Two-dimensional alternative character illustration of [CHARACTER], occupying approximately seventy-five percent of the frame in [POSE], with [HAIR] and [EXPRESSION]. Oversized rounded cranium, a short flattened lower face, a narrow jaw, a long thin neck, slightly oversized ears, huge pale oval eyes with tiny off-center pupils, extremely thick horizontal black eyebrows, heavy black upper eyelids, muted mauve under-eye rings, a tiny broad triangular nose, and a wide asymmetrical grin showing individually drawn irregular rectangular teeth, one clearly missing upper tooth, one chipped tooth and deep black gaps. Dress the character in [CLOTHING], simplified into broad graphic shapes with chunky seams, minimal folds and small hand-drawn accessories. Confident black ink contours using thick outer silhouettes, medium-weight facial lines, thin angular hair strands and only a few short scratch marks around the eyes, hair and clothing seams; use flat opaque color fields, one hard-edged cel-shadow shape per form, sparse pencil hatching, subtle ink wobble, slight color misregistration and restrained worn-paper texture. Controlled [COLORS] palette, keeping every color clearly separated and moderately saturated. Place the character against [BACKGROUND], reduced to large flat shapes, a few loosely drawn environmental details and oversized rough hand-painted lettering reading “[TEXT]”; use an off-center waist-up composition, a slight camera tilt, cropped background typography, loose poster margins and lightly weathered printed edges. 4:5 AR.
2x2 grid, 16:9, create four completely different Chinese public-domain cultural subjects:
select * from oriental_poster_archives
where cultural_subject = '[$subject]'
and aesthetic = 'minimalist Chinese woodblock poster design'
and print_technique = 'two-color screen print and traditional woodblock print on aged xuan paper'
and optical_illusion = 'gestalt figure-ground reversal'
and visual_language = 'Chinese classical book illustration, refined editorial design, museum-quality composition'
and ink_layers = array[
(layer_1_base: 'warm aged xuan paper negative space', color: 'ai_infer_light_paper_color([$subject])'),
(layer_2_foreground: 'flat Chinese landscape, architecture, plants, animals and narrative scenes', color: 'ai_infer_dark_ink_color([$subject])')
]
and masking_logic = (
select iconic_profile_silhouette
from Chinese_cultural_character_archive
where subject = '[$subject]'
format as 'the edge of the landscape and architecture forms a clear human or mythical-creature profile silhouette'
)
and internal_scene_logic = 'the silhouette contains the most iconic locations, objects, animals and story events associated with the subject'
and typography = 'small vertical Chinese seal-script title panel on the outer edge, elegant English serif title at lower right'
and composition = 'large silhouette occupying 45 to 60 percent of each panel, generous empty paper space, balanced asymmetry'
and forbidden_elements = 'no gradients, no 3D, no photorealism, no floating face, no collage, no modern objects, no neon colors, no random text, no malformed Chinese characters';
[$subject] = Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin