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Meridian

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

Meridian hero
Meridian proof 1
Meridian proof 2
Meridian proof 3
1 hero · 3 proofs
Prompt template
{subject}, in the style of Meridian — a bright high-key overexposed early-summer-dawn photograph of the subject sitting airy and luminous behind a crisp precise vector instrument layer drawn edge to edge across it in full-saturation neon: thin electric-cyan altitude arcs sweeping up along a rising sightline, magenta degree-tick scales graduating along the arcs, a small neon angle-mark wedge measuring the climbing angle, fine numbered ticks and a thin datum baseline, like a surveyor's annotated almanac photo, {palette}, the photographic light kept airy bright and atmospheric while the neon comes only from the precise annotation layer, dimensional not flat, the subject filling the frame edge to edge
Slot recipes
hero — {subject} as a full-bleed Meridian scene — a wide bright high-key dawn photograph filling the frame, a commanding neon-cyan altitude arc sweeping up across it with magenta degree-ticks and a neon angle-mark wedge, airy atmospheric light, a thin datum baseline along the bottom, room at one side for an overlay headline without a solid scrim
feature — {subject} centered and self-contained in the Meridian technique, a bright high-key photograph behind a crisp neon-cyan arc and magenta degree-tick scale with a small angle-mark wedge, balanced composition, reads clearly at card size
avatar — {subject} as a tight close-up in the Meridian technique, bright high-key photographic crop behind a single neon-cyan arc segment and a few magenta degree-ticks, centered, fills a square crop
empty-state — a single small {subject} in a quiet sparse Meridian frame, mostly airy bright high-key sky with one faint neon-cyan arc and a thin tick baseline, low-energy, no text
illustration — an editorial {subject} composition in the Meridian technique, a bright high-key photograph layered with several precise neon-cyan altitude arcs at varied radii, magenta degree-tick scales, angle-mark wedges and a datum baseline, atmospheric airy light, dimensional and detailed across the full frame
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Credits · in the lineage of
  • Surveying and almanac annotation (theodolite altitude arcs, sun-path diagrams)TraditionThe altitude arcs, graduated degree-tick scales, angle-mark wedges and datum baselines are drawn from surveying instruments and almanac sun-altitude / sun-path charts that record the geometry of light climbing the sky.
  • Technical-diagram-over-photograph annotationTraditionThe treatment of a crisp precise vector instrument layer drawn directly across a photographic subject follows the convention of annotated survey and engineering photographs, where measurement overlays are superimposed on a real scene.

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
  • · Keep the photographic ground a bright high-key overexposed early-summer dawn — airy, luminous, atmospheric, with soft warm-white and pale-blue light.
  • · Draw the instrument layer crisply and precisely in full-saturation neon: electric-cyan altitude arcs, magenta degree-tick scales, a small angle-mark wedge, fine ticks and a thin datum baseline.
  • · Let the neon live only in the annotation overlay; the light belongs to the photograph, the colour pop belongs to the surveyor's marks.
  • · Fill the frame edge to edge with the subject and treat the technique as transferable — it should dress a sky, a riverbank, or a stadium equally.
Don't
  • · Do not let the image go muddy, dull, underexposed, or grey — the dawn light must stay bright and airy.
  • · Do not wash the photo in pastel or render the subject as a flat loud poster silhouette or solid colour fill.
  • · Do not draw the apparatus (a physical protractor, theodolite body, or instrument bezel) — the arcs and ticks are an annotation drawn over the photo, not a depicted device.
  • · Do not add text captions, UI chrome, heavy borders, or empty white margins; keep it full-frame and edge to edge.
try it

remix with this style

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

Needs a Published language and palette to remix.