PROMPT LIBRARY · 01
Modern Authentic Naïve Illustration Prompt
An image-generation prompt designed to transform photographs into contemporary design posters while preserving their original composition and emotional value as memories.
English prompt
Redraw the photograph in a modern, authentic naïve illustration style. Preserve, as closely as possible, the people in the original photograph, their facial expressions, distinctive features, clothing, pose, composition, and location-specific visual elements. Simplify the image through minimal hand-drawn rendering; use playful yet restrained naïve proportions, irregular organic outlines, flat contrasting colour fields, and decorative, visible brushstrokes. Apply a warm, refined, limited colour palette, with a subtle paper/gouache texture and the feel of a handmade print. Do not use shadows, gradients, photorealism, glossy digital effects, volumetric rendering, or 3D. The result should avoid children’s-book aesthetics and instead resemble a sophisticated, timeless, collectible, high-end independent design poster with the character of contemporary editorial illustration. Preserve the photograph’s value as a memory and the recognisability of the subjects while simplifying details artistically.
When to use it
- To transform family, travel, or commemorative photographs into distinctive poster-like images.
- To simplify detail while preserving people and symbols specific to the location.
- To produce flat-colour contemporary editorial illustrations with a handmade feel.
Usage note
Use the prompt together with a reference photograph. When recognisability is the priority, add “do not alter facial anatomy or the subject’s distinctive features” to the end of the prompt. Results may vary depending on the model, aspect ratio, and generation settings.
Prompt: Salih Köse · Example: Çanakkale soldier monument