Alaa Gaafar

{
  "style_id": "riso_tenebrism_v2",
  "style_name": "Riso Tenebrism",
  "lineage": [
    "Baroque tenebrism: one hard light source, most of the picture lost to darkness, form revealed only where the light lands",
    "Risograph printing: soy ink pushed through a stencil drum one colour per pass, tone built from halftone dots, passes never quite in register"
  ],
  "one_line": "An old-master painting's dramatic darkness, run off on a slightly wonky two-colour copier.",
  "medium": "full-bleed two-colour risograph print, black and fluorescent pink ink running off every edge",
  "palette": {
    "base": "plum-black overprint #2A1726",
    "ink_1": "riso black #1D1B1F",
    "ink_2": "fluorescent pink #FF48B0",
    "paper": "off-white paper #EFE8DA",
    "rule": "midtones only as pink halftone dots, highlights are bare paper"
  },
  "light": {
    "sources": 1,
    "quality": "one hard raking light from upper left",
    "falloff": "steep, 70 percent of frame in darkness",
    "rule": "every highlight traces to that source"
  },
  "linework": "no outlines, edges only where light meets dark",
  "texture": "coarse halftone dots, pink layer misregistered 2 mm leaving a halo, paper grain, roller streak",
  "composition": "subject off-centre in the upper two-thirds, deep dark negative space",
  "mood": "reverent, theatrical, quietly unhinged",
  "subject_slot": "{{SUBJECT}}",
  "pillar_compatibility": [
    "Emotion",
    "Relationship",
    "Art"
  ],
  "card_constraints": {
    "aspect_ratio": "5:7 portrait; render at 4:5 vertical, the nearest ratio Gemini offers, then trim to 5:7",
    "copy_safe_zone": "lower third empty dark field",
    "text_in_image": false,
    "bleed": "subject 8 percent clear of edges"
  },
  "exclusions": [
    "smooth gradients",
    "second or rim light",
    "oil-paint gloss",
    "colours beyond two inks",
    "crisp vector edges",
    "lettering or watermarks"
  ],
  "model_notes": {
    "general": "State the printing process before the subject: the model commits to a medium first and paints the subject inside it. Hex codes stay in the JSON for the design team; the prompt uses colour names only.",
    "failure_modes": "Drifts into a glossy oil painting, or overcorrects into clean vector art with no dots. Tends to add a cool rim light for drama, which breaks the single-source rule."
  },
  "seed_policy": "lock the seed once approved, vary only the subject slot; the Gemini app exposes no seed, so the full expanded prompt is frozen instead and only {{SUBJECT}} changes"
}

1. Birthday riso_tenebrism_v2 · 146 words

   Full-bleed two-colour risograph print, black and fluorescent pink ink running off every edge. Subject: a slice of layer cake with one unlit candle on a chipped plate, crumbs scattered. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, subject off-centre in the upper two-thirds, deep dark negative space, lower third empty dark field, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: one hard raking light from upper left; steep, 70 percent of frame in darkness; every highlight traces to that source. Palette: plum-black overprint, riso black, fluorescent pink, off-white paper; midtones only as pink halftone dots, highlights are bare paper. Edges and texture: no outlines, edges only where light meets dark; coarse halftone dots, pink layer misregistered 2 mm leaving a halo, paper grain, roller streak. Mood: reverent, theatrical, quietly unhinged. Do not include: smooth gradients, second or rim light, oil-paint gloss, colours beyond two inks, crisp vector edges, lettering or watermarks.

2. Anniversary riso_tenebrism_v2 · 142 words

   Full-bleed two-colour risograph print, black and fluorescent pink ink running off every edge. Subject: two ripe pears leaning into each other on a stone ledge. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, subject off-centre in the upper two-thirds, deep dark negative space, lower third empty dark field, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: one hard raking light from upper left; steep, 70 percent of frame in darkness; every highlight traces to that source. Palette: plum-black overprint, riso black, fluorescent pink, off-white paper; midtones only as pink halftone dots, highlights are bare paper. Edges and texture: no outlines, edges only where light meets dark; coarse halftone dots, pink layer misregistered 2 mm leaving a halo, paper grain, roller streak. Mood: reverent, theatrical, quietly unhinged. Do not include: smooth gradients, second or rim light, oil-paint gloss, colours beyond two inks, crisp vector edges, lettering or watermarks.

