Spray Halftone Portrait

Illustration · Halftone · Spray

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Spray Halftone Portrait, A silhouette built from sprayed dots, glowing where the ink thins out — Head and halo, spray density

Recipe

The style is the recipe. The subject is yours.

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Updated 13 Aug 2026

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

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Prompt

A portrait built entirely from sprayed halftone dots: the head of a figure rendered as a dense solid black mass at the centre, the dots thinning outward into a scattered halo so the edges dissolve into the paper. Two small blank shapes for the eyes are the only detail in the face. No outline, no flat fill, no grey wash, density alone carries the form. Single black ink on warm cream paper, coarse grain.

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Recommended settings

Size: 1024 x 1280
Quality: High
Background: Opaque
Output: PNG

Tips

1Density alone carries the form. Say no outline and no flat fill or you get a normal illustration with texture on top.
2Edges that dissolve into scattered specks are the whole effect. Ask for it explicitly.
3One ink. Colour versions lose the starkness immediately.