Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print — AI Style Atlas

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Fictional portrait: Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print — Style

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Transform the attached photo into an ukiyo-e woodblock print with crisp carved keyblock lines. Use a tall three-quarter figure, flattened anatomy, rhythmic hair, broad color areas, repeating textile patterns, subtle bokashi, fibrous paper, and an indigo, faded-vermilion, tea-brown and pale-blue palette. Adapt the pose into a poised woodblock stance and the expression into a restrained small-mouth gaze. Keep her recognizable through face shape, long black hair and floral-dress patterns, but redraw the entire figure—face, eyes and skin included—as flat carved and printed shapes; no photographic skin or pasted-on realistic face. Flatten the street, lanterns, roofs and sea into stacked planes. Output vertical 2:3 with no cartouche, calligraphy, seal, text or watermark.

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photographic face, pasted-on realistic face, oil impasto, photorealistic depth, airbrushed skin, unrestricted rainbow palette, glossy gradients, Western perspective realism, modern typography, cartouche, calligraphy, seal, watermark

Parameters

--ar 2:3 --stylize 380

Keep bokashi limited to sky or water; faces and clothing should remain primarily flat printed shapes.

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GPTGEMMJFLX

Prompt difficulty

Some tuning

DOC.01What defines this style

Carved key lines and flat pigments reshape a modern traveler.

Ukiyo-e woodblock prints organize figures and landscapes through carved key lines, flat mineral-like color and patterned surfaces. Cropped viewpoints, stylized weather and restrained bokashi gradients create a decorative image that can preserve modern clothing while changing technique.

Use it for

Travel posters
Cultural program covers
Decorative portrait prints

Practical notes

Ask ChatGPT to preserve modern clothing if the model replaces it with historical costume.
In Midjourney, lower stylize when facial identity gives way to a generic print face.
Separate key lines from color blocks before preparing a physical print.

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Carved key lines and flat pigments reshape a modern traveler.

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