Style Spectrum: A Four-Panel Illustration Experiment from Realistic to Flat

Keeping the same subject and the same composition as constants, only the rendering style variable is changed, presenting an artistic style spectrum from realistic to minimalist flat in a single 16:9 landscape comparison image. On the left is a highly detailed realistic oil painting texture, transitioning level by level to the right into impressionist brushwork, decorative vector illustration, and finally at the far right a minimalist flat graphic of pure color blocks. This image is suitable for communicating style directions within a design team, serving as a baseline reference for art directors, or acting as a style anchor for image-to-image workflows. The work was generated by nano-banana-2 (Google), whose text and image input capabilities suit this kind of multi-style comparative experiment requiring precise semantic alignment; the resolution and aspect ratio use the 4K and 16:9 configurations supported by the author's pipeline.

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A 16:9 landscape image divided into four equal vertical panels, each panel showing exactly the same subject and composition: a woman in profile holding a ceramic cup, sitting by a window, with a potted plant beside her. Panel 1 (far left): hyper-realistic oil painting, visible brushstrokes and skin texture, warm window light, deep shadows. Panel 2: impressionist expression, loose visible brushstrokes, broken color, softened edges. Panel 3: decorative vector illustration, clean contours, flat but layered shading, a soft limited palette. Panel 4 (far right): minimalist flat graphic, only three solid colors, no outlines, geometric simplification. All panels use a consistent palette so the progression reads as a deliberate style spectrum; thin neutral divider lines separate the panels, no text.

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