From Realism to Flat: A Spectrum of Illustration Styles

A comparative experiment on muse-image-1.0/text-to-image in which the same subject is unfolded along a "realistic → flat" style axis. The approach is to fix the same content description as a constant and change only the style and medium wording, observing how the model converges in terms of light-dark gradation, sense of volume, edge treatment, and color-block segmentation, thereby judging the controllable granularity of style instructions. Suitable for scenarios such as illustration topic selection, art style selection, and brand visual direction comparison that require running style sketches first. The author's pipeline exposes only prompt, aspect_ratio, and output_format, so all style differences are carried by the prompt; outputs are uniformly 4:3 webp for cell-by-cell comparison.

Style Illustration · Style Research · Art Direction

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An editorial-style single illustration subject, presented across a spectrum from realistic to flat style: a lone figure standing at the edge of a cliff, looking down over a layered valley at dawn. Composition: the subject is centered, anchored in the lower third of the frame, the valley recedes in horizontal bands toward a high distant horizon, and ample negative space is left in the sky above for typography. Style: a coherent illustration language with deliberately simplified stages—at one end photographic volume and atmospheric haze, at the other hard-edged vector color blocks with no gradients. Lighting: warm low-angle sunlight from the left, soft long shadows, cool ambient fill light in the valley. Palette: desaturated slate blue with warm ochre accents, limited and restrained color. Finish: crisp, sharp, print-ready artwork, clean silhouettes, no text or watermark.

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