Halftone Flat Figure

Editorial · Halftone · Flat

Download examples
Figure in two inks·Nano Banana Pro
Wide crop·Seedream 4.5
Square version·Seedream 4.5
Vertical figure·Seedream 4.5

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.

Prompt

An editorial illustration built like a two colour print job: a figure with elongated limbs and simplified hands drawn in solid black plus one bright ink, every tonal step handled by a clearly visible halftone dot screen rather than smooth shading. Paper texture and slight print wear showing through the flat areas, single saturated background field, confident simplified drawing. No lettering.

The prompt gets you close. Feed one of the examples in as a style reference for the rest. Download the images

Use the examples as a reference

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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.

Settings on GPT Image

Size
1280 x 1024
Quality
High
Background
Opaque
Output
PNG

Tips

  • 1Visible dots, not smooth gradients. Say the screen should be coarse.
  • 2Elongate the limbs. It is what makes the drawing feel designed.
  • 3Two inks and the paper. A third colour breaks the logic.

Things to try

Three inks

one more colour added

Seated

the figure folded up

Cool

blue as the second ink

Coarser

a much larger dot

Two figures

a pair in the same inks

Similar Styles