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Sumi-e AI Art Style Prompts
18 AI image style prompts drawing on Sumi-e. Each is a reusable style block with a sample image: paste it into Midjourney, Flux, Stable Diffusion, GPT Image or any text-to-image model, then add your own subject at the end.
17 of them also have a model-neutral version with artist names removed, for hosted models that refuse them.
Artists referenced in these prompts include Kawanabe Kyōsai, Sesshū Tōyō.
Swelling Contour Ink-BleedFreda Diesing + Gao Qipei + a Baltic amateur chess-problem journal page, where Diesing's formline technique creates…
Spattered Sumi LacquerFujishima Takeji + sumi ink and red pigment on stained paper, where soft academic modelling creates smoothly graded…
Cyan Filament Dry-BrushBada Shanren + Vincent van Gogh + electroluminescent wire, where Bada Shanren's dry-brush stroke, swelling from loaded…
YugenA fusion of Sesshu Toyo + Joan Miró + aerosol art where subjects are rendered with minimal, precise brush strokes that…
RakuA fusion of Zen Ensō painters + Wassily Kandinsky + ceramic crackle-glaze techniques where subjects are rendered…
Sculpted Gilt Ink-BloomGeorgia O'Keeffe + Kawanabe Kyōsai + Tibetan thangka gilding, where O'Keeffe's sculpted tonal modelling creates smooth…
frantic spatterYoji Shinkawa + Jock (Mark Simpson) + Kawanabe Kyosai, where Shinkawa's frantic gestural ink should render into broken…
Sumi-Tempera KinesisJapanese sumi-e ink tradition + Cennino Cennini + kinetic essence, where calligraphic ink gradation creates breathing…
Weathered Ink PatinaKawanabe Kyōsai + Andrew Wyeth + mono no aware aesthetic, where Kyōsai's calligraphic ink mastery creates expressive…
Floating World-Ink FusionHiroshige + Sesshū + wabi-sabi, where Hiroshige's planar color blocking creates flat, distinct zones through bold…
Tenebrist-Sumi Folk FusionRembrandt's chiaroscuro + Sesshū Tōyō's ink mastery + Russian folk warmth, where Rembrandt's tenebrism creates pools of…
Constructive Ink GeometryCamille Pissarro + Paul Cézanne + Japanese sumi-e, where Pissarro's chromatic modulation creates atmospheric unity…
InkVeilHasegawa Tōhaku + Morris Louis + sumi-e philosophy, where Tōhaku's splashed ink creates bold contrasts that amplify…
inkflowIn style of traditional sumi-e + watercolor wash, where flowing ink gradients and soft wet-on-wet bleeding creates…
Sumicanea fusion of Japanese sumi-e ink wash techniques + Turner's atmospheric color blending + 1980s Miami Vice advertising…
PhantombrushA fusion of Yoshitaka Amano + Ashley Wood + ink wash technique where fluid gestural brushstrokes create dramatic…
BrushflowIn style of Ikenaga Yasunari + Huang Guangjian (+ Lois van Baarle), where Ikenaga’s delicate pigment handling should…
Crystalline NocturneA fusion of Vermeer + Art Nouveau + sumi-e ink wash where pearlescent light illuminates subjects with crystalline…