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#1995

Tim Okamura style reference and prompts

Explore the “Tim Okamura” reference with layered fragments, tactile surfaces, and pale neutral tones. View the images, copy the style or example prompt, and discover related styles on Looksift.

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Tim Okamura style reference and prompts — Qwen Image 2.1Qwen Image 2.1
Tim Okamura style reference and prompts — GPT Image 2.5GPT Image 2.5

Reference details

Reference ID
1995
Category
Collage & mixed media

Reference prompts

Style prompt

The image has a layered painted and collage-like surface, joining smooth focal modeling to distressed paper texture. Warm cream and beige form a broad mottled field, interrupted by small gray blue, faded rust and dark printed fragments. A large near-black shape anchors the lower composition, while a smaller warm midtone area draws the eye toward the center. Edges of focal forms are selectively precise, but surrounding boundaries fray into scuffs, overlaps and dry brush marks. Slight gloss appears only on raised ridges and small fasteners; the larger field remains matte and worn. Light is soft and frontal from one upper side, producing rounded middle tones without hard cast shadows. A shallow frontal space and many overlapping small rectangles create depth through surface accumulation. The overall treatment feels direct and tactile, with refined detail held within a rough, paperlike visual rhythm.

Full example prompt

A square mixed-media-looking painted portrait presents a young woman from the chest upward before a wall of layered, weathered paper. The background is a broad cream and warm gray field, assembled from overlapping rectangular scraps, faint marks and small dark patches. Some fragments resemble old print or photographs, but their lettering remains too indistinct to read. The wall texture reaches every edge rather than opening into a distant room. Near the center, the woman faces the viewer directly, with an upright posture and a calm, unsmiling expression. Her thick, dark curly hair spreads outward into an irregular soft silhouette, with several loose curls falling over her forehead. Warm brown skin is modeled in gentle light, and the eyes, nose and muted rose lips are more finely resolved than the surrounding collage. A black leather jacket covers her shoulders and much of the lower half of the frame. Its broad collar stands partly open, with seams, small metal snaps and low glossy creases catching selected light. Beneath it, a yellow ochre shirt carries a loose red and green printed or painted pattern that shows in the narrow opening of the jacket. One long dark strand or narrow accessory descends along the front, partly merging with the jacket. The warm face forms the clearest focal plane against the pale mottled background, while the heavy coat provides a deep base below it. Soft light falls from the upper left and front, touching the forehead, cheeks, shirt and worn leather ridges. The background remains evenly lit but textured, with no strong cast shadow; patches of gray blue and faded rust interrupt its cream tone. The image combines carefully blended facial modeling with dry, scuffed paint and paperlike abrasion around the figure. The overall composition places a steady dark silhouette against a bright, fragmented wall, balancing intimate realism with the rough rhythm of accumulated surfaces.