# Coastal Photo to Pastel Pixel Art

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Lifestyle (@library.lifestyle)](/@library.lifestyle.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Photography
- AI keywords: landscape, calm, illustration
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/coastal-photo-to-pastel-pixel-art-19xvhh

## Prompt

```text
Using the provided reference image as a layout and style guide, create a clean before/after comparison showing a real coastal photo transformed into soft healing-color pixel art. Change the subject to {scene_subject}. Layout: use exactly 2 vertical panels side by side — the left panel is the realistic photo source, and the right panel is the pixel-art reconstruction. Keep the split at the center with no border.

Left panel: make it a bright, saturated real-photo coastal landscape with blue sky, large white clouds, turquoise sea, distant snow-covered mountains, a low concrete seawall, and orange roadside mirror poles. Include 2 visible convex mirrors: 1 full round mirror near the left-center edge and 1 partial cropped round mirror at the far left edge.

Right panel: reinterpret the left panel as low-resolution pixel art with large square blocks, pastel blue, cream, peach, lavender, and mint tones, airy negative space, and a calm therapeutic palette. Include exactly 2 full circular convex mirrors on one orange pole near the lower center-left, with the ocean, mountains, clouds, seawall, and small water highlights simplified into pixel blocks.

Add decorative pixel details only on the right panel: dotted halftone squares, tiny pastel square accents, a small sparkle/star icon, and exactly 3 small heart icons stacked vertically near the upper-right area. Add small pixel text at the lower-left of the right panel reading {caption_text}. Use a wide horizontal canvas, crisp pixel edges on the right, bright daylight, no people, no watermark.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{scene_subject}` | scene subject | a sunny seaside road with orange roadside convex traffic mirrors, blue ocean, and snowy mountains in the distance |
| `{caption_text}` | caption text | WIND FROM\nTHE SEA\nCARRIES LIGHT. |

## About

Generates a side-by-side coastal photo and soft pastel pixel-art reconstruction for aesthetic before/after image studies.

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.lifestyle on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/coastal-photo-to-pastel-pixel-art-19xvhh
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