3. Sympathy riso_tenebrism_v2 · 143 words

   Full-bleed two-colour risograph print, black and fluorescent pink ink running off every edge. Subject: an empty armchair with a folded wool blanket draped over one arm. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, subject off-centre in the upper two-thirds, deep dark negative space, lower third empty dark field, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: one hard raking light from upper left; steep, 70 percent of frame in darkness; every highlight traces to that source. Palette: plum-black overprint, riso black, fluorescent pink, off-white paper; midtones only as pink halftone dots, highlights are bare paper. Edges and texture: no outlines, edges only where light meets dark; coarse halftone dots, pink layer misregistered 2 mm leaving a halo, paper grain, roller streak. Mood: reverent, theatrical, quietly unhinged. Do not include: smooth gradients, second or rim light, oil-paint gloss, colours beyond two inks, crisp vector edges, lettering or watermarks.

4. Breakup riso_tenebrism_v2 · 146 words

   Full-bleed two-colour risograph print, black and fluorescent pink ink running off every edge. Subject: a half-finished glass of red wine beside a phone lying face-down on a wooden table. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, subject off-centre in the upper two-thirds, deep dark negative space, lower third empty dark field, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: one hard raking light from upper left; steep, 70 percent of frame in darkness; every highlight traces to that source. Palette: plum-black overprint, riso black, fluorescent pink, off-white paper; midtones only as pink halftone dots, highlights are bare paper. Edges and texture: no outlines, edges only where light meets dark; coarse halftone dots, pink layer misregistered 2 mm leaving a halo, paper grain, roller streak. Mood: reverent, theatrical, quietly unhinged. Do not include: smooth gradients, second or rim light, oil-paint gloss, colours beyond two inks, crisp vector edges, lettering or watermarks.

{
  "style_id": "bauhaus_bloom_v2",
  "style_name": "Bauhaus Bloom",
  "lineage": [
    "Bauhaus form teaching: everything reduced to circle, square, triangle and bar in flat primary colour, placed on a visible grid",
    "Botanical plate illustration: one specimen shown flat and frontal for identification, a fine pen line recording veins, stamens and root hairs"
  ],
  "one_line": "A flower made of school-geometry shapes that only turns into a real plant when you look twice.",
  "medium": "flat screen-printed geometric shapes overdrawn with fine black technical-pen botanical line",
  "palette": {
    "base": "cream paper #EFE6D2",
    "ink_1": "signal red #D5392C",
    "ink_2": "cobalt blue #2349A0",
    "paper": "mustard yellow #E9B124",
    "rule": "flat fills only, black only for hairlines"
  },
  "light": {
    "sources": 0,
    "quality": "shadowless and even, like a scanned print",
    "falloff": "none",
    "rule": "no cast shadows or highlights"
  },
  "linework": "hairline pen veins, petal ribs and stamens drawn inside the flat shapes",
  "texture": "ink pooling at shape edges, slivers of bare paper where colours meet, pen line skipping over ink",
  "composition": "one plant on a faint square grid, both in the top 60 percent",
  "mood": "calm, clever, quietly optimistic",
  "subject_slot": "{{SUBJECT}}",
  "pillar_compatibility": [
    "Art",
    "Emotion",
    "Holiday"
  ],
  "card_constraints": {
    "aspect_ratio": "5:7 portrait; render at 4:5 vertical, the nearest ratio Gemini offers, then trim to 5:7",
    "copy_safe_zone": "lower third plain empty cream paper",
    "text_in_image": false,
    "bleed": "subject 8 percent clear of edges"
  },
  "exclusions": [
    "drop shadows or 3D shading",
    "realistic petals",
    "watercolour",
    "clip-art flowers",
    "gradients",
    "Latin labels, plate numbers or any lettering"
  ],
  "model_notes": {
    "general": "Name the geometry before the plant. Lead with the flower and the model paints a realistic bloom with a few circles stuck on top.",
    "failure_modes": "Adds Latin names and plate numbers because real botanical plates carry them. Drops the pen hairlines and collapses into flat vector clip-art. Sneaks in soft drop shadows under the shapes."
  },
  "seed_policy": "lock the seed once approved, vary only the subject slot; the Gemini app exposes no seed, so the full expanded prompt is frozen instead and only {{SUBJECT}} changes"
}

1. Thank you bauhaus_bloom_v2 · 146 words

   Flat screen-printed geometric shapes overdrawn with fine black technical-pen botanical line. Subject: a three-stem bouquet of red, cobalt and yellow circle blooms bound at the base by a black bar. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, one plant on a faint square grid, both in the top 60 percent, lower third plain empty cream paper, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: shadowless and even, like a scanned print; no cast shadows or highlights. Palette: cream paper, signal red, cobalt blue, mustard yellow; flat fills only, black only for hairlines. Edges and texture: hairline pen veins, petal ribs and stamens drawn inside the flat shapes; ink pooling at shape edges, slivers of bare paper where colours meet, pen line skipping over ink. Mood: calm, clever, quietly optimistic. Do not include: drop shadows or 3D shading, realistic petals, watercolour, clip-art flowers, gradients, Latin labels, plate numbers or any lettering.

2. New job bauhaus_bloom_v2 · 147 words

   Flat screen-printed geometric shapes overdrawn with fine black technical-pen botanical line. Subject: a seedling with two cobalt semicircle leaves on a short black bar stem rising from a red square pot. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, one plant on a faint square grid, both in the top 60 percent, lower third plain empty cream paper, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: shadowless and even, like a scanned print; no cast shadows or highlights. Palette: cream paper, signal red, cobalt blue, mustard yellow; flat fills only, black only for hairlines. Edges and texture: hairline pen veins, petal ribs and stamens drawn inside the flat shapes; ink pooling at shape edges, slivers of bare paper where colours meet, pen line skipping over ink. Mood: calm, clever, quietly optimistic. Do not include: drop shadows or 3D shading, realistic petals, watercolour, clip-art flowers, gradients, Latin labels, plate numbers or any lettering.

3. Moving out bauhaus_bloom_v2 · 148 words

   Flat screen-printed geometric shapes overdrawn with fine black technical-pen botanical line. Subject: a pothos cutting rooting in a glass jar, leaves as cobalt and red semicircles, pen-drawn roots curling in the water. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, one plant on a faint square grid, both in the top 60 percent, lower third plain empty cream paper, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: shadowless and even, like a scanned print; no cast shadows or highlights. Palette: cream paper, signal red, cobalt blue, mustard yellow; flat fills only, black only for hairlines. Edges and texture: hairline pen veins, petal ribs and stamens drawn inside the flat shapes; ink pooling at shape edges, slivers of bare paper where colours meet, pen line skipping over ink. Mood: calm, clever, quietly optimistic. Do not include: drop shadows or 3D shading, realistic petals, watercolour, clip-art flowers, gradients, Latin labels, plate numbers or any lettering.

4. Get well bauhaus_bloom_v2 · 145 words

   Flat screen-printed geometric shapes overdrawn with fine black technical-pen botanical line. Subject: a chamomile plant with yellow circle centres ringed by cobalt semicircle petals on thin black bar stems. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, one plant on a faint square grid, both in the top 60 percent, lower third plain empty cream paper, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: shadowless and even, like a scanned print; no cast shadows or highlights. Palette: cream paper, signal red, cobalt blue, mustard yellow; flat fills only, black only for hairlines. Edges and texture: hairline pen veins, petal ribs and stamens drawn inside the flat shapes; ink pooling at shape edges, slivers of bare paper where colours meet, pen line skipping over ink. Mood: calm, clever, quietly optimistic. Do not include: drop shadows or 3D shading, realistic petals, watercolour, clip-art flowers, gradients, Latin labels, plate numbers or any lettering.

