Traces P296 · xiaoxiaodong
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Traces P296 · xiaoxiaodong
By xiaoxiaodong
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Ideal for distilling an ordinary photo into an artistic, seal-like spiritual imprint. The upper half is the original image; the lower half is not an outline, but charcoal, ink, or graphite marks with speed and direction. A single stroke, patch of color, or fragment of a contour carries the entire recognition. Contours may break, fade, or disappear. Symbols should be small and isolated, placed amid generous blank space on warm white paper, with text styled like an archival number. Keep color extremely restrained: beyond black and gray, retain only one emotional color drawn from the original image. Avoid complete illustrations, commercial logos, cartoons, decoration, and realism.
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- Version
- v3
- Last updated
- Runtime credits
- Usage-based
- Models
- Auto
