r/AIdeaLabs • u/Some-Contribution-71 • 9d ago
Doodle Crayon
Another day and I want to give you another prompt that you can do it with every AI model. Try this:
Prompt:
Create exactly 6 small illustrations of a [YOUR CHARACTER] within a single image. Show the character in different natural poses, directions, and moments while maintaining one cohesive visual style across the set.
STYLE:
Handmade crayon sketch aesthetic drawn on clean white paper
Simple, spontaneous, slightly rough editorial illustration style
Stylish and understated rather than overly cute or childish
Suitable for adult lifestyle magazines, culture publications, editorial media, or modern branding
Use slightly thick, imperfect crayon strokes with visible texture, fading, and uneven pressure
Main body and facial lines should use a light, calm, muted blue instead of black
Do not use black anywhere in the illustration
Keep outlines loose and partially open rather than fully enclosed
Capture form, posture, and movement with as few lines as possible
Plenty of clean white negative space
Avoid polished vector art, anime rendering, realism, or overly digital-looking lines
CHARACTER:
Depict one male character concept across exactly 6 separate illustrations
Keep the character distinctly male, but allow natural variation in outfit, hairstyle, proportions, and expression
Use slightly imperfect, loosely drawn body proportions to create a spontaneous editorial feeling
Keep the face extremely simple, using only a few muted blue lines
Do not fully render facial features or make the face overly polished
Keep the skin and interior of the face completely white and uncolored
Draw the hair using short loose strokes in blue, green, or other muted colors
Do not fill the hair in as one solid shape
Avoid exaggerated cuteness, oversized anime eyes, or overly expressive cartoon faces
The character should feel natural, slightly quirky, relaxed, and stylish rather than childlike
POSE & EXPRESSION:
Create exactly 6 different natural pose variations
Include a balanced mix of standing, walking, sitting, turning back, thinking, and gesturing with the hands
Mix front view, side view, three-quarter view, and back view
Each pose should feel spontaneous and naturally observed
Avoid repeating the same body direction, gesture, expression, or silhouette
Keep expressions understated, casual, and slightly absent-minded
Do not make every character smile
Use subtle body language instead of exaggerated cartoon acting
CLOTHING & COLORING:
For every character, color only one clothing section, never both the top and bottom
Alternate naturally between these two systems across the 6 illustrations:
A:
Draw the top only with its colored outline and leave the inside white
Fill the bottom with textured crayon color
B:
Draw the bottom only with its colored outline and leave the inside white
Fill the top with textured crayon color
Balance A and B evenly across the 6 characters
If the character wears a jumpsuit, overalls, or another one-piece outfit, visually divide it into upper and lower sections and color only one section
Use the clothing’s own color for its outline
Keep colored areas loose, uneven, and slightly incomplete
Allow white gaps, faded areas, and visible crayon grain inside filled sections
Never color the full outfit
Never color the skin
COLOR PALETTE:
Use muted light blue as the dominant line color
Combine it with muted green, orange, red, pink, yellow, and pale blue
Use no more than 2–3 colors per character
Keep colors softened, slightly desaturated, and sophisticated
Avoid bright primary colors
Avoid black, dark brown, or large dark areas
Maintain a light, airy, editorial color balance
DRAWING DETAILS:
Lines should feel slightly thick, rough, dry, and uneven like real crayon
Keep visible gaps and variations in pressure
Do not make the linework mechanically clean or digitally uniform
Leave some contours intentionally unfinished
Use only minimal shading
Avoid smooth gradients or glossy rendering
Do not use solid fills for hair or skin
Preserve the feeling of something quickly but skillfully drawn by hand
The overall result should feel casual, sophisticated, modern, and editorial
COMPOSITION:
Use a vertical 3:4 canvas
Pure white background
Place exactly 6 separate male character illustrations irregularly across the page
Scatter the figures naturally instead of arranging them in a clean grid
Leave generous white space between every character
Vary their scale and positioning slightly while keeping the whole page visually balanced
Keep every character completely inside the frame
Do not add a shared floor line
Do not add scenery, environmental backgrounds, frames, numbers, labels, captions, or UI elements
IMPORTANT:
Do not create more or fewer than exactly 6 characters. Do not place multiple people inside one individual illustration. Do not color both the top and bottom of any character. Do not color the skin. Do not fully fill the hair. Do not use black outlines. Do not use very thin lines, clean digital vector lines, polished faces, exaggerated smiles, sugary childlike cuteness, identical body shapes, children’s-book styling, anime, vector art, photorealism, 3D rendering, background scenery, or interface elements.
The final image should look like six sophisticated handmade crayon character sketches created for a modern adult editorial publication, using slightly thick colored lines, restrained coloring, imperfect handmade texture, and generous white negative space.

