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Tearline

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

Tearline hero
Tearline proof 1
Tearline proof 2
Tearline proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of Tearline washi-tape collage — the entire subject reconstructed from layered torn strips of translucent low-tack washi tape and hand-cut cream cardstock, every plane built from overlapping semi-transparent tape bands so lower layers glow through, {palette}, torn deckled tape ends and square-cut paper tabs shaping form, a warm cream paper ground carrying a faint regular dot-grid, tiny abstract dotted-border ink stamps and small dot clusters slightly rotated as accent marks, soft warm paper drop-shadows giving hand-arranged layered depth, bright and clean never muddy, full-frame composition filling the whole image
Slot recipes
hero{subject} built large and centered from translucent torn washi-tape strips over a cream dot-grid ground, layers showing through, deckled edges, a few rotated dotted-stamp accents, soft paper shadow, full-bleed and edge to edge, no text
featurea single {subject} rendered as a tidy washi-tape collage panel, three-to-four overlapping tape bands per plane in the palette, torn edges crisp, one dotted-square stamp accent, generous cream margin breathing around it like a planner page
avatara {subject} head-and-shoulders portrait collaged from short overlapping translucent tape strips, soft cream ground, tight crop filling a square frame, gentle paper shadow, no text
empty-statea small, calm {subject} made of just a few pale washi-tape strips and one cut-paper shape on an open cream dot-grid field, lots of quiet space, a single faint dotted stamp, soft and friendly
illustrationa layered scene of {subject} where every element is torn-tape-and-cut-paper collage crowding the frame, varied tape colors from the palette, abstract dot-cluster stamps tucked between forms, warm paper depth, full frame, no words
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • Washi-tape paper collageTraditiontorn translucent tape strips

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 overlapping translucent tape bands so the layers beneath glow through — translucency is the signature
  • · Keep all tape edges torn and deckled, with occasional clean square-cut paper tabs
  • · Sit the whole collage on a warm cream paper ground with a faint regular dot-grid
  • · Scatter only abstract accent marks: tiny dotted-border ink squares and small dot clusters, each rotated a few degrees
  • · Pull color from coral, teal-blue, gold and soft green like highlighter washi rolls; let white cream show as the lightest value
  • · Give soft warm paper drop-shadows so layers read as physically stacked stationery
  • · Fill the frame edge to edge so it reads as a finished exemplar, not a sparse layout
Don't
  • · Never let legible letters, words, numbers, or planner labels appear — accent stamps stay abstract
  • · Do not render the raw subject photorealistically; it must always be reconstructed from tape and paper
  • · Avoid glossy plastic tape, harsh black outlines, or muddy grey overlaps
  • · Do not show craft apparatus (scissors, rulers, cutting mats, tape dispensers) in frame
  • · Never over-rotate accents past a few degrees, and never tilt the whole composition
  • · Do not leave large empty margins that make it look like an unfinished landing comp
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remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.