{
  "style_id": "chrome_folk_v2",
  "style_name": "Chrome Folk",
  "lineage": [
    "Eastern European folk embroidery: mirror-symmetrical tulips, rosettes, paired birds and trees of life built from tiny X stitches on a counted grid",
    "Y2K liquid chrome: thick molten mirror-metal with swollen rounded edges that reflects the real room around it"
  ],
  "one_line": "The motifs from your grandmother's embroidered tablecloth, re-cast in shiny melted chrome.",
  "medium": "liquid chrome relief sculpture lying on red woven linen, product photograph",
  "palette": {
    "base": "tomato-red linen #B3261E",
    "ink_1": "mirror chrome #C9D3DC",
    "ink_2": "pale sky blue #9DB9D6",
    "paper": "coarse linen weave",
    "rule": "chrome shows only reflected red linen and sky"
  },
  "light": {
    "sources": 1,
    "quality": "one large soft window upper left",
    "falloff": "soft contact shadow under the metal",
    "rule": "one matching highlight streak on every form"
  },
  "linework": "rounded poured-metal edges, no drawn lines",
  "texture": "faint raised cross-stitch X grid in the chrome, pour seams, pinhole bubbles, one small drip",
  "composition": "mirror-symmetrical folk motif centred in the upper two-thirds, seen from slightly above",
  "mood": "festive, heirloom-proud, slightly absurd",
  "subject_slot": "{{SUBJECT}}",
  "pillar_compatibility": [
    "Holiday",
    "Relationship",
    "Art"
  ],
  "card_constraints": {
    "aspect_ratio": "5:7 portrait; render at 4:5 vertical, the nearest ratio Gemini offers, then trim to 5:7",
    "copy_safe_zone": "motif kept small, entirely above a wide band of bare red linen filling the bottom 40 percent",
    "text_in_image": false,
    "bleed": "subject 8 percent clear of edges"
  },
  "exclusions": [
    "gold or brass",
    "flat thread embroidery",
    "Victorian filigree",
    "grey studio reflections",
    "rainbow iridescence",
    "lettering"
  ],
  "model_notes": {
    "general": "Describe the motif in folk grammar (paired birds, tulips, rosettes, strict mirror symmetry). Say only 'ornate' and the model reaches for Victorian filigree.",
    "failure_modes": "Smooths the stitch grid away into a plain chrome blob. Reflections go generic studio grey instead of showing the red linen. Warms the metal toward gold."
  },
  "seed_policy": "lock the seed once approved, vary only the subject slot; the Gemini app exposes no seed, so the full expanded prompt is frozen instead and only {{SUBJECT}} changes"
}

1. Birthday chrome_folk_v2 · 149 words

   Liquid chrome relief sculpture lying on red woven linen, product photograph. Subject: a chrome folk rosette of eight tulip petals radiating around a round heart. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, mirror-symmetrical folk motif centred in the upper two-thirds, seen from slightly above, motif kept small, entirely above a wide band of bare red linen filling the bottom 40 percent, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: one large soft window upper left; soft contact shadow under the metal; one matching highlight streak on every form. Palette: tomato-red linen, mirror chrome, pale sky blue, coarse linen weave; chrome shows only reflected red linen and sky. Edges and texture: rounded poured-metal edges, no drawn lines; faint raised cross-stitch X grid in the chrome, pour seams, pinhole bubbles, one small drip. Mood: festive, heirloom-proud, slightly absurd. Do not include: gold or brass, flat thread embroidery, Victorian filigree, grey studio reflections, rainbow iridescence, lettering.

2. Anniversary chrome_folk_v2 · 149 words

   Liquid chrome relief sculpture lying on red woven linen, product photograph. Subject: two chrome folk birds facing each other on a tulip-branch tree of life. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, mirror-symmetrical folk motif centred in the upper two-thirds, seen from slightly above, motif kept small, entirely above a wide band of bare red linen filling the bottom 40 percent, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: one large soft window upper left; soft contact shadow under the metal; one matching highlight streak on every form. Palette: tomato-red linen, mirror chrome, pale sky blue, coarse linen weave; chrome shows only reflected red linen and sky. Edges and texture: rounded poured-metal edges, no drawn lines; faint raised cross-stitch X grid in the chrome, pour seams, pinhole bubbles, one small drip. Mood: festive, heirloom-proud, slightly absurd. Do not include: gold or brass, flat thread embroidery, Victorian filigree, grey studio reflections, rainbow iridescence, lettering.

3. Easter chrome_folk_v2 · 149 words

   Liquid chrome relief sculpture lying on red woven linen, product photograph. Subject: a chrome egg standing upright, covered in stitched folk rosettes and zigzag bands. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, mirror-symmetrical folk motif centred in the upper two-thirds, seen from slightly above, motif kept small, entirely above a wide band of bare red linen filling the bottom 40 percent, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: one large soft window upper left; soft contact shadow under the metal; one matching highlight streak on every form. Palette: tomato-red linen, mirror chrome, pale sky blue, coarse linen weave; chrome shows only reflected red linen and sky. Edges and texture: rounded poured-metal edges, no drawn lines; faint raised cross-stitch X grid in the chrome, pour seams, pinhole bubbles, one small drip. Mood: festive, heirloom-proud, slightly absurd. Do not include: gold or brass, flat thread embroidery, Victorian filigree, grey studio reflections, rainbow iridescence, lettering.

