# Screentone Manga Panel

Monochrome manga illustration with visible screentone dots, hard-edged panels, and hand-drawn dialogue balloons for a raw, printed look.

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| Style | Screentone Manga Panel |
| Category | Illustration |
| Tags | manga, screentone, black and white, halftone, comic, vintage print, dramatic, nostalgic, ink, dot pattern |
| Author | @styleref (https://styleref.io/u/styleref) |
| Palette | #f1e4c8 #11100d #c9bda7 #8a8172 #4a453d |
| Published | 2026-09-04 |
| Canonical URL | https://styleref.io/share/egb81vvw-b24ae5c857c5 |

## 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):

Screentone Manga Panel

 • Output Format: Creative discipline: Illustration; Print; Delivery mode: Sequence; Print-scale.
 • Mood & Personality: Raw, Dramatic, Nostalgic, Documentary realism; Energy: Vibrant; Real-world accuracy: Stylized; Full scene narrative; Characters: Allowed (detailed).
 • Colors: Palette: Solid Colors: [ #F1E4C8 55% (Paper),  #11100D 25% (Ink),  #C9BDA7 10% (Light tone),  #8A8172 7% (Mid tone),  #4A453D 3% (Deep tone)]; Monochrome; Warm temperature; Saturation: Achromatic; High contrast; No continuous gradients; only visibly graded screentone dots; Black/White point: Pure black + Pure white.
 • Typography: Condensed uppercase gothic lettering; Bold; Text case: ALL CAPS; Hierarchy: Expressive / Art-directed; Text presence: Required; Text visual role: Integrated into imagery; Text integration: Embedded in shapes.
 • Spatial Structure & Hierarchy: Primary + secondary focal structure; Hierarchy: Strong; Balance: Tension-based; Layout axis: Diagonal; Plane separation: Overlap, Scale, Color/value shift; Grid system: Uneven ruled panel grid with clean white gutters; one panel breaks or bleeds beyond the grid; Visual density: Dense.
 • Surface, Material & Detail: Material simulation: Paper; Surface treatment: Matte; Texture: Halftone, visible adhesive dot screens at fixed spacing; overlapping tones create moire; Texture usage: Patterned; Imperfection level: Slight ink spread and imperfect print register on cheap warm newsprint; Stylized realism; Age of surface: Aged.
 • Shape Language: Hybrid; Edge sharpness: Hard blade-cut screentone boundaries; knife-scraped white highlights; Silhouette clarity: Recognizable; Negative space usage: Balanced; Angle usage: Frequent.
 • Line & Stroke System: Structural outlines; Variable; Brush and G-pen pressure swells, tapers, and dry-brush stroke endings consistency; Stroke Color: Neutral.
 • Post-processing & Render Style: Image treatment: Halftone; Grain character: Printed dot texture, not photographic grain; Sharpening: Crisp.
 • Background & Environment: Background type: Cut screentone fields, speed lines, flash lines, or sparse mechanical scenes; Environment mood: Abstract; Background–Subject: Contrasting; Background complexity: Moderate.
 • Artistic Mediums & Techniques: Physical medium: Black brush and G-pen ink with hand-cut adhesive screentone sheets on newsprint-grade paper; Illustrative technique: Cross-hatching, Stippling.
 • Inspiration Images: https://piteahvrjstrlirkpoid.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/public/a4ed5bce-87ba-41b1-98d9-9f7628064e76.webp.
 • References: Weekly manga newsprint reproduction; screentone manga panel; Temporal reference: Timeless.
 • Guardrails: Avoid: AI Gloss / Plastic Smoothing, Film Grain / Noise, Over-saturation, Stylistic filters; Avoid Visuals: airbrushed digital greys; uniform dot overlay; full-colour separations; soft webtoon shading; copier degradation; glossy white paper; Allowed Visuals: cut screentone areas; fixed-spaced dots; moire overlap; solid ink blacks; white scraped highlights; speed lines; flash lines; hand-drawn balloons; white gutters.
 •  Tone Construction: Build form in discrete steps: bare paper, light screen, heavier screen, then solid black ink., Panel Pacing: Vary panel size for rhythm; use an oversized close subject panel as the page focal point., Dialogue System: Hand-drawn balloons lead reading order; pointed tails identify speakers; caption boxes tuck into corners., Action Backgrounds: Replace rendered backgrounds with radial speed lines or flash lines behind the subject..


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/egb81vvw-b24ae5c857c5?format=flux        # also: midjourney, diffusion, json
https://styleref.io/api/v1/styles/egb81vvw-b24ae5c857c5/style.md           # a ready-to-commit STYLE.md
```

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

```
styleref://gallery/egb81vvw-b24ae5c857c5
styleref://gallery/egb81vvw-b24ae5c857c5/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/egb81vvw-b24ae5c857c5