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Film Sketch

Cinematic framing translated into the touch of pencil and pastel, balanced between documentary realism and illustration.

SubjectsScene · Architecture
ModelsGPT Image · Midjourney · Flux
Cases4
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Style × subject matrix

4 contexts
Film Sketch · Character
Character · case image
Film Sketch · Scene
Scene · case image
Film Sketch · Architecture
Architecture · case image
Film Sketch · Product
Product · case image

Visual DNA

7 axes · 0–100

Seven adjustable axes set the character of the image: line rigorous or organic, colour muted or rich.

Line
TechnicalOrganic
78
Color
MutedVibrant
32
Lighting
DramaticSoft
34
Texture
CleanMaterial
72
Detail
MinimalDense
69
Depth
FlatCinematic
88
Mood
QuietEnergetic
45

Acceptance criteria

3 bans · 3 fail conditions

Check each frame against these: bans must not appear at all, and any fail condition voids the result.

Anchor

The key visual is the only anchor: the light-dark relationship and the horizontal-line framing are set by it; change the subject, never the structure of light and shadow.

Bans · prepended to the prompt by priority

  1. 01
    no hard ink outlinesThis style models form with light and shadow; an outline collapses the image into comics
  2. 02
    no evenly spaced parallel hatching covering the frameMechanical screentone-style hatching covers up the gesture
  3. 03
    no flat frontal lightingWithout a directional key light, the wide frame has no drama

Fail conditions

  • ✗
    no clear terminator between the brightest and darkest areas
  • ✗
    horizontal lines do not dominate the framing
  • ✗
    pure color blocks beyond the desaturated film range
Pass threshold

It should hold up as storyboard art enlarged to screen size.

Style recipe

11 reusable elements

The recipe is the wording this style carries into every prompt, so you don't rewrite it.

Identity

Film storyboard translated into pencil and pastel

Composition

Widescreen cinematic framing, horizontal lines dominate

Line

Gesture-driven pencil hatching

Color

Desaturated film gamut

Lighting

Directional key light, strong light-dark contrast

Material

Pencil, pastel, coarse-tooth paper

Texture

Simulated grain layered with paper tooth

Character

Realistic, softened by handwork

Atmosphere

Quiet, dramatic, restrained

Negative

cartoon, flat vector, oversaturated

Reference

Film storyboards / Kurosawa composition analysis

Style object

YAML

The style object is the recipe, criteria and DNA as machine-readable text: download it, or feed it to any model.

Download .yaml
style: id: film-sketch name: 电影素描 name_en: Film Sketch category: [编辑视觉, 场景, 建筑] visual_dna: line: {organic: 78, precision: 22} color: {saturation: 32, warmth: 68} lighting: {softness: 34, contrast: 66} texture: {material: 72, clean: 28} detail: {density: 69} depth: {cinematic: 88} mood: {energy: 45} composition: depth: cinematic framing: 宽幅电影式取景，水平线条主导 subjects: [场景, 建筑] models: [GPT Image, Midjourney, Flux] recipe: identity: 电影分镜转译为铅笔与色粉 line: 手势驱动的铅笔排线 color: 去饱和的胶片色域 lighting: 方向性主光，强明暗对比 material: 铅笔、色粉、粗纹纸 texture: 模拟颗粒与纸纹叠加 character: 写实但被手绘柔化 atmosphere: 沉静、戏剧性、克制 negative: [cartoon, flat vector, oversaturated] reference_notes: 电影分镜稿 / 黑泽明构图分析 constraints: anchor: 主视觉即唯一锚点：明暗关系与水平线取景以它为准；换主体不换光影结构。 bans: # 按优先级，前置到提示词 - no hard ink outlines - no evenly spaced parallel hatching covering the frame - no flat frontal lighting fail_if: - no clear terminator between the brightest and darkest areas - horizontal lines do not dominate the framing - pure color blocks beyond the desaturated film range pass: 应像分镜稿放大到银幕尺寸仍然成立。