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Marl

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

Marl hero
Marl proof 1
Marl proof 2
Marl proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of Marl — a granulating watercolour-and-gouache wash treatment: translucent pigment washes built up wet-into-wet in atmospheric layers, the pigment visibly separating and settling into the tooth of warm cotton paper so colour granulates and pools into soft blooms, feathered edges that bleed and soften rather than cut, tonal depth carried from luminous translucent passages down to deeper opaque earth shadow, {palette} kept warm and muted with earth tones, gentle paper grain throughout, handmade tactile painterly depth, slightly imperfect organic edges, the subject large and filling the entire frame edge to edge
Slot recipes
hero — A wide full-frame subject built from atmospheric layered watercolour-and-gouache washes, pigment granulating into warm paper tooth with soft blooms, feathered wet-into-wet edges, luminous translucent passages deepening to earth shadow, the composition filling the frame edge to edge.
feature — A single centred subject rendered in granulating watercolour washes with feathered edges and soft pigment blooms settling into paper tooth, warm muted earth palette, the subject filling the frame.
avatar — A tight single subject motif in layered granulating watercolour, feathered soft edges and gentle blooms on warm paper, centred and filling the frame.
empty-state — A single quiet subject in a few luminous translucent watercolour washes on warm paper, calm and uncrowded, soft feathered edges, still full-frame.
illustration — A subject built entirely from atmospheric layered watercolour-and-gouache washes, pigment granulating and pooling into soft blooms on warm paper tooth, feathered wet-into-wet edges throughout, warm muted earth palette, full-frame, no drawn border.
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • Watercolour paintingTraditionTranslucent layered washes, granulation, and wet-into-wet bleeding into paper tooth are the core technique this style abstracts.
  • J. M. W. TurnerArtistAtmospheric layered washes dissolving form into luminous tonal depth — the romantic root of wash-built atmosphere.
  • Winslow HomerArtistConfident transparent watercolour washes with reserved lights and earthy granulating pigment.
  • TonalismMovementSoft muted earth-toned atmosphere and feathered edges built from layered glazes rather than hard contour.

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
  • · Build form from translucent wet-into-wet washes layered into atmospheric tonal depth, from luminous light passages to deeper opaque earth shadow.
  • · Let pigment visibly granulate and settle into the tooth of warm paper, pooling into soft organic blooms.
  • · Keep every edge feathered and bleeding so the form softens into the paper rather than being cut by an outline.
  • · Apply the technique to any subject — a face, a city, a teapot, an animal — equally; keep the palette warm and muted.
Don't
  • · Never render the apparatus itself (no brushes, paint tubes, palette, or a paper sheet lying on a desk).
  • · Never use hard uniform outlines, flat vector shapes, posterized ink separations, or halftone dots.
  • · Never use smooth digital gradients, glossy 3D, photorealism, or neon and cold blue-grey colour.
  • · Never let the wash go grey or muddy, leave empty white margin, or add text, numbers, logos, or a drawn border.
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remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.