{
  "style_id": "gouache_vaporwave_v2",
  "style_name": "Gouache Vaporwave",
  "lineage": [
    "Vaporwave: marble statuary, receding magenta perspective grids, striped sunsets and palms, originally assembled from 3D renders and stock images",
    "Gouache painting: opaque water-based paint laid down by brush in flat layers, drying matte and chalky, dragging dry and broken at the edges"
  ],
  "one_line": "The glossy 90s-computer sunset look, painted slowly by hand in chalky poster paint.",
  "medium": "opaque gouache painting on paper, matte, chalky, visible brushwork",
  "palette": {
    "base": "chalky lilac #C6A9D6",
    "ink_1": "hot magenta #DE4A9C",
    "ink_2": "sea teal #3AAFA9",
    "paper": "white paper border #F4F0E8",
    "rule": "sunset as flat separate painted bands, marble in lilac and teal"
  },
  "light": {
    "sources": 1,
    "quality": "low sunset behind the subject",
    "falloff": "magenta rim, teal shadow on front",
    "rule": "shadow short, pooled directly under the subject"
  },
  "linework": "no outlines, mostly dry-brushed broken edges",
  "texture": "bristle streaks, streaky uneven washes, faint pencil underdrawing showing through",
  "composition": "single subject centred on a receding grid floor, horizon above middle, sunset behind",
  "mood": "nostalgic, dreamy, deadpan funny",
  "subject_slot": "{{SUBJECT}}",
  "pillar_compatibility": [
    "Emotion",
    "Art",
    "Relationship"
  ],
  "card_constraints": {
    "aspect_ratio": "5:7 portrait; render at 4:5 vertical, the nearest ratio Gemini offers, then trim to 5:7",
    "copy_safe_zone": "lower third empty painted grid floor",
    "text_in_image": false,
    "bleed": "subject 8 percent clear of edges"
  },
  "exclusions": [
    "3D render or plastic sheen",
    "airbrushed gradients",
    "photoreal marble",
    "neon glow",
    "Japanese characters or lettering",
    "glitch effects"
  ],
  "model_notes": {
    "general": "The word vaporwave on its own pulls straight to CGI. Lead with gouache and name the brush defects before any vaporwave icon appears in the prompt.",
    "failure_modes": "Blends the sunset into a smooth airbrush gradient. Turns the statue into a glossy 3D render. Adds katakana and chrome logo text because the source aesthetic is full of them."
  },
  "seed_policy": "lock the seed once approved, vary only the subject slot; the Gemini app exposes no seed, so the full expanded prompt is frozen instead and only {{SUBJECT}} changes"
}

1. Congratulations gouache_vaporwave_v1 · 135 words

   Opaque gouache painting on paper, matte, chalky, visible brushwork. Subject: a marble bust wearing a striped party hat, round painted confetti dots in the air. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, single subject centred on a receding grid floor, horizon above middle, sunset behind, lower third empty painted grid floor, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: low sunset behind the subject; magenta rim, teal shadow on front; shadows fall toward viewer. Palette: chalky lilac, hot magenta, sea teal, white paper border; sunset as flat separate painted bands, marble in lilac and teal. Edges and texture: no outlines, mostly dry-brushed broken edges; bristle streaks, streaky uneven washes, faint pencil underdrawing showing through. Mood: nostalgic, dreamy, deadpan funny. Do not include: 3D render or plastic sheen, airbrushed gradients, photoreal marble, neon glow, Japanese characters or lettering, glitch effects.

   Round-two render rejected: it was generated as an edit of the breakup image and kept the painted tear. Round-one render kept; its cast shadow reaches the lower third.

2. Breakup gouache_vaporwave_v2 · 135 words

   Opaque gouache painting on paper, matte, chalky, visible brushwork. Subject: a marble bust with one painted teal tear, gazing toward the sunset. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, single subject centred on a receding grid floor, horizon above middle, sunset behind, lower third empty painted grid floor, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: low sunset behind the subject; magenta rim, teal shadow on front; shadow short, pooled directly under the subject. Palette: chalky lilac, hot magenta, sea teal, white paper border; sunset as flat separate painted bands, marble in lilac and teal. Edges and texture: no outlines, mostly dry-brushed broken edges; bristle streaks, streaky uneven washes, faint pencil underdrawing showing through. Mood: nostalgic, dreamy, deadpan funny. Do not include: 3D render or plastic sheen, airbrushed gradients, photoreal marble, neon glow, Japanese characters or lettering, glitch effects.

