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Ink Yokai Spirit: A one-eyed ink spirit swirls through wind and river currents beside a bonsai pine and misty mountains.
Result shared by Takah0x_Drafts.
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First shared on Anima· Jun 26 2026· 1,753

Ink Yokai Spirit

A one-eyed ink spirit swirls through wind and river currents beside a bonsai pine and misty mountains.

Full prompt

A one-eyed yokai spirit emerges from swirling black ink brushstrokes that spiral like wind and water across a cream-toned scroll, its single glowing red-orange eye the only color break in an otherwise monochrome sumi-e ink wash painting. Gnarled pine trees and soft grey mountains sit in the background beside a winding river rendered in the same expressive calligraphic strokes, while two bold Japanese characters mark the upper left corner. The mood is eerie, folkloric, and mysterious, evoking traditional Japanese ink scroll art with a modern illustrative energy.

Shared by Takah0x_Drafts and first run on Anima. The image above is that author's own result. Seedream reads natural-language prompts like this one directly, so you can paste it as-is.

Prompt breakdown

3 of 6 layers detected

Lighting
Not specified — open to the model
Camera & lens
Not specified — open to the model
Style & medium
ink
Colour palette
monochromeorange
Mood
eeriemysterious
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

  • 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.
  • Set the canvas to 4:3 in your generator — this composition was written for that shape.

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Original prompt

A one-eyed yokai spirit emerges from swirling black ink brushstrokes that spiral like wind and water across a cream-toned scroll, its single glowing red-orange eye the only color break in an otherwise monochrome sumi-e ink wash painting. Gnarled pine trees and soft grey mountains sit in the background beside a winding river rendered in the same expressive calligraphic strokes, while two bold Japanese characters mark the upper left corner. The mood is eerie, folkloric, and mysterious, evoking traditional Japanese ink scroll art with a modern illustrative energy.

Questions about this prompt

How do I use the “Ink Yokai Spirit” 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 4:3, 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.