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Quino style reference and prompts

Explore the “Quino” reference with paper texture, a low horizon, and pale neutral tones. View the images, copy the style or example prompt, and discover related styles on Looksift.

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Quino style reference and prompts — Qwen Image 2.1Qwen Image 2.1
Quino style reference and prompts — GPT Image 2.5GPT Image 2.5

Reference details

Reference ID
2242
Category
Flat illustration

Reference prompts

Style prompt

A finely inked storybook illustration combines thin dark contours with muted olive, ocher, dusty teal, cream, and one broad brick-red accent. Small repeated spokes, pebbles, and leaflike marks texture the lower field, while loose cloud curves fill the pale upper area. Wind is described through many scattered diagonal flecks and a large tilted curved shape that opposes the main direction of travel. Color is matte and lightly grainy, as if washed onto textured paper. Diffuse overcast light keeps shadows shallow; forms separate through line and restrained warm-cool hue rather than strong modeling. The composition has a low horizon and busy foreground, with two compact upright accents traveling across the central band. It feels playful, handmade, and rhythmically windswept.

Full example prompt

A square, finely inked storybook illustration shows two children riding one small bicycle along a stony shore in gusty weather. The front child wears a dark green coat, matching cap, tan trousers, and tall brown boots, hands on the handlebars while looking to the left. A second child sits behind in a red dress or coat, holding a large rust-red umbrella over both riders. The umbrella tilts backward with the wind and fills much of the upper right. Their hair and loose clothing stream slightly, and the bicycle's thin wheels and spokes remain clearly drawn beneath them. The ground is pale tan and covered in uneven pebbles, fallen leaves, and small scraps. A dark teal sea extends behind the riders to a low horizon; tiny distant boats and shore details punctuate the left and far right. Above, billowing cream-gray clouds are outlined with delicate brown pen lines. Leaves, bits of paper, and other small windblown shapes scatter across the sky and foreground. The children move toward the left of the frame, while the umbrella and drifting debris pull visually to the right. Light is diffuse under the cloud cover, with no hard shadows. Muted olive, ocher, dusty teal, and warm brick red are laid over the fine dark linework, with paper-like grain visible through the color. The scene feels playful and lightly chaotic, its wind direction conveyed by repeated tiny diagonal marks and the dramatic umbrella shape.