Realistic to Flat: A Four-Panel Illustration Across a Style Spectrum
Using the same composition and the same subject, run a controlled style transfer experiment across four style anchors: from cinematic realism, semi-realistic painted sketch, and decorative impasto, to minimal flat vector. The goal is to verify whether Seedream 4.5, when treating "style" as an adjustable parameter at the prompt level, keeps the image structure (subject position, pose, spatial relationships) stable while materials, lighting, and brushwork shift accordingly. All four panels share a 16:9 landscape composition and a unified subject orientation, making it easy for developers to compare the model's response granularity to style modifiers (rendering, lighting, edge treatment) side by side. Suitable for illustrators doing style exploration, design teams doing visual direction comparisons, and editorial content scenarios that need a matching set of stylized images.
Style style-spectrum · editorial-illustration · Lighting
Model Seedream 4.5
Prompt
An editorial illustration concept presented as a four-panel horizontal comparison strip, with all panels sharing the same composition: a seated figure and a cat on a low windowsill, a plant on the right, a simple window frame behind, the subject facing left, and ample negative space in the upper right. Panel 1, photorealistic cinematic: volumetric window light, complex soft shadows, visible skin and fabric textures, shallow depth of field. Panel 2, semi-realistic painterly: soft brushstrokes, warm rim light, simplified but retaining volume. Panel 3, decorative impasto: thick visible brushstrokes, highly saturated tones, flattened perspective with textured edges. Panel 4, minimal flat vector: two-tone shapes, clean crisp edges, no gradients, geometric simplification. Consistent color temperature progression across panels, clean panel dividers, 16:9 widescreen composition, high detail, professional art direction quality.
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