# Hand-Doodled Photo Overlay

A playful illustration style featuring hand-doodled annotations, arrows, and figures overlaid on soft, pastel photographs.

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| Style | Hand-Doodled Photo Overlay |
| Category | Illustration |
| Tags | hand-drawn, doodles, annotated, playful, pastel, whimsical, sketchy, overlay, casual, authentic |
| Author | @styleref (https://styleref.io/u/styleref) |
| Palette | #dceef2 #f5dde3 #f8edb8 #dcefd9 #173b73 #ff3d8d |
| Published | 2026-08-30 |
| Canonical URL | https://styleref.io/share/crcqmvzh-951f57ed0a80 |

## Specification

Paste this into any AI tool. Keep the attribution line and the canonical URL.

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):

Hand-Doodled Photo Overlay

 • Output Format: Creative discipline: Illustration; Mixed; Canvas Behavior: Open field (elements may escape).
 • Mood & Personality: Playful, Casual intimacy, Everyday authenticity; Energy: Active; Real-world accuracy: Loosely accurate; Full scene narrative.
 • Colors: Palette: Solid Colors: [ #DCEEF2 30% (Photograph ground),  #F5DDE3 20% (Photograph blush),  #F8EDB8 15% (Photograph butter),  #DCEFD9 15% (Photograph mint),  #173B73 15% (Primary ink),  #FF3D8D 5% (Drawn-layer accent)]; 6–8 colors; Mixed temperature; Saturation: Bleached photograph with a single hot-pink drawn-layer accent; Low contrast; Color dominance: Background-dominant; Black/White point: Lifted blacks + Rolled-off highlights; No gradients.
 • Typography: Handwritten; Text presence: Required; Text visual role: Integrated into imagery; Text integration: Overlaid; Text case: Mixed; Hierarchy: Handwriting is primary; optional small clean sans is quiet and corner-set; Uneven handwritten baseline; slight angled or curved lines.
 • Light & Shadow: Lighting mood style: High-key; Key light style: Soft; Natural; Shadow type: None; Exposure bias: Overexposed; Fill-light ratio: Flat fill; Lighting presence: High-key daylight in photograph; no lighting or cast shadows on drawn marks.
 • Spatial Structure & Hierarchy: Primary + secondary focal structure; Hierarchy: Strong; Symmetry: Asymmetrical balance; Layout axis: Diagonal; Plane separation: Flat ink overlay separated from the photographic plane; ignores perspective; Visual density: Airy.
 • Surface, Material & Detail: Surface treatment: Flat; Texture: Fine pen wobble, occasional doubled-over lines, optional light paper grain; Texture usage: Subtle noise; Imperfection level: Organic; Stylized realism; Micro-detail allowance: Minimal.
 • Shape Language: Hybrid; Primitive dominance: Circles, Freeform curves; Edge sharpness: Flat, slightly wobbly pen contours with no shaded edge treatment; Curve consistency: Expressive curves; Negative space usage: Dominant.
 • Line & Stroke System: Decorative outlines; Thin; Mostly even ballpoint weight; slight wobble and occasional retraced strokes consistency; Stroke Color: Ink blue or black, plus one hot-pink accent only; Stroke joins: Round.
 • Post-processing & Render Style: Image treatment: Full-color; Tone curve: Lifted shadows and blown, softly rolled highlights; Sharpening: Natural.
 • Background & Environment: Background type: Scene; Environment mood: Abstract; Background–Subject: Integrated; Background complexity: Minimal.
 • Artistic Mediums & Techniques: Physical medium: Soft high-key photograph with fine ballpoint or gel-pen overlay; Illustrative technique: Loose pen doodling; open hatching; handwritten annotation.
 • Guardrails: Avoid: Lens Flare, Heavy Bokeh / Blur, HDR over-processing, Over-saturation, Stylistic filters; Avoid Visuals: physical print on table; props; cast shadows; neon glow markers; shaded doodles; perspective-matched drawing; sticker graphics; emoji kits; pencil-and-watercolor paper ground; immaculate dominant typography; Allowed Visuals: soft high-key photograph; flat ink lines; looping doodles; arrows; stars; small figures; open hatching; angled handwritten notes; quiet small sans captions; pastel ground.
 •  Overlay Physics: Drawn marks sit flat on the image plane, cross subjects freely, ignore perspective, and cast no shadows., Doodle Rhythm: Cluster inconsistent-scale marks: large loose loops beside small stars, arrows, and tiny figures., Color Separation: Never sample photo colors for ink; reserve ink blue or black and one bright accent for the drawn layer., Annotation Gesture: Angle or curve handwriting across the subject; underline or ring selected words for emphasis..


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

## Other formats and live access

The specification above is the portable default. Tool-specific builds and a
ready-to-commit STYLE.md are available without a login:

**REST** (anonymous, read-only)

```
https://styleref.io/api/v1/styles/crcqmvzh-951f57ed0a80?format=flux        # also: midjourney, diffusion, json
https://styleref.io/api/v1/styles/crcqmvzh-951f57ed0a80/style.md           # a ready-to-commit STYLE.md
```

**MCP** (Streamable HTTP at `https://styleref.io/api/mcp`)

```
styleref://gallery/crcqmvzh-951f57ed0a80
styleref://gallery/crcqmvzh-951f57ed0a80/style.md
```

Or call the `get_style` tool with `ref` set to the slug above, and
`apply_style_to_prompt` to wrap a request for a specific tool.

Attribution: this style was created by @styleref. Keep the `Generated by StyleRef.io`
line and the canonical URL when you use a compiled spec, and credit the author.

Source: https://styleref.io/share/crcqmvzh-951f57ed0a80