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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 35mm, 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 35mm, 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 35mm, 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 35mm, 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
{ "style_id": "photo_graffiti_doodle_v1", "instance_id": "kitchen_hot_01", "style_name": "Photo + Graffiti Doodle Overlay — Kitchen / HOT!", "description": "A candid kitchen cooking photograph heavily overlaid with bold hand-drawn graffiti-style doodles, characters and tags. Flame-octopus energy, ketchup-bottle sidekick, chaotic cooking vibe.", "base_layer": { "type": "photograph", "content": "young woman cooking in a warm home kitchen, tossing vegetables in a pan over the stove, steam rising, wearing a striped apron, candid lifestyle shot", "treatment": { "color_grade": "natural, warm tungsten kitchen light", "contrast": "medium-high", "saturation": "realistic", "grain": "subtle film grain", "depth_of_field": "shallow, soft background", "aspect_ratio": "9:16" } }, "overlay_layer": { "medium": "hand-drawn marker + spray paint + ink doodle", "line_quality": "rough, confident, uneven stroke weight, slight wobble, occasional drips", "rendering": "flat colors, no gradients, black ink outlines, minimal inner shading", "blend_mode": "normal (opaque, sits on top of the photo)", "opacity": "100%", "coverage": "35–45% of canvas; never covers the subject's face" }, "color_palette": { "primary": [ { "name": "spray red", "hex": "#E8241C" }, { "name": "cobalt blue", "hex": "#1C3FD8" }, { "name": "graffiti yellow", "hex": "#F7D32A" } ], "accent": [ { "name": "marker green", "hex": "#1DB55A" }, { "name": "ink black", "hex": "#111111" }, { "name": "highlight white", "hex": "#FFFFFF" } ], "dominant_in_this_instance": "graffiti yellow (hero) + spray red (tag + secondary)", "usage_rule": "Each doodle uses 1–3 colors max; black for all outlines; white for motion lines & halo." }, "composition": { "layout": "subject on the left-center tossing the pan; hero creature looms from the pan upward-right; tag anchors top-left; secondary creature sits on the counter bottom-center", "density": "medium-high", "hierarchy": [ "1. Real woman cooking (face + hands preserved)", "2. Yellow flame octopus hero above the pan", "3. 'HOT!' tag on red spray cloud (top-left)", "4. Red ketchup-bottle smiley secondary (bottom-center counter)", "5. Tiny edge characters around sink / cutting board / corners" ], "negative_space_rules": [ "Keep the woman's face, hair and toss-motion fully visible", "Leave the stove flame area below the pan mostly clean so the pan reads" ] }, "typography": { "primary_tag": { "style": "wildstyle graffiti tag", "stroke": "thick black marker, sharp arrow on the H, small paint drips below", "fill": "solid black on a red spray-paint cloud", "placement": "top-left", "content": "HOT!" }, "corner_symbol": { "style": "bold filled doodle glyph", "placement": "top-right", "color": "ink black", "content": "black flame symbol" } }, "doodle_characters": { "hero_creature": { "role": "largest overlay; looms above the pan, tentacles curling around the cooking action", "color": "graffiti yellow (body) + ink black (outline + pupils) + highlight white (eye whites)", "vibe": "goofy, chaotic-friendly, oversized googly eyes, flame-shaped head", "content": "huge bright yellow cartoon flame octopus with big googly eyes and wavy tentacles curling around and above the pan" }, "secondary_creature": { "role": "sits on the counter, squeezed out of a real prop", "color": "spray red (bottle + face) + ink black (outline) + highlight white (eye whites)", "content": "red cartoon smiling face squeezed out of a ketchup bottle with red droplets spilling onto the counter" }, "tiny_characters": [ "small green vegetable stick-figure (leek/celery-shaped) jumping off the cutting board near the sink", "tiny blue water-drop character with arms and a cheeky face, standing near the faucet/sink", "small black grumpy onion face with sharp teeth in the bottom-right corner", "white spark burst doodle above the pan where the food is tossed" ] }, "decorative_elements": { "spray_blob": { "shape": "irregular cloud with drip tails below", "color": "spray red", "placement": "behind the 'HOT!' tag, top-left", "content": "irregular red spray-paint cloud with 3–4 paint drips bleeding down" }, "motion_marks": [ "white hand-drawn action lines radiating from the yellow flame octopus", "white halo ring floating above the woman's head", "short white dashes and dots as 'heat/energy' specks near the pan", "small black motion flicks around the ketchup squeeze" ], "extra_symbols": [ "scribbled star near the flame octopus", "bold black exclamation mark near the stove" ], "borders": "none — elements bleed to the edges, no frame" }, "mood": { "keywords": [ "playful", "chaotic-good", "cozy", "street", "lo-fi zine", "cooking-show energy" ], "energy": "high", "reference_culture": "90s NYC graffiti meets home-cooking vlog poster" }, "variables_used": { "BASE_PHOTO": "young woman cooking in a home kitchen, tossing a pan over the stove, steam rising, warm tungsten light, 9:16", "TAG_TEXT": "HOT!", "CORNER_SYMBOL": "black flame symbol", "HERO_CREATURE": "yellow flame octopus with big eyes, tentacles curling around the pan", "HERO_COLOR": "graffiti yellow", "SECONDARY_CREATURE": "red smiling face squeezed out of a ketchup bottle", "SECONDARY_COLOR": "spray red", "TINY_CHAR_1": "green vegetable stick-figure jumping off the cutting board", "TINY_CHAR_2": "tiny blue water-drop character near the sink", "TINY_CHAR_3": "small black grumpy onion face", "TINY_CHAR_4": "white spark burst above the pan", "SPRAY_SHAPE": "irregular red spray cloud", "SYMBOL_1": "scribbled star", "SYMBOL_2": "black exclamation mark" }, "final_prompt": "A candid vertical 9:16 photograph of a young woman cooking in a warm home kitchen, tossing vegetables in a pan over the stove, steam rising, warm tungsten light, subtle film grain, shallow depth of field. Heavily overlaid with bold hand-drawn graffiti doodles in red, cobalt blue, yellow, green and black, flat marker colors with rough confident black ink outlines, no gradients. In the top-left: a wildstyle graffiti tag reading 'HOT!' in thick black marker with sharp arrows and small drips, sitting on an irregular red spray-paint cloud. A huge bright yellow cartoon flame octopus with big googly eyes and wavy tentacles curls around and above the pan, with white action lines radiating outward and a white halo ring around the woman's head. A red cartoon smiling face squeezes out of a ketchup bottle on the counter with red droplets. Scattered tiny doodles: a green vegetable stick-figure jumping off the cutting board, a tiny blue water-drop character near the sink, a small black grumpy onion face with teeth, a white spark burst above the pan. A bold black flame symbol in the top-right corner. Elements bleed to the edges, no frame, zine street-art aesthetic, playful chaotic high-energy cooking vibe. The woman's face remains fully visible." }
