Places & eras
Shanghai Calendar Poster / YuefenpaiGlamour on the calendar.
A glamorous, softly modeled figure in qipao or Western dress poses among flowers and fans, with a decorative border and a calendar grid below.
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Love stories, gardening books, and figure-drawing guides.
A little art direction
Give the figure something to hold in the notes, a fan, a potted plant, a paintbrush. A short subtitle fits the banner; skip the calendar grid or keep it tiny.
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Open larger viewFiction or poetryPaper Moon
Open larger viewFiction or poetrySeed & Cutting
Open larger viewNonfictionGrow Anything
Open larger viewFiction or poetryThe Glasshouse
Open larger viewNonfictionSketching the City
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Fiction or poetry · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstPaper MoonRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a work of fiction, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Paper Moon Subtitle: A love story Author: Juno Park Publisher: Foghorn Books ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Shanghai Calendar Poster / Yuefenpai style. Visual vocabulary: glamorous female figure in Western or traditional Chinese dress; Western perspective rendering with decorative Chinese elements; saturated colour with careful tonal modelling of figure; product or calendar grid element in corner or border; flowers, fans, or decorative motifs framing the figure. Lettering direction: Chinese characters in elegant traditional script or bold modern form; Roman type for Western-market variants; decorative cartouche or banner for title. Suggested colors: rich saturated warm tones — rouge, jade green, gold, ivory, sky blue. Composition: central standing or seated figure; decorative borders; calendar grid below. Atmosphere: aspirational, cosmopolitan, glamorous, Shanghai 1930s. Keep out of the design: revolutionary or political imagery, austere modernism, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A softly modeled woman in a qipao holding a paper lantern moon, peonies framing her. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Fiction or poetry · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstSeed & CuttingRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a work of fiction, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Seed & Cutting Subtitle: A Bernal Heights novel Author: Beatrix Allan Publisher: Foghorn Books ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Shanghai Calendar Poster / Yuefenpai style. Visual vocabulary: glamorous female figure in Western or traditional Chinese dress; Western perspective rendering with decorative Chinese elements; saturated colour with careful tonal modelling of figure; product or calendar grid element in corner or border; flowers, fans, or decorative motifs framing the figure. Lettering direction: Chinese characters in elegant traditional script or bold modern form; Roman type for Western-market variants; decorative cartouche or banner for title. Suggested colors: rich saturated warm tones — rouge, jade green, gold, ivory, sky blue. Composition: central standing or seated figure; decorative borders; calendar grid below. Atmosphere: aspirational, cosmopolitan, glamorous, Shanghai 1930s. Keep out of the design: revolutionary or political imagery, austere modernism, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A glamorous figure in a qipao lifting a potted cutting, blossoms and a trellis behind. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Nonfiction · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstGrow AnythingRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a nonfiction book, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Grow Anything Subtitle: Seeds, cuttings, and stubborn optimism Author: Bernal Garden Club ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Shanghai Calendar Poster / Yuefenpai style. Visual vocabulary: glamorous female figure in Western or traditional Chinese dress; Western perspective rendering with decorative Chinese elements; saturated colour with careful tonal modelling of figure; product or calendar grid element in corner or border; flowers, fans, or decorative motifs framing the figure. Lettering direction: Chinese characters in elegant traditional script or bold modern form; Roman type for Western-market variants; decorative cartouche or banner for title. Suggested colors: rich saturated warm tones — rouge, jade green, gold, ivory, sky blue. Composition: central standing or seated figure; decorative borders; calendar grid below. Atmosphere: aspirational, cosmopolitan, glamorous, Shanghai 1930s. Keep out of the design: revolutionary or political imagery, austere modernism, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A smiling figure in a garden apron with a basket of seedlings, flowers and fans around. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Fiction or poetry · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstThe GlasshouseRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a work of fiction, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: The Glasshouse Subtitle: A novel Author: Mira Solano Publisher: Posterage Press ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Shanghai Calendar Poster / Yuefenpai style. Visual vocabulary: glamorous female figure in Western or traditional Chinese dress; Western perspective rendering with decorative Chinese elements; saturated colour with careful tonal modelling of figure; product or calendar grid element in corner or border; flowers, fans, or decorative motifs framing the figure. Lettering direction: Chinese characters in elegant traditional script or bold modern form; Roman type for Western-market variants; decorative cartouche or banner for title. Suggested colors: rich saturated warm tones — rouge, jade green, gold, ivory, sky blue. Composition: central standing or seated figure; decorative borders; calendar grid below. Atmosphere: aspirational, cosmopolitan, glamorous, Shanghai 1930s. Keep out of the design: revolutionary or political imagery, austere modernism, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A seated figure in a Western dress among potted orchids inside a sunlit glass conservatory. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
Nonfiction · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstSketching the CityRead the exact prompt
Create a finished front cover for a nonfiction book, in a 2:3 portrait aspect ratio. Produce the flat front cover artwork only, without spine, back cover, book mockup, or shelf. COVER TEXT Use the following book information exactly as written. The labels before each colon are for you, not for the cover; print only the text after them. Do not invent extra text, quotes, or awards. Title: Sketching the City Subtitle: A drop-in guide to drawing San Francisco Author: Iris Chen Publisher: Posterage Press ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in Shanghai Calendar Poster / Yuefenpai style. Visual vocabulary: glamorous female figure in Western or traditional Chinese dress; Western perspective rendering with decorative Chinese elements; saturated colour with careful tonal modelling of figure; product or calendar grid element in corner or border; flowers, fans, or decorative motifs framing the figure. Lettering direction: Chinese characters in elegant traditional script or bold modern form; Roman type for Western-market variants; decorative cartouche or banner for title. Suggested colors: rich saturated warm tones — rouge, jade green, gold, ivory, sky blue. Composition: central standing or seated figure; decorative borders; calendar grid below. Atmosphere: aspirational, cosmopolitan, glamorous, Shanghai 1930s. Keep out of the design: revolutionary or political imagery, austere modernism, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A softly modeled figure holding a sketchbook on a hillside above the bay, flowers framing her. These notes guide the imagery; do not print them as text. Make the title the strongest text element and the author name the second. Keep everything else small. Check spelling and retain the supplied wording. Do not include these instructions, labels, watermarks, or extra slogans in the artwork.
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