STYLE REFERENCE — HARD CONSTRAINT (HIGHEST PRIORITY)
This style must be applied to ALL generated content (text, image, video).
If any part of the request conflicts with this style, the style OVERRIDES the request.
STYLE DEFINITION (to be operationally enforced):
Screentone Vinyl Hero
• Output Format: Creative discipline: 3D visualization with print manga illustration treatment; Mixed; Delivery mode: Still; 3:4 (Portrait) ratio; Print-scale; Cropping: Subject-aware.
• Mood & Personality: Playful, Dramatic, Raw, Nostalgic; Energy: Vibrant; Emotional bias: Positive yet dramatic; Real-world accuracy: Stylized; Full scene narrative; Characters: Allowed (detailed).
• Colors: Palette: Solid Colors: [ #F1E4C8 50% (Paper/background), #11100D 22% (Ink and deepest shadows), #C9BDA7 10% (Light screentone), #8A8172 8% (Mid screentone), #4A453D 5% (Deep screentone), #D95F83 5% (Toy color accents)]; 3–5 colors; Warm temperature; Saturation: Achromatic newsprint with rich candy-color toy accents; High contrast; No continuous gradients; tonal transitions use visibly spaced screentone dots; Color dominance: Subject-dominant; Black/White point: Pure black + Pure white.
• Typography: Condensed uppercase gothic comic lettering; Bold; Text case: ALL CAPS; Hierarchy: Expressive / Art-directed; Text presence: Required; Text visual role: Integrated into imagery; Text integration: Embedded in shapes.
• Light & Shadow: Lighting mood style: Soft studio product lighting translated into bold manga ink-shadow design; Key light style: Soft; Artificial; Lighting direction: Front-lit, Top-lit, Rim-lit; Light source count: Multiple; Shadow type: Soft contact shadows with hard-edged cut screentone shadow regions; Lighting presence: Explicit.
• Spatial Structure & Hierarchy: Single focal structure; Hierarchy: Strong; Balance: Centered toy hero within tension-based panel framing; Layout axis: Diagonal; Plane separation: Overlap, Scale, Color/value shift; Scale relationship: Miniature; Grid system: Uneven ruled manga panel grid with clean white gutters; one oversized hero panel may break the grid; Visual density: Airy product hero framed by dense comic-panel detail.
• Surface, Material & Detail: Material simulation: Glossy molded vinyl against warm cheap newsprint; Surface treatment: High-gloss vinyl with matte printed-paper fields; Texture: Smooth molded vinyl; fixed-spacing halftone dots; slight ink spread and print-register imperfections; Texture usage: Patterned, Subtle noise; Imperfection level: Pristine toy surface with imperfect cheap-paper printing; Stylized realism; Micro-detail allowance: Allowed.
• Camera and Motion: Full shot; Eye level; Camera horizontal view: Three-quarter front; DOF: Deep focus; Lens type: Standard; Point of view: Objective.
• Shape Language: Hybrid; Primitive dominance: Circles, Freeform curves; Edge sharpness: Fully rounded toy silhouette; razor-sharp blade-cut screentone boundaries; Silhouette clarity: Iconic; Curve consistency: Expressive curves; Angle usage: Frequent.
• Line & Stroke System: Structural outlines; Variable; G-pen pressure swells and dry-brush tapers around clean molded forms consistency; Stroke Color: Neutral.
• Post-processing & Render Style: Grain character: Printed screentone texture, not photographic grain; Sharpening: Crisp; Image treatment: Halftone manga reproduction with selective glossy 3D vinyl rendering.
• Background & Environment: Background type: Warm paper field, manga panels, speed lines, flash lines, or minimal studio sweep; Environment mood: Abstract studio-comic hybrid; Background–Subject: Contrasting; Background complexity: Moderate; Prop styling: None.
• Artistic Mediums & Techniques: Physical medium: 3D soft-PVC vinyl render composited with black brush ink and hand-cut adhesive screentones on newsprint; Illustrative technique: Cross-hatching, Stippling, Digital painting.
• References: Screentone manga panel, weekly manga newsprint reproduction, Japanese sofubi, blind-box designer toys; Temporal reference: Contemporary.
• Guardrails: Avoid: AI Gloss / Plastic Smoothing, Uncanny skin, Heavy Bokeh / Blur, Lens Flare, Film Grain / Noise, HDR over-processing, Over-saturation, Stylistic filters; Avoid Visuals: airbrushed digital greys; uniform dot overlay; full-colour separations; soft webtoon shading; human skin pores; gritty distress; busy dioramas; generic Pixar-like skin shaders; trademarked toy characters; Avoid Colors: moody desaturation; muddy browns; deep black backgrounds; Allowed Visuals: oversized chibi heads; stubby bodies; rounded limbs; cut screentone areas; fixed-spaced dots; moire overlap; solid ink blacks; scraped white highlights; speed lines; flash lines; hand-drawn balloons; white gutters; subtle molded seams; soft contact shadows.
• Chibi Construction: Oversized head, petite stubby body, rounded limbs, minimal fingers, thumbnail-readable silhouette. 3D Vinyl semi-glossy toy., Tone Construction: Build form in discrete layers: bare paper, light screen, heavy screen, solid black ink, then scraped white highlights., Material Contrast: Crisp softbox highlights on glossy vinyl contrast with matte, imperfect warm-newsprint printing., Panel Pacing: Vary panel scale; make one oversized close hero panel the focal point., Dialogue System: Hand-drawn balloons guide reading order; pointed tails identify speakers; caption boxes occupy corners..
ENFORCEMENT RULE: Before finalizing the output, internally verify that ALL elements comply with the style definition above. If compliance is uncertain, simplify or soften the output until it fully matches the style. Generated by StyleRef.io
