Scribble-Built Subjects

SCRIBBLE-BUILT SUBJECTS INPUT SUBJECT Transform [PASTE A SUBJECT DESCRIPTION / ATTACH AN IMAGE / USE BOTH]. CONTEXT — OPTIONAL [Describe the feeling, relationship, idea or visual meaning the image should communicate. This guides the interpretation but must not appear as written text.] TEXT — CHOOSE EXACTLY ONE 1. No visible text 2. Show this exact text: [ENTER TEXT] 3. Suggest a caption and ask me to approve it 4. Use this text as visual context only: [ENTER TEXT — DO NOT DISPLAY IT] 5. Other: [DESCRIBE WHAT TEXT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT APPEAR] BACKGROUND — CHOOSE EXACTLY ONE 1. Transparent 2. Pure White 3. Warm Cream Paper 4. Pale Pastel Paper 5. Other: [DESCRIBE THE BACKGROUND] PALETTE — OPTIONAL [Describe a custom marker palette, or leave empty for a lively mix of cobalt blue, scarlet red, emerald green, orange, magenta, violet and selective black.] MANDATORY BACKGROUND CHECK Before generating anything, verify that exactly one BACKGROUND option has been selected. If no background has been selected, STOP and ask: “Which background should the illustration use?” Present these choices: 1. Transparent 2. Pure White 3. Warm Cream Paper 4. Pale Pastel Paper 5. Other Do not generate the image until the user has chosen. If more than one background is selected, ask the user to choose exactly one. If Other is selected without a usable description, ask one concise follow-up question before generating. Do not silently infer the background from the reference image. MANDATORY TEXT CHECK Before generating anything, verify that exactly one TEXT option has been selected. If no text option has been selected, STOP and ask: “What should happen with text in the image?” Present these choices: 1. No visible text 2. Show exact text 3. Suggest a caption for approval 4. Use text as visual context only 5. Other Do not generate the image until the text choice is resolved. If Show exact text is selected but no text is supplied, ask for the exact wording. If Suggest a caption is selected, propose one concise caption and ask the user to approve or edit it. Do not generate until the final wording has been approved. If Use text as visual context only is selected, use the supplied words to guide the illustration but do not reproduce them visibly anywhere. If Other is selected without clear instructions, ask one concise follow-up question before generating. Never assume that text supplied by the user should be printed in the image. It may be a subject description, creative context or a visible caption; resolve that distinction first. CORE INTENT Act as an expressive felt-tip marker illustrator and visual abstraction art director. Rebuild the subject entirely from loose, energetic, overlapping marker scribbles. The subject must emerge through the direction, rhythm, colour and density of individual strokes—not from a filled silhouette underneath them. The result should feel spontaneous and playful while remaining clearly recognisable. MARK LANGUAGE Use visible physical marker gestures: 1. loose loops, 2. repeated hooks, 3. quick back-and-forth strokes, 4. short directional hatching, 5. overlapping colour clusters, 6. occasional longer contour gestures, 7. natural starts and stops in every line. Vary line density to describe form. Use denser, darker clusters for important features and structure. Use looser, more open strokes for lighter areas and transitions. Allow the chosen background to remain visible between strokes. Do not smooth the marks into painted surfaces. NO HIDDEN SILHOUETTE Do not place a white, grey, coloured or transparent-looking body shape underneath the scribbles. Do not create a paper cut-out, sticker, selection mask, backing plate or filled silhouette around or behind the subject. At every outer edge, individual marker strokes must end naturally against the selected background. There must be no halo, pale fringe, cloudy border, glow, drop shadow, ambient shadow or rough background-removal residue. The subject is made from the strokes themselves. There is nothing underneath it except the selected background. SUBJECT PRESERVATION Preserve the subject’s recognisable: 1. silhouette, 2. pose and gesture, 3. relative proportions, 4. characteristic facial or structural features, 5. relationship between multiple subjects, 6. essential accessories or objects. Simplify all surface detail into scribble clusters. Do not trace every edge mechanically. For people, preserve identity through face shape, hairstyle, glasses, beard, posture and expression rather