Kasumi
Photography: depth compositing, atmospheric perspective, shallow depth of field
The prompt
{subject}, drift-field depth-compositing: the subject built from several translucent overlapping planes held in a slow current of air, the front plane razor-sharp with shallow depth of field, the middle planes softening, the back planes dissolving into bright luminous aerial haze that grows cooler and lighter with distance; soft raking light-shafts cut through the air and a faint drift of suspended particles catches the light; genuine atmospheric perspective with real graduated depth between layers, never a flat shape or silhouette; {palette}; restrained cinematic editorial calm, the eye swimming through a quiet current; fills the full frame edge to edge
- Techniques
- depth compositing, atmospheric perspective, shallow depth of field
atmospheric, depth compositing, layered planes, aerial haze, shallow focus
Slot recipes
How the prompt changes for each kind of picture.
- Hero: Wide full-bleed scene of many layered translucent planes streaming along one slow current, the nearest plane sharp and the far planes dissolving into bright cooler haze, soft diagonal light-shafts and a faint particle drift; muted vermilion, koi-blue and pale leaf-green held against luminous misty white-blue air so an overlay stays legible.
- Feature: A single subject composited mid-distance across two or three translucent planes, front edge sharp and its back edges feathering into haze, one soft light-shaft grazing the form, generous luminous air around it.
- Avatar: A close three-quarter portrait built from layered planes, the face sharp in front, hair and shoulders softening behind, the background dissolving into pale cooler mist with a faint warm rim-light; never a flat cut-out.
- Empty state: A near-empty field of bright drifting haze with one small distant plane held in the current and a faint glow of suspended particles, calm and expansive with nothing crowding the air.
- Illustration: Any subject treated as a drift-field composite: several translucent receding planes, front sharp and back dissolving into graduated aerial haze, soft light-shafts and a faint particle drift carrying the depth; bleeds off the frame, never a component gallery.
Guidance
Do
- Build at least three depth planes: front sharp, middle softening, back dissolving into bright haze.
- Make the haze grow cooler and lighter with distance for genuine atmospheric perspective.
- Add soft raking light-shafts and a faint drift of suspended particles to carry the air.
- Keep the palette muted and editorial, like highlighters in mist, never loud or neon.
- Let the subject and its current bleed to every edge of the frame.
Don’t
- Don't render a flat silhouette, flat vector shape, or single-plane composition.
- Don't use hard ink outlines, harsh black strokes, or sharp cel-shading.
- Don't push loud, garish, or childish colour, and never let it go muddy or pastel-washed.
- Don't make it busy or cluttered; the current stays calm and restrained.
- Don't add text, borders, margins, framing, or whitespace around the subject.
In the lineage of
- Layered depth compositing photography, tradition. translucent haze fields
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 Kasumi to any UI language and swap the palette: the preview takes this style's hero image.