Coral Cutout Figure
Illustration · Cutout · Matisse
Recipe
The examples above were generated with Nano Banana Pro and Seedream 4.5. The recipes below are written for GPT Image and Flux, so treat the settings as a starting point rather than the exact run.
A description in plain sentences. This is the version to start with, and it works on any current image model. Settings below are the ones we used on GPT Image; treat them as a starting point.
The recipe is the style, not the picture. Put your own subject in and the highlighted part of the prompt changes.
Flat cut paper shapes in the mid century manner: branching coral and seaweed forms in deep blue and coral pink scattered evenly across a cream ground, with one figure in a solid red dress standing among them. Every shape is a flat colour with a scissor cut edge, no shading and no outline, layered rather than receding, the figure drawn with the same blunt simplicity as the plants. Balanced all over composition.
The prompt gets you close. Feed one of the examples in as a style reference for the rest. Download the images
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Settings on GPT Image
- Size
- 1536 x 1024
- Quality
- High
- Background
- Opaque
- Output
- PNG
Tips
- 1Same simplicity for the figure as the plants. Detail on the face breaks it.
- 2Scissor cut edges, not vector curves.
- 3Spread the shapes evenly. A focal point turns it into a scene.
Things to try
No figure
plant forms alone
Warm
ochre and rust shapes
Denser
the forms crowding the frame
Two figures
a pair among the shapes
Monochrome
one blue on cream
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