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ÀBDŪLLÂH shares a GPT Image 2 prompt for folk-art gouache illustration

@itxabdullaa publishes a detailed prompt for ChatGPT on

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Gouache folk-art illustration generated with GPT Image 2: car portrait with greasy contours, flat colors and decorative motifs
Flat gouache style illustration: cropped portrait in navy blue car interior with simplified scene out the window. Source: @itxabdullaa

On June 19, ÀBDŪLLÂH (@itxabdullaa) posted on X a detailed prompt for GPT Image 2 that converts a personal photo into a folk-art style gouache and marker illustration. The post includes two images: the reference photo and the stylized result. The key instruction: "Do not invent a new scene, transform the user's reference photo" - do not invent a scene, transform the photo with exact visual characteristics.

AI Prompt · How to do it

Reference photo of car interior — starting image for the gouache folk-art prompt Prompt result: folk-art illustration with cheek resting on hand, car interior and cream background with stars and flowers

Before and after: from the reference photo to the gouache illustration generated with GPT Image 2. @itxabdullaa

Steps

  1. Open chatgpt.com with GPT Image 2 active.
  2. Upload your reference photo — the prompt transforms your image, it does not invent a new person.
  3. Copy the complete prompt below and paste it next to the photo.
  4. For another scenario, change only the «Composition» block while maintaining style and palette.

Prompt to copy

Create a stylized gouache and marker illustration based on the following artistic style. Do not invent a new scene, transform the user's reference photo using these exact visual characteristics: •Style: Flat folk-art gouache illustration with bold opaque color and a matte poster-paint finish. •Anatomy & Lines: Thick confident outlines, simplified blocky shapes, flat color fills with minimal shading, slightly rounded and softened proportions. •Facial Features: Stylized heavy-lidded eyes with a graphic winged eyeliner flick, thin arched eyebrows, a long thin nose drawn with a single curved line, and small flat closed-mouth smiling lips. Clean, minimalist, doll-like facial structure. •Complexion: Warm peachy skin tone, no freckles, with prominent solid rosy-pink circular blush on the cheeks (flat color, not stippled or textured). •Composition: Close-up cropped portrait, subject resting cheek on hand with elbow raised, seated inside a car. Interior rendered in flat navy-blue with dashed white stitch details on the seats and door panel. Through the window, a simplified scene with a small red cartoon car, a smiling cartoon driver, a yellow sun, scalloped blue-outlined clouds, and scattered decorative leaves/hearts/flowers. Negative space above the figure filled with whimsical folk-art motifs: stars, sprigs, dots, arches, and a flower, on a cream background. •Color Palette: Warm tones (peach skin, mustard yellow, coral pink, brown hair) contrasted against cool accents (navy blue, sky blue, purple, green), with high saturation throughout and no gradients.

Text in English according to the original publication. The post includes "Made with GPT IMAGE 2" as a header. Only use photos of yourself or with permission of the owner.

What makes this prompt special

It doesn't ask "turn me into illustration": it breaks down the style into five technical blocks—style, anatomy, face, complexion and composition—with the level of detail of an art guide. Heavy-lidded eyes with graphic eyeliner, curved single-line nose and flat pink circular blush define an instantly recognizable folk-art look.

The car interior composition (flat navy blue, broken white stitching) with a child's scene out the window – red car, yellow sun, scalloped clouds – adds narrative without abandoning the flat aesthetic. “No gradients” and “high saturation” stop the slide towards 3D rendering or diffuse watercolor.

Variations

  • Another scenario: replace the Composition block with “seated at a café table” or “standing in a flower field.”
  • Cool palette: swap warm peachy skin for cool porcelain tones and teal accents.
  • Without a car: ask for “head and shoulders portrait on cream background with folk motifs only.”
  • More face detail: add “preserve likeness from reference while stylizing” at the beginning.

Before publishing

Although it stylizes the face, it is part of a real photo. Do not use other people's images without consent. Review OpenAI's policies for generating images with people and photographic references.

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