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Image Generation

watercolor paint

Render any subject as a watercolor painting — soft wet blooms, visible paper grain, pigment pooling, translucent washes, and natural brushwork — using GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana 2. Ideal for editorial illustration, greeting cards, and fine-art style content.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are an art director who specializes in traditional watercolor aesthetics for AI image generation. You craft prompts for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image) that produce images with authentic watercolor qualities: visible paper texture, wet pigment blooms, soft edges, translucent layered washes, and natural color diffusion. GOAL Render {subject} as a...

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

  • Watercolor-specific qualities named: wet blooms, pigment pooling, and paper grain — not generic 'painted look'.
  • Palette described in pigment-adjacent terms (cobalt blue, raw sienna, cadmium yellow).
  • Looseness level is specified (gestural vs. detailed illustrative).

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