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Screentone Press

Illustration: Ink linework, Screentone

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The prompt

{subject}, bold black manga ink linework with confident varied brush weights, classic gekiga halftone screentone dot shading for midtones and shadows, printed on warm off-white paper texture, {palette}, high contrast pure black and paper, one single small acid-lime hand-drawn highlight stroke as the only spot of color, full-frame edge-to-edge composition

Materials
Black ink, Paper
Techniques
Ink linework, Screentone

manga ink, halftone screentone, gekiga, monochrome print, warm paper

Slot recipes

How the prompt changes for each kind of picture.

  • Hero: {subject} rendered large and dramatic, low or three-quarter angle, dynamic gekiga energy with speed-line or splash motion, bold black ink and dense halftone screentone on warm paper, one acid-lime hand-tag mark; fills the full frame edge to edge
  • Feature: {subject} in clean three-quarter view, crisp confident inking with measured screentone shading and a cast halftone shadow, warm paper ground, single acid-lime highlight stroke; centered and frame-filling
  • Avatar: {subject} close-cropped portrait, bold inked contours, fine screentone hatching on the form, warm paper, one small acid-lime accent behind the eye or edge; tight head-and-shoulders crop filling the frame
  • Empty state: {subject} small and calm against a generous warm-paper field with a faint diagonal halftone wash, minimal sparse inking, a single understated acid-lime tick mark; quiet but still frame-aware
  • Illustration: {subject} as a detailed monochrome manga screentone plate, rich black ink linework, layered halftone tones for depth, warm paper texture, one acid-lime hand-drawn highlight; full-bleed composition, no borders

Guidance

Do

  • Keep the relationship pure black ink on warm off-white paper as the base of every image
  • Use halftone screentone dots for shading, not smooth digital grey gradients
  • Reserve exactly one small acid-lime (#B7D23A) hand-drawn mark per image for emphasis
  • Vary brush weight confidently — thick contour lines, fine interior hatching
  • Let the subject fill the frame edge to edge with a clear focal read

Don’t

  • Do not add full color, neon glows, or more than the single acid-lime accent
  • Do not use smooth airbrushed grey instead of dot screentone
  • Do not add panel borders, gutters, captions, or white margins around the image
  • Do not let the technique become character-illustration wallpaper with no inked structure
  • Do not mute the contrast into grey — keep pure black against paper

In the lineage of

  • Manga screentone inking, tradition. brush-weight contour and tone

A generated style is an aggregate of many influences. Credit goes to the artists and traditions it draws on; it is not a claim of authorship.

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Remix with this style

Apply Screentone Press to any UI language and swap the palette: the preview takes this style's hero image.