# Zen Tea Cup Ink Wash

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Lifestyle (@library.lifestyle)](/@library.lifestyle.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Product ads
- AI keywords: calm, illustration, minimal, food
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Create a minimalist zen-style Japanese ink wash illustration on a vertical canvas. Use warm aged rice paper as the background with subtle beige watercolor stains and abundant negative space. Place a single rustic ceramic tea cup in the lower-right area, rounded and slightly imperfect, with speckled beige clay texture, a thin dark rim, a visible amber-brown tea surface, and a soft gray ink shadow beneath it. From the cup, draw one graceful column of steam made of thin, translucent, flowing S-shaped black-gray brush lines rising upward. On the left side, include one slender bamboo branch entering diagonally from the lower-left edge and reaching toward the upper-left and center, with exactly 3 visible stem segments and exactly 12 narrow bamboo leaves in muted black, charcoal, and pale gray ink tones. Add 2 small ink dots near the lower-left of the cup. Keep the composition quiet, asymmetrical, meditative, and elegant, with soft organic brush textures, sumi-e linework, light watercolor washes, no hard outlines except the expressive ink strokes, no text, no border, no watermark.
```

## About

A minimalist Japanese zen ink illustration of a steaming tea cup with bamboo on aged paper, suitable for calm decor or meditation-themed visuals.

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

## Credit and licence

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