cel-shaded

Style #492 · Illustration · Anime, Contemporary Digital Illustration

An illustration AI art style prompt drawing on Anime and Contemporary Digital Illustration. Copy the prompt below into any text-to-image model, then add your own subject at the end. The prompt only describes the look.

On 4 models

The same prompt and the same subject, rendered by different image models — so the differences are the model, not the prompt.

The cel-shaded style rendered with FLUX 1.1 pro — FLUX 1.1 pro · the main image

The cel-shaded style rendered with GPT-Image-2 — GPT-Image-2

The cel-shaded style rendered with Muse 1.0 — Muse 1.0

The cel-shaded style rendered with Nano Banana 2.1 — Nano Banana 2.1

The prompt

Original

Bold cel-shaded illustration built from clean confident ink contours of varying weight enclosing flat saturated color fills. Warm amber-to-cream palette with punchy red accents against soft neutral taupes, lit by a cozy interior glow that gives smooth gradient shading on rounded forms and gentle bloom around light sources. Modeling stays graphic with crisp edge separation, minimal texture, subtle airbrushed highlights on convex surfaces. Balanced composition with a warm inviting mood and polished commercial-illustration finish.

Render on BudgetPixel: FLUX 1.1 pro · GPT-Image-2 · Muse 1.0 · Nano Banana 2.1

Effect only

The recipe removed — no artists, no wild card, no movements. Only what the style does to a surface.

Clean confident ink contours vary in weight around flat saturated colour fills, keeping forms crisp and clearly separated. Warm amber and cream tones meet punchy red accents and soft neutral taupes. Rounded volumes receive smooth gradient shading, while light sources carry a gentle bloom. Texture remains minimal, with subtle airbrushed highlights on prominent curved surfaces, balanced spacing, and a polished inviting finish.