**Retro Japanese / Pastel / Thin Lineart
**retro japanese / pastel / thin lineart / nostalgic / soft editorial illustration / shoujo manga** This way, MidJourney will not stray into ordinary anime or modern cartoons.
How to Use This Prompt
- Copy the full prompt text with the copy button above.
- Replace any [bracketed] placeholders with your own subject, scene, or details.
- Paste it into Gemini / Nano Banana Pro — or hit "Try this Prompt" above to generate here for free — then tweak the wording against the example images.
Style Notes
- Illustration
- Hand-drawn or digital-painting aesthetics — visible strokes, stylized shapes and colors, deliberately not photoreal.
- Anime
- Japanese animation aesthetics — clean line art, large expressive eyes, cel shading, and scene tropes drawn from anime rather than photography.
- Cartoon
- Simplified shapes, exaggerated proportions and expressions, flat or cel-shaded color — reads instantly and stays consistent across characters.
- Vintage Print
- Aged print artifacts — grain, halftone dots, faded inks, retro typefaces — evoking mid-century posters and old magazines.
- Hero Portrait
- A single dominant subject shot like a key visual — tight framing, strong eye contact or pose, background simplified so the character carries the image.
- Vehicle
- Automotive rendering — reflective paint, wheel and grille detail, low dramatic angles borrowed from car commercials.
- Social Media Post
- Composition and aspect ratio tuned for feeds (Instagram, X, Xiaohongshu): bold focal subject, room for overlay text, colors that survive small screens.
- Marketing Campaign
- Ad-ready imagery: clear product or message hierarchy, space reserved for copy and logos, and a polished commercial finish.
FAQ
How do I use this prompt with Gemini (Nano Banana Pro)?
Copy the full prompt with the copy button above, paste it into Gemini or any Nano Banana Pro-powered tool, and compare your result with the example images on this page. You can also click "Try this Prompt" to generate directly on this site — free daily generations, no sign-up needed.
Can I customize "**Retro Japanese / Pastel / Thin Lineart"?
Yes. Anything in [brackets] is a placeholder meant to be replaced with your own subject or details, and you can freely adjust subject, lighting, or style keywords — small wording changes often produce noticeably different results.
Which AI models does this prompt work with?
It was originally shared for Google's Gemini image models (including Nano Banana Pro). Most text-to-image models will understand it too, though composition and text rendering quality vary by model.
