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Written for Seedream

Photo to Watercolour Illustration

Convert an uploaded photo into a loose watercolour illustration while keeping its composition and likeness.

Full prompt

Convert the uploaded photo into a loose watercolour illustration. Keep the original composition, the subject's likeness and pose, and the main colour relationships. Render it with soft wet-on-wet washes, visible paper texture, delicate pencil under-drawing showing through in places, and slightly uneven edges where pigment pools. Simplify background details into gentle colour blooms while keeping the main subject more defined. Leave some areas of white paper unpainted near the edges for an airy, hand-made finish.

Written by AltFTool for Seedream's strengths — natural-language scenes, exact in-image text and reference-based editing. Text-only: there is no sample image, so nothing here is presented as a result.

Prompt breakdown

1 of 6 layers detected

Lighting
Not specified — open to the model
Camera & lens
Not specified — open to the model
Style & medium
illustrationwatercolourpencil
Colour palette
Not specified — open to the model
Mood
Not specified — open to the model
Composition
Not specified — open to the model

Detected from the words in the prompt. Learn what each layer does in the Seedream prompt guide.

Tips for this prompt

  • Replace watercolour with another medium, such as gouache, linocut or ink wash, using the same structure.
  • For pets or portraits, add "keep the eyes detailed and sharp" to preserve likeness.
  • Name the light source (window light, golden hour, a single softbox) — it changes the mood more than any adjective.
  • Add a framing cue such as close-up, wide shot or 85mm portrait lens to control how much of the scene you get.
  • State two or three colours for the palette so repeat runs stay on-brand.

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Original prompt

Convert the uploaded photo into a loose watercolour illustration. Keep the original composition, the subject's likeness and pose, and the main colour relationships. Render it with soft wet-on-wet washes, visible paper texture, delicate pencil under-drawing showing through in places, and slightly uneven edges where pigment pools. Simplify background details into gentle colour blooms while keeping the main subject more defined. Leave some areas of white paper unpainted near the edges for an airy, hand-made finish.

Questions about this prompt

How do I use the “Photo to Watercolour Illustration” prompt in Seedream?

Copy the prompt, paste it into any app that offers Seedream (BytePlus ModelArk, CapCut, or an API host such as fal or Replicate), set the canvas to 4:5, and generate. Change the subject or palette words to make it yours.

Does this prompt work in other AI image generators?

Yes. It is plain descriptive English with no model-specific parameters, so it also works in Flux, GPT image models, Imagen, Ideogram and Stable Diffusion front-ends. Results will differ by model.

Can I use images I make with this prompt commercially?

The prompt text is free to copy and adapt. Commercial rights to the generated image depend on the terms of the service you generate it with, so check your plan there.

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