Phantombrush
A painterly AI art style prompt drawing on Ink Wash Painting and Sumi-e. 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 prompt
Original
A fusion of Yoshitaka Amano + Ashley Wood + ink wash technique where fluid gestural brushstrokes create dramatic silhouettes against atmospheric backgrounds, featuring expressive line work that transitions between precise detail and ethereal fading edges, incorporating ink splatter textures and drip effects, strategic negative space, and selective detail concentration on focal points while preserving the original subject and setting without alteration.
Render on BudgetPixel: FLUX 1.1 pro · GPT-Image-2 · Muse 1.0 · Nano Banana 2.1
Model-neutral
The same look with artist names and copyrighted references removed — for models that refuse them.
A fusion of ink wash technique where fluid gestural brushstrokes create dramatic silhouettes against atmospheric backgrounds, featuring expressive line work that transitions between precise detail and ethereal fading edges, incorporating ink splatter textures and drip effects, strategic negative space, and selective detail concentration on focal points while preserving the original subject and setting without alteration.
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.
Fluid gestural strokes form dramatic dark masses against hazy atmospheric fields. Linework shifts from crisp, precise details into soft, fading edges that dissolve into the ground. Pigment spatters, drips, and diluted blooms build layered texture, with deliberate empty areas balancing the composition. Selective detail concentrates on focal points while surrounding areas remain vague, preserving the subject's identity and setting without alteration.
Render on BudgetPixel: FLUX 1.1 pro · GPT-Image-2 · Muse 1.0 · Nano Banana 2.1
Using it
- Paste the prompt, then add your subject after it — for example …, a lighthouse on a cliff at dusk.
- The original names artists. Some hosted models refuse that or quietly render around it — on those, use the model-neutral version, which describes the same handling without the names.
- The effect-only version drops the recipe altogether and describes only what the style does to a surface. Use it to mix this look into another style, or when you want nothing traceable to a source.
- Every sample here was rendered against the same short subject — Quiet streets whisper / Her footsteps echo softly / Sunlight paints her path — so it shows the style, not a lucky subject.
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