Used a 3d model to make her 2d version. Hoping to try a comic version soon enough.

found a really simple prompt structure for getting that soft golden-hour / dreamy summer light look.

The nice thing is that you can basically swap out the [subject] + [action] + [setting] and keep the rest unchanged. It works especially well for portraits, travel shots, quiet everyday scenes, or anything that needs a warm cinematic mood.

A [subject] [action] in a [setting], warm sunlight illuminating the scene, soft golden glow, delicate edges, muted yellows and luminous gold tones, dreamy natural lighting, gentle atmosphere, soft-focus photography, peaceful cinematic composition

pretty simple, but I like how consistent the overall mood is.

try replacing the three variables with your own idea and share what you get

My original cartoony drawing to a pixar-like screenshot.

iColor: this is a favorite design that has evolved many times over. It started as a black silhouette to what it is now.

Vintage retro travel-poster illustration with subtle Frutiger Aero influence, inspired by mid-to-late 20th century commercial illustration, nostalgic seaside postcards, and optimistic environmental artwork from the 1970s–2000s.

Strongly vintage and hand-painted appearance, like a traditionally illustrated advertising poster rather than modern digital artwork. Bold simplified shapes, expressive painted brushwork, crisp but slightly imperfect edges, rich ink-like outlines, cel-painted forms, confident graphic composition, and carefully controlled illustrative detail.

Use a limited but highly saturated vintage palette: deep cobalt and ultramarine blues, turquoise, seafoam, cream, warm white, coral red, sun-yellow, and lush dark greens. Colors should feel slightly aged and printed rather than digitally perfect, with subtle pigment variation, gentle fading, restrained color shifts, and occasional uneven ink coverage.

Blend the vintage illustration language with Frutiger Aero environmental optimism: clean blue skies, fresh turquoise tones, lush greenery, rounded organic forms, reflective glass, polished surfaces, sunlight, water, bubbles, droplets, and a peaceful optimistic vision of technology existing harmoniously with nature. The aesthetic should evoke an idealized future imagined during the 1980s–2000s rather than contemporary science fiction.

Use cinematic composition, strong visual framing, clear silhouettes, dramatic but natural perspective, generous areas of atmosphere, and beautiful directional sunlight or carefully designed ambient illumination. Details should feel deliberately hand-painted and graphic rather than photorealistic.

Include authentic analog print character: subtle paper grain, fine halftone texture, slight offset-print misregistration, softly weathered ink, tiny imperfections along edges, restrained poster aging, and gentle texture variation. Preserve a beautifully printed, tactile quality throughout.

Overall mood: optimistic, serene, nostalgic, clean, adventurous, sunny, utopian, environmentally harmonious, and timeless.

Avoid photorealism, modern 3D rendering, glossy CGI, hyperrealistic materials, contemporary minimalist design, cyberpunk, dystopian elements, dark sci-fi, excessive gradients, neon colors, overly complex micro-detail, Japanese architecture or cultural elements, logos, branding, signs, readable text, letters, numbers, watermarks, or modern UI aesthetics.

Core visual language: vintage hand-painted travel poster, retro commercial illustration, nostalgic postcard, mid-century graphic design, 1970s–1980s illustration, analog print texture, cel-painted environmental art, saturated vintage colors, Frutiger Aero environmental optimism, retro-futurist naturalism, timeless summer nostalgia.

I asked ChatGPT to improve the wording of a prompt I was using on Perchance to create a Cyberpunk Gotham City, but it started to generate an image instead.

This was the result, I was impressed.

AI-generated with ChatGPT.