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Cinnabar

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

seal-impression relief print

1 hero · 3 proofs

Prompt template

{subject}, in the style of a hand-pressed cinnabar seal impression — the subject reduced to bold flat vermilion-red carved strokes stamped onto warm cream xuan-paper, the way a Chinese seal chop prints; forms emerge from carved negative space, uncarved paper showing through as the lights and dense red ink forming the masses; {palette}; slightly uneven ink coverage with grainy mottled edges and tiny fiber gaps where paper resists the cinnabar paste, flat single-color stamp with no gradients, square stone-frame composition aligned to strong axes, subtle paper-fiber speckle texture, fills the entire frame edge to edge

Slot recipes

hero — {subject} rendered as one large full-bleed cinnabar seal impression, the carved vermilion masses anchored to a strong square axis, warm xuan-paper showing through the negative space, grainy stamped edges, filling 100vw edge to edge with no text or margin

feature — a single {subject} pressed as a compact cinnabar chop, tight square composition, bold flat red strokes against cream paper, clear carved silhouette readable at small size

avatar — a {subject} reduced to a head-and-shoulders cinnabar impression centered in a square, strong red-on-paper contrast, carved negative-space features, crisp stamped silhouette that reads at small sizes

empty-state — a sparse, quiet {subject} as a faint half-inked cinnabar impression on generous xuan-paper, lighter red coverage and more open uncarved space, calm and unhurried but still a full-frame stamp

illustration — a detailed narrative {subject} scene rendered as an intricate cinnabar seal impression, multiple carved elements composed on a square grid, dense red ink with fine paper-fiber gaps, decorative carved waves or motifs filling the frame

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Credits · in the lineage of

Seal-carving (zhuanke) impressionsTraditioncinnabar relief marks

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

· Reduce every subject to two values: dense cinnabar red and uncarved paper — let negative space define the form
· Keep the ink flat and single-color, like a real stamp; vary only coverage and grain, never hue
· Let edges break up with fiber gaps and mottling so it reads as pressed by hand, not vector-clean
· Compose on a strong square / axial grid so the impression feels carved with authority
· Fill the whole frame edge to edge; treat the paper field as part of the image, not a margin

Don't

· Do not render the seal stone, chop handle, or ink pad — show only the printed impression
· Do not add text, calligraphy characters, or a decorative border around the artwork
· Do not use gradients, soft shadows, glossy highlights, or photographic depth
· Do not introduce a second or third ink color — cinnabar is monochrome on paper
· Do not leave clean empty margins or center the subject in a void

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

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