# Chinese Ink Swordsman and Calligraphy

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Typography (@library.typography)](/@library.typography.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: GPT Image 2
- AI keywords: dramatic, illustration, portrait, poster
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
A dramatic vertical Chinese ink-wash painting on aged rice paper, minimalist monochrome with soft warm parchment tones, showing a lone ancient swordsman standing on the edge of a steep dark cliff at the right side of the composition, seen mostly from behind in three-quarter back view. He wears flowing historical robes and a long wind-whipped cloak, with long dark hair tied in a topknot and loose strands streaming sideways in the wind, and he holds a straight sword lowered in his right hand. Below and to the left stretches a vast misty landscape with 1 distant walled frontier city, faint watchtowers and rooftops, a winding river or plain, and layered mountain silhouettes fading into haze. Use expressive black brushwork, splattered ink textures, dry-brush edges, atmospheric empty space, and a powerful contrast between the dense dark figure and cliff and the pale open background. Add 2 large vertical columns of bold black calligraphy on the left half, reading “愿将腰下剑” and “直为斩楼兰。”, plus 1 smaller vertical inscription to the far left reading “塞下曲六首 李白”, and include 2 small red seal stamps, one near the small inscription and one near the upper right corner. The mood is heroic, lonely, contemplative, and defiant, like a Tang-dynasty poet-warrior poster rendered as traditional sumi-e.
```

## About

This prompt generates a dramatic wuxia-style ink painting poster with a lone swordsman, frontier landscape, and bold Chinese calligraphy, suitable for literary or historical art prints.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

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