3. Graduation gouache_vaporwave_v2 · 133 words

   Opaque gouache painting on paper, matte, chalky, visible brushwork. Subject: a marble bust wearing a black mortarboard with a tassel. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, single subject centred on a receding grid floor, horizon above middle, sunset behind, lower third empty painted grid floor, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: low sunset behind the subject; magenta rim, teal shadow on front; shadow short, pooled directly under the subject. Palette: chalky lilac, hot magenta, sea teal, white paper border; sunset as flat separate painted bands, marble in lilac and teal. Edges and texture: no outlines, mostly dry-brushed broken edges; bristle streaks, streaky uneven washes, faint pencil underdrawing showing through. Mood: nostalgic, dreamy, deadpan funny. Do not include: 3D render or plastic sheen, airbrushed gradients, photoreal marble, neon glow, Japanese characters or lettering, glitch effects.

4. Just because gouache_vaporwave_v2 · 135 words

   Opaque gouache painting on paper, matte, chalky, visible brushwork. Subject: a dolphin arcing over the grid in front of the setting sun. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, single subject centred on a receding grid floor, horizon above middle, sunset behind, lower third empty painted grid floor, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: low sunset behind the subject; magenta rim, teal shadow on front; shadow short, pooled directly under the subject. Palette: chalky lilac, hot magenta, sea teal, white paper border; sunset as flat separate painted bands, marble in lilac and teal. Edges and texture: no outlines, mostly dry-brushed broken edges; bristle streaks, streaky uneven washes, faint pencil underdrawing showing through. Mood: nostalgic, dreamy, deadpan funny. Do not include: 3D render or plastic sheen, airbrushed gradients, photoreal marble, neon glow, Japanese characters or lettering, glitch effects.

{
  "style_id": "ukiyo_e_neon_carnival_v1",
  "style_name": "Ukiyo-e Neon Carnival",
  "lineage": [
    "Ukiyo-e woodblock printing: flat colour planes each carved on its own block, a black key-block outline, clawed stylised waves, one hand-wiped gradient band",
    "Fairground neon signage: saturated electric tube colour, bulb-studded rides and carnival icons against the night"
  ],
  "one_line": "A Japanese woodblock print made with the colours of a funfair's light-up signs.",
  "medium": "woodblock print on washi paper, one carved block per colour plus black key block",
  "palette": {
    "base": "night indigo #1B1646",
    "ink_1": "electric pink #FF3FA4",
    "ink_2": "acid green #A6F23C",
    "paper": "washi cream #EADFC8, sodium orange #FF8A1F",
    "rule": "flat planes only, one hand-wiped band at top of sky"
  },
  "light": {
    "sources": 0,
    "quality": "none, brightness shown only as flat pale halo shapes",
    "falloff": "none",
    "rule": "no cast shadows"
  },
  "linework": "black key-block outline, tapered where the knife turned",
  "texture": "wood grain in flat fills, blotchy hand-pressed mottling, colours landing 1 mm off the key line",
  "composition": "carnival subject in the upper two-thirds above stylised clawed waves, strong diagonal",
  "mood": "joyful, electric, a bit feral",
  "subject_slot": "{{SUBJECT}}",
  "pillar_compatibility": [
    "Holiday",
    "Emotion",
    "Art"
  ],
  "card_constraints": {
    "aspect_ratio": "5:7 portrait; render at 4:5 vertical, the nearest ratio Gemini offers, then trim to 5:7",
    "copy_safe_zone": "lower third flat indigo water with few wave lines",
    "text_in_image": false,
    "bleed": "subject 8 percent clear of edges"
  },
  "exclusions": [
    "glow, bloom or blur",
    "3D shading",
    "anime faces",
    "photographic stars",
    "cartouche or red seal",
    "kanji or lettering"
  ],
  "model_notes": {
    "general": "Describe neon as colour, never as light. Any mention of glow invites soft digital bloom, which destroys the carved flat plane.",
    "failure_modes": "Adds a title cartouche and a red artist's seal because real prints carry them. Turns neon into blurred bloom. Draws any figure with an anime face."
  },
  "seed_policy": "lock the seed once approved, vary only the subject slot; the Gemini app exposes no seed, so the full expanded prompt is frozen instead and only {{SUBJECT}} changes"
}

1. Thank you ukiyo_e_neon_carnival_v1 · 143 words

   Woodblock print on washi paper, one carved block per colour plus black key block. Subject: a Ferris wheel on a rocky shore above clawed waves. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, carnival subject in the upper two-thirds above stylised clawed waves, strong diagonal, lower third flat indigo water with few wave lines, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: none, brightness shown only as flat pale halo shapes; no cast shadows. Palette: night indigo, electric pink, acid green, washi cream, sodium orange; flat planes only, one hand-wiped band at top of sky. Edges and texture: black key-block outline, tapered where the knife turned; wood grain in flat fills, blotchy hand-pressed mottling, colours landing 1 mm off the key line. Mood: joyful, electric, a bit feral. Do not include: glow, bloom or blur, 3D shading, anime faces, photographic stars, cartouche or red seal, kanji or lettering.

