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City Cutaway, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst cutaway diagram promptCity Cutaway

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Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A cross-section illustration of a city block showing everything at once: rooftop garden, apartments with people cooking and reading, a bakery at street level, and underground a subway train, pipes and a hidden jazz cellar, clean detailed isometric-style illustration with soft pastel colors, cream background, charming and readable, no text.

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Settings

Mode
Text to image
Aspect ratio
4:5
Quality
high
Price
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  1. clean detailed isometric-style illustration with soft pastel colors sets the whole feel of the shot. Swap it for another camera style to change the vibe.
  2. The prompt ends with no text. Leave that in, or the model may add random lettering.

Style prompt guide

Style traits to keep

An intricate cross-section illustration renders a multi-level city block sliced open from rooftop greenhouse down to subterranean jazz club and subway lines. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst handles the dense spatial hierarchy neatly, keeping every mini-scene distinguishable rather than crowded. Soft pastel tones over an off-white backdrop ensure the elaborate architectural layers stay readable, orderly, and visually inviting.

This visual style relies on clear structural boundaries, gentle color separation, and axonometric staging to present busy scenes without clutter.

Composition
A vertical cross-section stacks rooftop, mid-level living spaces, street storefronts, and underground vaults into an organized multi-tier cutaway.
Palette
Soft pastel colors soften complex machinery and architectural edges, keeping varied room scenes cohesive against the neutral cream background.
Line
Clean isometric-style drafting establishes sharp room partitions and perspective angles so each small story inside the rooms remains instantly legible.
Detail
Micro-level narrative elements like steaming kitchen pots and jazz instruments supply storytelling charm without breaking the unified architectural system.

What defines this look

  1. spatial perspective definitionVertical 4:5 portrait frame. A cross-section illustration of a city block showing everything at once:

    Sets up the vertical cutaway format so the model stacks floors vertically. Removing cross-section causes the model to draw exterior building facades instead of internal cross-cut rooms.

  2. surface level vignettesrooftop garden, apartments with people cooking and reading, a bakery at street level,

    Supplies human activities across the upper floors and sidewalk level to add life and warmth. Omitting these turns the building into generic, empty architectural boxes.

  3. subterranean cutaway detailsand underground a subway train, pipes and a hidden jazz cellar,

    Anchors the bottom section of the vertical frame with infrastructure and subterranean charm. Altering this area can shift the mood from cozy urban life to industrial utility.

  4. rendering style and paletteclean detailed isometric-style illustration with soft pastel colors,

    Commands crisp linework, isometric projection angles, and muted tones instead of flat realism. Swapping pastel colors for saturated tones makes dense cutaways look visually messy and cluttered.

  5. isolation and clarity constraintscream background, charming and readable, no text.

    Provides negative isolation space around the building cutout while preventing the model from hallucinating gibberish shop signs or building labels across the floors.

Same style, new subjects

Botanical Greenhouse Cutaway

Applies the cutaway isometric style to a botanical greenhouse for nature and gardening themes.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A cross-section illustration of a multi-tiered Victorian greenhouse showing everything at once: rooftop glass dome with hanging ferns, potting benches with botanists repotting orchids, a seed library at ground level, and underground root cellars, mushroom beds and water cisterns, clean detailed isometric-style illustration with soft pastel colors, cream background, charming and readable, no text.

Lighthouse Island Cutaway

Transfers the multi-tier cross-section look to a coastal maritime setting with ocean caverns.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A cross-section illustration of a cliffside lighthouse station showing everything at once: lantern room at the top, a spiral library, a cozy keeper kitchen at ground level, and underground sea caves with divers and tide pools, clean detailed isometric-style illustration with soft pastel colors, cream background, charming and readable, no text.

Giant Oak Treehouse Cutaway

Uses the same cutaway palette and isometric perspective on a whimsical woodland treehome.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. A cross-section illustration of an ancient giant oak home showing everything at once: canopy bird-watching platform, cozy hollowed living rooms with woodworkers carving furniture, a hollow bakery base, and underground burrow dens with sleeping badgers, clean detailed isometric-style illustration with soft pastel colors, cream background, charming and readable, no text.

Model and settings

Keep the aspect ratio set to 4:5 portrait orientation because the vertical stacking of rooftop, apartments, and underground levels requires vertical height to prevent rooms from getting squashed. Use high quality mode to ensure intricate small assets like musical instruments, kitchen utensils, and piping render with crisp geometry. If you want to place the cutaway into a horizontal landscape banner instead, change the aspect ratio to 16:9 and spread the buildings horizontally across the frame.

  • Nano Banana ProPick Nano Banana Pro when you want extremely rigorous architectural precision and structural planning across complex diagrammatic multi-level cross-sections.
  • Seedream 5.0 ProChoose Seedream 5.0 Pro if you have existing architectural reference drawings or specific color swatch boards that you want to maintain consistently across custom building cutaways.

When the style drifts

The rooms blend together into a cluttered, unreadable blob of tiny furniture and noise.
Reduce the number of named items in each room or add explicit keywords like 'spacious room partitions' and 'wide interior margins' to improve spatial separation.
The image renders flat 2D architectural blueprints instead of a 3D isometric cutaway.
Ensure 'isometric-style illustration' and 'cross-section illustration' remain intact in the prompt, or add 'angled three-quarter perspective cutaway' to enforce depth.
The model generates unreadable pseudo-text and gibberish labels on store signs and subway walls.
Keep 'no text' firmly in the prompt or add 'wordless visual diagram' to prevent the model from generating faux lettering.
The color palette turns overly dark, grimy, or muddy in the subterranean sections.
Reiterate 'soft pastel colors' and 'warm illuminated basement' right before describing the underground subway and jazz club.

Questions about this style prompt

Why does the prompt specify cream background instead of white?

A soft cream background provides a gentle, warm base that prevents the pastel colors from looking bleached out. It creates a paper-like editorial feel that makes the crisp outer silhouette of the building stand out clearly.

How can I add specific themed rooms without breaking the vertical flow?

List rooms strictly from top to bottom in the prompt, following the order of the architectural floors. Group each floor's subject with its vertical position, such as specifying the third floor for a pottery studio and the second floor for a library.

How does GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst handle multiple small people inside cutaways?

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst excels at rendering small, distinct figures doing active tasks like cooking or playing instruments. Specifying clear actions keeps small characters from turning into generic, static silhouette blobs.

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