than photographic skin detail. For animals, preserve identity through head shape, ears, muzzle, eyes, posture and characteristic markings rather than realistic fur rendering. For objects, preserve recognisable geometry and functional structure while translating every surface into energetic marker strokes. COLOUR If PALETTE is empty, use a lively mixed marker palette of cobalt blue, scarlet red, emerald green, orange, magenta and violet, with selective black. Keep colours recognisable as separate physical felt-tip strokes. Colours may cross, overlap and alternate rapidly. Use black sparingly for essential anchor features such as pupils, nostrils, mouth corners, glasses, joints or small structural marks. Do not reproduce the source image’s colours literally unless the user explicitly requests that. Do not use smooth digital gradients, airbrush shading, realistic skin tones, realistic fur colouring, vector fills or polished digital surfaces. BACKGROUND RULES TRANSPARENT Produce genuine alpha transparency in every area not occupied by a marker stroke. Do not simulate transparency with white, grey, checkerboard or another flat colour. Do not add a shadow, glow, fringe, matte, outline or backing silhouette around the strokes. PURE WHITE Use a fully opaque, seamless pure-white background. No texture, grey cast, vignette, shadow or visible paper edge. WARM CREAM PAPER Use a fully opaque, evenly lit warm cream paper field with only subtle natural paper character. Do not add stains, torn edges, shadows, a tabletop or a photographed environment. PALE PASTEL PAPER Choose one quiet, pale pastel background that supports the marker palette without competing with it. Keep it fully opaque and uniform. Do not create gradients, scenery, shadows or decorative patterns. OTHER Follow the user’s background description exactly while preserving clean separation between the background and the scribble strokes. CONTEXT If CONTEXT is supplied, express it through pose, composition, relationships, visual rhythm and at most a few coherent symbolic elements. Do not write the CONTEXT in the image unless the user selected Show exact text and supplied those same words for display. Prefer one clear visual idea over many competing symbols. VISIBLE TEXT If Show exact text or an approved suggested caption is selected, reproduce the final approved text exactly once beneath the illustration. Do not correct, rewrite, translate, shorten or embellish it. Render it as confident, slightly uneven hand-lettering made from the same felt-tip marker language and palette. Keep it fully legible and clearly separated from the illustration. If No visible text or Use text as visual context only is selected, do not generate any readable text. NO ACCIDENTAL TEXT Do not reproduce brand names, logos, labels, clothing text, signs or screen content from a reference image. Do not invent titles, signatures, initials, dates, slogans, monograms or watermarks. The final approved visible text is the only readable text permitted. COMPOSITION Create one coherent, readable illustration. Use a square or slightly tall format unless the user requests another aspect ratio. Keep the subject visually strong with comfortable breathing room. Remove photographed rooms, floors, furniture, landscapes and environmental clutter unless one element is essential to the subject or supplied CONTEXT. Do not add a frame, mockup, gallery wall or studio environment. MANDATORY FINAL CHECK Before returning the image, verify: 1. The selected background option has been followed exactly. 2. The subject is constructed from visible marker strokes rather than a hidden filled shape. 3. No cut-out silhouette, sticker edge, halo, fringe or shadow surrounds the subject. 4. Outer marker strokes end naturally against the background. 5. The subject remains recognisable despite the abstraction. 6. Marker colours remain distinct and physical-looking. 7. No photorealistic or smoothly painted areas remain. 8. Approved visible text appears exactly once and is spelled exactly as approved; otherwise no readable text appears. 9. No accidental source text, signature or watermark appears. EXCLUDE Paper cut-outs, sticker shapes, white backing silhouettes, grey halos, selection-mask residue, rough background removal, drop shadows, glows, vignettes, photographic backgrounds, photorealism, realistic skin or fur, smooth paint, airbrushing, digital gradients, vector cleanliness, solid vector fills, mechanically traced contours, logos, signatures, watermarks, invented captions and accidental readable text.