   Kept with a logged defect: wave foam fills about 20% of the lower third. The page adds a dark scrim behind the copy.

2. New job ukiyo_e_neon_carnival_v1 · 145 words

   Woodblock print on washi paper, one carved block per colour plus black key block. Subject: a small boat flying a carnival pennant, riding a great clawed wave. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, carnival subject in the upper two-thirds above stylised clawed waves, strong diagonal, lower third flat indigo water with few wave lines, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: none, brightness shown only as flat pale halo shapes; no cast shadows. Palette: night indigo, electric pink, acid green, washi cream, sodium orange; flat planes only, one hand-wiped band at top of sky. Edges and texture: black key-block outline, tapered where the knife turned; wood grain in flat fills, blotchy hand-pressed mottling, colours landing 1 mm off the key line. Mood: joyful, electric, a bit feral. Do not include: glow, bloom or blur, 3D shading, anime faces, photographic stars, cartouche or red seal, kanji or lettering.

   Kept with a logged defect: wave foam fills about 20% of the lower third. The page adds a dark scrim behind the copy.

3. Moving out ukiyo_e_neon_carnival_v1 · 146 words

   Woodblock print on washi paper, one carved block per colour plus black key block. Subject: a paper lantern boat drifting away from a lit pier toward open water. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, carnival subject in the upper two-thirds above stylised clawed waves, strong diagonal, lower third flat indigo water with few wave lines, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: none, brightness shown only as flat pale halo shapes; no cast shadows. Palette: night indigo, electric pink, acid green, washi cream, sodium orange; flat planes only, one hand-wiped band at top of sky. Edges and texture: black key-block outline, tapered where the knife turned; wood grain in flat fills, blotchy hand-pressed mottling, colours landing 1 mm off the key line. Mood: joyful, electric, a bit feral. Do not include: glow, bloom or blur, 3D shading, anime faces, photographic stars, cartouche or red seal, kanji or lettering.

   Kept with a logged defect: wave foam fills about 20% of the lower third. The page adds a dark scrim behind the copy.

4. New Year's Eve ukiyo_e_neon_carnival_v1 · 141 words

   Woodblock print on washi paper, one carved block per colour plus black key block. Subject: chrysanthemum fireworks bursting above a great clawed wave. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, carnival subject in the upper two-thirds above stylised clawed waves, strong diagonal, lower third flat indigo water with few wave lines, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: none, brightness shown only as flat pale halo shapes; no cast shadows. Palette: night indigo, electric pink, acid green, washi cream, sodium orange; flat planes only, one hand-wiped band at top of sky. Edges and texture: black key-block outline, tapered where the knife turned; wood grain in flat fills, blotchy hand-pressed mottling, colours landing 1 mm off the key line. Mood: joyful, electric, a bit feral. Do not include: glow, bloom or blur, 3D shading, anime faces, photographic stars, cartouche or red seal, kanji or lettering.

   Kept with a logged defect: wave foam fills about 20% of the lower third. The page adds a dark scrim behind the copy.

