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Lampblack

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

Lampblack hero
Lampblack proof 1
Lampblack proof 2
Lampblack proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of Lampblack — a dense lampblack fine-art ink drawing on a warm bone-colored paper field with visible fiber grain, rendered with confident loaded sumi-e brush strokes for the dark masses and crisp hairline pen-and-nib contour lines and cross-hatching for structure, deliberate dry-brush texture and restrained intentional spatter, {palette}, high contrast pure black ink against warm paper with one small restrained accent ink mark, severe editorial restraint, generous quiet negative paper space, subject filling the frame edge to edge
Slot recipes
hero — Single dramatic subject filling the full frame in dense lampblack brush-and-nib ink on warm bone paper, edge to edge, one quadrant left as quiet paper, one small restrained accent ink mark; no text or border.
feature — A focused mid-shot of the subject rendered with loaded brush masses and hairline cross-hatching, balanced asymmetric composition with deliberate negative paper space to one side.
avatar — Tight three-quarter portrait of the subject in confident lampblack ink strokes on warm paper grain, contour pen lines defining structure, the figure filling the frame, one tiny accent ink mark.
empty-state — A minimal, almost-blank warm bone paper field carrying a single small calligraphic lampblack ink stroke or motif of the subject, generous quiet space, a faint accent dot.
illustration — An expressive full-frame ink scene of the subject with sweeping brush gesture, dry-brush motion texture and intentional restrained spatter, hairline pen detail, high contrast on warm paper.
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • Sumi-e ink-wash traditionTraditionEast Asian brush ink-painting discipline — loaded-brush masses, dry-brush gesture, restraint informing dark-mass handling.
  • Western pen-and-ink illustrationTraditionCrosshatched nib drawing from editorial and etching traditions — hairline contour and cross-hatch structure.
  • Raymond PettibonArtistText-image ink tension and severe high-contrast brushwork on paper informing the editorial restraint (technique only).

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.

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Do
  • · Render every subject as a dense lampblack ink drawing on a warm bone paper field with visible fiber grain.
  • · Combine confident loaded sumi-e brush masses with crisp hairline pen-and-nib contour lines and cross-hatching for structure.
  • · Keep contrast severe: pure black ink against warm paper, with deliberate quiet negative space.
  • · Limit color to one small restrained accent ink mark (oxblood or cobalt) used for meaning, never decoration.
  • · Let the subject fill the frame edge to edge while leaving at least one quadrant as quiet paper.
  • · Use dry-brush texture and intentional, restrained spatter to convey gesture and motion.
Don't
  • · Do not add text, captions, lettering, signatures, watermarks, or border margins.
  • · Do not use flat vector lineart, clean digital strokes, 3d renders, or photographs.
  • · Do not introduce gradients, neon, pastel washes, or muddy gray tones.
  • · Do not let accent color dominate or appear in more than one small mark.
  • · Do not fill the frame with decorative doodles or scribbles unrelated to the subject's form.
  • · Do not lower the contrast between ink and paper.
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remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.