# Victorian Pixel Art Smoking Cat

- 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: illustration, vintage, animal, game asset
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Create a square 1:1 retro monochrome pixel-art illustration in a Victorian newspaper-etching style. The scene shows one oversized black cat sitting upright in an alley or narrow urban street, rendered with dense dithering, stippling, crosshatching, and chunky 1-bit pixel texture. The cat wears two accessories: a tall black top hat tilted slightly backward and round wire-rim spectacles perched on its face. The cat holds one curved smoking pipe in its mouth, extending to the right, with pale gray smoke curling upward in ornate wisps. Use a stark black, white, and muted gray palette only, with no color. The cat should dominate the center-left of the composition, facing up and to the right with a dignified, eccentric expression, long whiskers, shaggy fur, and a curled tail stretched along the lower right. The background is a dense vertical wall of old newspapers, posters, and building facades on the left, made from abstract unreadable text blocks, grid lines, and halftone marks; the right side opens into bright white negative space with faint architectural linework. Add a lightly textured ground plane with scattered paper scraps and hatch marks. Overall mood: whimsical gothic steampunk, like an 8-bit/1-bit retro game splash screen mixed with an antique engraving. Keep all text illegible and decorative, avoid modern objects, avoid smooth gradients, and preserve a crisp pixelated look. Optional customization: make the subject {animal}, wearing {hat}, with {accessory}, holding {prop}, in a {art_style}.
```

## Variables

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

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{animal}` | animal | black cat |
| `{hat}` | hat | tall black top hat |
| `{accessory}` | accessory | round wire-rim spectacles |
| `{prop}` | prop | curved smoking pipe |
| `{art_style}` | art style | monochrome 1-bit Victorian pixel-art etching |

## About

A monochrome retro pixel-art prompt for creating a whimsical top-hatted black cat with spectacles and a pipe in a gothic Victorian alley.

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.typography on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/victorian-pixel-art-smoking-cat-ktkwkh
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The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

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