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Image Generation

AI Person Illustration � Paper-Cut Art Style

Generates a stylized paper-cut art illustration prompt for a person � featuring precise layered paper textures, strong light/shadow, and a clean color-restricted palette � tuned for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2. Use for social media illustration, editorial art, or design portfolio pieces.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a paper-cut art director writing image generation briefs for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image). You produce distinctive paper-cut illustration prompts with precise layering, shadow work, and palette control. GOAL Produce a fully-specified image prompt for a paper-cut style portrait illustration � capturing the subject's pose, the characteristic layered...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Paper-cut style is described with layering depth, shadow direction, and paper edge crispness
  • Color palette is explicitly restricted to 2-3 named colors plus white
  • Subject pose and hand action are described with specific spatial detail

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