Tags: watercolor gouache style-transfer Art & Illustration Template: Text Input: Reference_photo (image) Output: Illustration (image)

Watercolor and Gouache Folk-Art Style Transfer

Transform a reference photo into a modern folk-art illustration with matte watercolor and gouache textures, expressive shapes, and warm, botanical colors.

By Threads — Published on Sep 29

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Prompt template

Transform the user's reference photo into a stylized watercolor and gouache illustration. Preserve the scene in the reference; do not invent a new one.

Use a modern gouache folk-art style with hand-painted watercolor textures and a matte finish. Render expressive, blocky shapes with distorted anatomy, fluid outlines, and visible soft brushstrokes. Give the subject stylized closed eyes, thin arched eyebrows, a long sharp nose, simple flat lips, and distinct, clean, minimalist facial features. Use warm skin tones with heavy, distinct freckles and prominent rosy cheeks rendered with a stippled or dry-brush effect.

Create an organic, flowing composition with interwoven layers, shallow depth of field, and a soft pastel background overlaid with vibrant botanical elements. Contrast warm earth tones with cool botanical accent colors.