:9 or 3:2, full-bleed.
feature — A mid-scale subject treated in clean ink-density gradation, medium washes with crisp bleeding edges, balanced asymmetric composition with breathing room — 4:3, full-frame.
avatar — A tight head-and-shoulders or single-object portrait built from concentrated ink with soft feathered edges fading to cream, centered, the seal optional and minimal — 1:1, fills the frame.
empty-state — A spare, mostly-void composition: one small subject rendered as a faint diluted ink suggestion drifting in generous mist, calm and quiet, vermillion seal as the lone point of color — 4:3.
illustration — An expressive xieyi-manner subject with energetic dry-brush strokes alongside wet pooling washes, motion and life implied through dissolving form, granulation visible, one seal — 4:3 or 3:2, full-frame.
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • East Asian ink-wash painting on rice paperTraditionwet blooming strokes

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
  • · Build every form from ink-density gradation — concentrated near-black at the focus flowing to pale diluted washes at the edges
  • · Let edges bleed and feather softly where ink meets damp paper; keep water-blooms and granulation visible
  • · Ground everything on warm cream paper and trust generous negative space to carry the composition
  • · Place exactly one small vermillion-red seal stamp as the sole color accent
  • · Use atmospheric depth so the subject emerges from mist, layering near-dark to far-pale
  • · Compose asymmetrically with the focal mass anchored and supporting forms dissolving toward edges
Don't
  • · Don't add a second color or any saturated hue beyond the single vermillion seal
  • · Don't outline forms with hard mechanical lines or flat vector fills
  • · Don't crowd the frame — never fill the void anxiously with detail
  • · Don't render the apparatus (brush, ink stone, easel) — the style treats the subject, it is not the tools
  • · Don't use pure white grounds or cool blue-grey ink — keep paper warm and ink neutral-warm black
  • · Don't let the technique read as photographic or 3D; keep it a wet hand-painted wash
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remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.