From Realistic to Flat: The Style Spectrum of a Single Scene

Using a realistic photo as a reference image, Seedream 5.0 Pro's instruction-level image-to-image editing capability is used to redraw the same city street corner scene into two artistic illustrations of different levels of abstraction: one half is medium-flattened while retaining light, shadow, and material details, and the other half is compressed into a minimalist poster style of solid color blocks and geometric edges. The work is intended to demonstrate the model's control over prompt understanding and whole-image style transfer: given only one reference image and a clear style description, it can change the rendering language without altering the subject composition. It is suitable for illustrators doing style previews, brands doing material style pitches, and content teams evaluating the usable boundaries of converting realistic assets into illustrations.

Style Illustration · style-transfer · Editing

Model seedream-5.0-pro

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A diptych edited illustration derived from the same reference photo of a rainy-night city street corner. Keep the original camera perspective, subject position, and architectural outlines unchanged; change only the rendering language. The overall composition is a 3:2 horizontal format, with a clear main building located in the right third, and the wet road surface leading the eye into depth. Style: modern vector-style illustration, using layered flat colors, restrained cool-warm contrast, soft gradients only in the sky, and clearly geometric edges on people and awnings. Avoid photographic texture, avoid heavy outlines, maintain a calm cinematic atmosphere, with lighting as an overcast evening.

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