# Modern Oriental Papercut Art Cityscape

- 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: calm, illustration, poster, portrait
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

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9:16 vertical version, {style}, modern oriental papercut art, layered paper cut illustration, dimensional paper sculpture, intricate paper carving, paper diorama, layered shadow box, poetic female dreamscape, contemporary oriental art poster. The theme of the work is "She walks through the Bund to see the light on the other side of the Pujiang River." The core narrative is: a young Oriental woman standing on a paper-carved riverside promenade, the Pujiang River where night and morning light meet slowly unfolds before her. The Bund buildings and the Lujiazui skyline on the opposite side of the Pujiang River are lit up layer by layer in the glimmer, the city like a waking river of stars. She quietly gazes at the other shore, as if finally deciding to move from the familiar shore to a broader distance. The main character is an Oriental adult female with a visual age of about 25, clear-headed, independent, bright, and determined, with a sense of calm after urban growth. The character has a delicate oval face, bright almond eyes, and a calm and focused expression, like seeing the outline of the future. The character uses exquisite Oriental paper art illustration-style modeling, not real photo texture, not overly cartoonish. The character's hairstyle and headwear are: black long hair naturally scattered, the hair ends extending into streamlined paper bands, blown behind by the river wind, wearing light gold geometric leaves and small star point hair accessories, the headwear is exquisite and light, not complex or high. The character's clothing is: {clothing_color} layered paper art long skirt, the inside of the skirt hem is engraved with the city skyline, water ripples, star points and building patterns, the outer shawl is thin and slender, the edges have dense hollowed-out patterns and paper art cutting feel. The skirt hem and shawl extend significantly backwards in the wind, forming elegant flowing lines, the clothing presents clear paper thickness, fiber texture, slight creases and high-completion manual cutting edges. The dream carrier is: paper art riverside promenade. Dream imagery includes: Bund buildings, Pujiang River, city skyline, promenades, bridges, shimmering star points. All buildings, river surfaces, railings, cloud layers, characters and decorations must be unified into a high-completion 3D paper carving language. The overall papercut structure adopts: paper page road type. The composition and character action are: a paper art riverside promenade extending along the river curves and extends from the foreground to the distance, the character is located in the lower middle left of the screen, with back or half-side back to the camera, standing quietly by the railing, facing the opposite skyline. The character is not an ordinary pose, but like gazing at the light on the other side. Long hair, skirt hem and shawl unfold backwards in the river wind, forming a consistent flow direction with the riverside promenade. Riverside railings, street lights, ground patterns and riverside arcs together lead the line of sight to the distant Lujiazui direction, forming a clear "riverbank-river surface-opposite skyline" depth space. The foreground is exquisite paper art riverside railings, flower branch decorations, lamp posts and road patterns; the middle ground is the curved and extended riverbank promenade and characters; the distance is the Pujiang River surface, ships on the river, Bund buildings and opposite city skyscrapers. Bund buildings must be paper-carved into Western-style facades, domes, clock towers, arched windows and continuous riverside building groups with obvious historical features; the Lujiazui skyline on the opposite side of the Pujiang River must also be paper-carved, clearly visible Oriental Pearl, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center and other iconic outlines, unfolding layer by layer with staggered paper-carved building groups. There can be a few paper-carved cruise ships on the river surface, as scale and dynamic embellishments. The overall color scheme is: {color_scheme}, with a small amount of coral red embellishment. Light and paper texture are: clear night light and soft sky morning light combined, city buildings and riverside promenades lit by fine lights, emphasizing real paper fiber, manual cutting marks, paper layer thickness, layered shadows and hollowed-out edge light transmission. Negative prompt: minors, young face, real photography, ordinary anime, plastic 3D, resin material, clay, felt, children's handmade, ordinary city night scene poster, realistic photography sense too strong, character and background material split, no paper layers, no hollow structures, chaotic paper layers, building identification too weak, Bund and Lujiazui not obvious, insufficient riverbank depth, character close-up too large, gray picture, dead black in dark parts, overall yellowish, overall bluish into a mass, elements messy piled up, text, logo, watermark.
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## Variables

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

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{style}` | style | modern Oriental female dreamscape 3D papercut art |
| `{clothing_color}` | clothing color | deep ultramarine and silver-white |
| `{color_scheme}` | color scheme | mainly deep ultramarine, silver-white, champagne gold |

## About

A sophisticated prompt for creating layered 3D papercut art featuring a young woman overlooking the Shanghai Bund skyline, utilizing deep blues and gold accents.

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

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