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  "style_id": "cutout_deco_v1",
  "style_name": "Cutout Deco",
  "lineage": [
    "Painted-paper cutouts: sheets brushed with flat gouache, then torn or cut freehand into leaves, stars and seaweed forms, pinned and glued down",
    "Art Deco ornament: strict mirror symmetry, sunbursts, fans and stepped ziggurats, a thin inlaid metal line"
  ],
  "one_line": "Wobbly hand-torn paper shapes arranged with the strict symmetry of a 1920s hotel lobby, edged in one thin gold line.",
  "medium": "collage of hand-painted torn and scissor-cut paper on painted board, one thin gold foil line",
  "palette": {
    "base": "deep green board #0F4A43",
    "ink_1": "coral #F2674B",
    "ink_2": "ultramarine #2B3FB4",
    "paper": "cream #F3E6CC and lemon #F2D33A",
    "rule": "gold only as the thin line"
  },
  "light": {
    "sources": 1,
    "quality": "soft even overhead light",
    "falloff": "tiny shadows where paper edges lift",
    "rule": "shadows equal on both sides"
  },
  "linework": "scissor-wobbled or softly torn edges, one continuous thin gold line",
  "texture": "brush streaks inside the papers, curled edges, pinholes, pencil guide marks, mirrored halves not quite identical",
  "composition": "strict mirror symmetry on a vertical axis, cutouts in the upper two-thirds inside a gold-line Deco frame",
  "mood": "elegant, warm, composed with a wink",
  "subject_slot": "{{SUBJECT}}",
  "pillar_compatibility": [
    "Relationship",
    "Emotion",
    "Holiday",
    "Art"
  ],
  "card_constraints": {
    "aspect_ratio": "5:7 portrait; render at 4:5 vertical, the nearest ratio Gemini offers, then trim to 5:7",
    "copy_safe_zone": "lower third plain green board",
    "text_in_image": false,
    "bleed": "subject 8 percent clear of edges"
  },
  "exclusions": [
    "vector-clean edges",
    "perfect mirror copy",
    "gold fills",
    "3D papercraft",
    "people",
    "lettering or monograms"
  ],
  "model_notes": {
    "general": "Name the asymmetry as a defect in its own right. Ask only for symmetry and the model mirrors pixels, and the hand-cut evidence disappears.",
    "failure_modes": "Produces clean vector illustration with perfect edges. Thickens the gold line into a heavy gilt frame. Builds deep layered papercraft instead of flat glued paper."
  },
  "seed_policy": "lock the seed once approved, vary only the subject slot; the Gemini app exposes no seed, so the full expanded prompt is frozen instead and only {{SUBJECT}} changes"
}

1. Anniversary cutout_deco_v1 · 140 words

   Collage of hand-painted torn and scissor-cut paper on painted board, one thin gold foil line. Subject: two mirrored ultramarine dove cutouts flanking a coral sunburst. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, strict mirror symmetry on a vertical axis, cutouts in the upper two-thirds inside a gold-line Deco frame, lower third plain green board, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: soft even overhead light; tiny shadows where paper edges lift; shadows equal on both sides. Palette: deep green board, coral, ultramarine, cream and lemon; gold only as the thin line. Edges and texture: scissor-wobbled or softly torn edges, one continuous thin gold line; brush streaks inside the papers, curled edges, pinholes, pencil guide marks, mirrored halves not quite identical. Mood: elegant, warm, composed with a wink. Do not include: vector-clean edges, perfect mirror copy, gold fills, 3D papercraft, people, lettering or monograms.

2. Sympathy cutout_deco_v1 · 143 words

   Collage of hand-painted torn and scissor-cut paper on painted board, one thin gold foil line. Subject: a fan of cream seaweed-leaf cutouts opening around a single ultramarine star. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, strict mirror symmetry on a vertical axis, cutouts in the upper two-thirds inside a gold-line Deco frame, lower third plain green board, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: soft even overhead light; tiny shadows where paper edges lift; shadows equal on both sides. Palette: deep green board, coral, ultramarine, cream and lemon; gold only as the thin line. Edges and texture: scissor-wobbled or softly torn edges, one continuous thin gold line; brush streaks inside the papers, curled edges, pinholes, pencil guide marks, mirrored halves not quite identical. Mood: elegant, warm, composed with a wink. Do not include: vector-clean edges, perfect mirror copy, gold fills, 3D papercraft, people, lettering or monograms.

3. Graduation cutout_deco_v1 · 144 words

   Collage of hand-painted torn and scissor-cut paper on painted board, one thin gold foil line. Subject: a lemon star rising above a fan of ultramarine rays and coral leaves. Composition: vertical 4:5 portrait, strict mirror symmetry on a vertical axis, cutouts in the upper two-thirds inside a gold-line Deco frame, lower third plain green board, subject 8 percent clear of edges. Light: soft even overhead light; tiny shadows where paper edges lift; shadows equal on both sides. Palette: deep green board, coral, ultramarine, cream and lemon; gold only as the thin line. Edges and texture: scissor-wobbled or softly torn edges, one continuous thin gold line; brush streaks inside the papers, curled edges, pinholes, pencil guide marks, mirrored halves not quite identical. Mood: elegant, warm, composed with a wink. Do not include: vector-clean edges, perfect mirror copy, gold fills, 3D papercraft, people, lettering or monograms.