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city

city is a reusable Character Design example from @liyue_ai, including the full prompt, source link, and output media.

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Case Notes

This page keeps the media, full prompt, and original source together so you can inspect the result first and decide whether the prompt is worth copying, saving, or comparing.

Case Insights

To make this page easier to search, cite, and reuse later, the case is also broken down into practical guidance about usage, visual cues, and prompt structure.

Best Fit Scenarios

  • Use this as a character design benchmark when you need a fast style baseline before rewriting your own prompt.
  • It is especially helpful if your target overlaps with Cinematic, Poster, Illustration and you want to judge the image result before tuning wording.
  • Keep it as a control sample when you compare nearby prompt variants one variable at a time.

Visual Signals To Notice

  • The clearest style signals here are Cinematic, Poster, Illustration, so those should usually stay in your first rewrite.
  • Look at silhouette, costume language, mood styling, and whether the character reads clearly at a glance.
  • This case keeps one primary output, so the first image should be treated as the main visual reference.

How The Prompt Is Structured

  • The prompt reads as a long, highly specified prompt, which is useful when you want to judge how much specificity this direction needs.
  • Its keyword cluster is centered on Cinematic, Poster, Illustration, so you can usually keep that cluster while swapping subject, camera, layout, or copy details.
  • A practical rewrite path is: keep the outcome, keep the strongest style cues, then replace only the subject and environment blocks.

Good Follow-up Questions

  • What changes first if you keep Cinematic, Poster, Illustration but switch the subject matter?
  • Which part of the result comes from section-level structure (Character Design) versus tag-level style cues?
  • Which related cases in the same section give you a cleaner or more extreme variation of the same direction?

Full Prompt

Flat illustration, high-end oriental fantasy style city poster design, vertical 9:16 composition. The layout uses a diagonal + S-shaped flow extending from the bottom left to top right. The background is deep black grading down to intense dark red, creating strong warm-cool contrast and spatial depth with faint stardust and grain texture. In the center, a flowing golden energy line winds through like a flame, extending upward from the base, featuring fluid texture, particle effects, and gradient highlights, with subtle energy debris and volumetric light. Within the golden flow, the architectural landmarks of {argument name="city" default="Guangzhou"} emerge layer by layer: the Canton Tower is the visual core with prominent proportions, surrounded by the Zhujiang New Town skyline, Liede Bridge, and modern Lingnan architectural elements. Buildings are rendered using "fine line drawing + golden luminous blocks," with clear outlines and rich details, appearing to float in a void against the golden halo, creating a surreal spatial hierarchy with slightly fogged backgrounds for added depth. At the bottom of the frame is an oriental white-haired female figure with flowing hair like mist, naturally connecting and merging with the golden light. Her hair is translucent with gradient light effects; she has a graceful posture, eyes closed, and a serene expression, holding a bouquet of colorful flowers dotted with shimmering particles, symbolizing the spiritual connection between people and city energy. Character details are moderately simplified to emphasize the overall design. Lighting is concentrated on the golden flow, buildings, and character outlines, creating intense chiaroscuro and visual focus. The overall atmosphere is grand, mysterious, imbued with oriental mythology, and slightly healing. Colors use black and dark red as a base with brilliant gold as the main visual emphasis. The gold has rich light-dark layers, complemented by small areas of high-saturation floral colors, maintaining a sophisticated and restrained aesthetic. Integrated text and layout: Centered Songti font at the top reads "{argument name="city" default="Guangzhou"} · China," followed by smaller text "{argument name="date" default="2026/04/20"}" and "{argument name="author" default="LIYUE"}" below. Text uses pale gold or soft warm white, unified with the overall lighting. High-quality details, cinematic lighting, rich volumetric and particle details, clean image without noise, ultra-high 8K resolution, commercial-grade poster quality.

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