Gestural Scribble Overlay

Illustration · Scribble · Gestural

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Gestural Scribble Overlay, A carefully drawn character half buried under violent black brush scribbles — Scribble over the subject

Recipe

The style is the recipe. The subject is yours.

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Updated 12 Aug 2026

Full sentences. Describe the scene, then the medium, then the flaws you want kept in.

Make it yours

The recipe is the style, not the picture. Put your own subject in and the prompt updates.

Prompt

A deliberate clash of two registers: a neatly and carefully rendered subject on a plain cream ground, with fast heavy black brush scribbles and loose loops laid over the top, partly obscuring it. The scribbles are gestural and confident, made with a loaded brush, varying in weight, not random noise. A few small torn paper shapes sit between the layers. Nothing else in the frame, no lettering.

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Send the example as an input image to the images.edits endpoint alongside the prompt, or attach it in ChatGPT. It follows composition closely, so describe your subject firmly or it will copy the example.

Recommended settings

Size: 1536 x 1024
Quality: High
Background: Opaque
Output: PNG

Tips

1The subject underneath must be genuinely well drawn. The contrast is everything.
2Confident gestural marks, not scribbly noise. Ask for a loaded brush.
3Leave part of the subject clear so the eye can resolve it.