Windowsill Cat Print, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst — Example made with **GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst**

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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst art style promptWindowsill Cat Print

The exact text-to-image prompt behind this picture, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Mid-century flat editorial illustration with handmade printmaking texture: a black cat sitting on a windowsill beside a potted geranium, looking out over a sunlit city of pastel rooftops and water towers, limited palette of mustard, teal, coral and cream, grainy print texture, no text.

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Settings

Model: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Mode: Text to image
Aspect ratio: 4:5
Quality: high
Price: From 2 credits

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The prompt ends with no text. Leave that in, or the model may add random lettering.

Where this idea comes from

Inspired by an idea from @Goodmanprotocol, collected in Evolink-AI/awesome-gpt-image-2-API-Prompts under CC0 1.0. PopNow wrote this prompt and made the example above.

Style prompt guide

Style traits to keep

A graphic screenprint-style art print renders a black cat resting on an apartment window ledge against an urban skyline. The prompt works reliably in GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst because pairing mid-century editorial illustration descriptors with a strict four-color limitation forces clean geometric shapes instead of modern digital airbrushing. The specified matte textures prevent artificial gloss and keep the poster looking like archival block printing.

This visual style relies on classic mid-century graphic arts traditions where mechanical process limitations define the final look.

Palette: A strict four-shade restriction using mustard, teal, coral, and cream avoids muddy gradients and mimics layered ink passes on off-white paper.
Texture: Handmade printmaking texture introduces slight stippling, paper tooth, and imperfect ink distribution instead of slick digital surfaces.
Era: Mid-century editorial illustration directs the geometry toward simplified mid-twentieth-century book cover and travel poster forms.
Composition: Flat architectural planes and silhouette foregrounds establish clear depth without requiring realistic atmospheric haze or photographic lens blur.

What defines this look

Style and medium definitionVertical 4:5 portrait frame. Mid-century flat editorial illustration with handmade printmaking texture:
This sets the vintage graphic design aesthetic, establishing flat shapes and tactile screenprint artifacts rather than 3D rendered realism or digital photo gradients.
Foreground subject staginga black cat sitting on a windowsill beside a potted geranium,
It grounds the foreground with high-contrast silhouette shapes. Removing the geranium leaves the sill empty, which can cause the model to pull the camera back unnecessarily.
Background depth and narrativelooking out over a sunlit city of pastel rooftops and water towers,
This populates the view outside with architectural forms that break up the horizon without cluttering the mid-century poster layout.
Color constraints and cleanuplimited palette of mustard, teal, coral and cream, grainy print texture, no text.
Specifying these exact four colors keeps ink tones retro and coherent, while excluding typography prevents the AI from generating gibberish poster headlines.

Same style, new subjects

Mid-Century Reading Nook

Replaces the window cat with a cozy reading figure while preserving the graphic mid-century poster technique.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Mid-century flat editorial illustration with handmade printmaking texture: an adult woman reading in an armchair beside a brass floor lamp and a monstera plant, sunlight streaming across parquet flooring, limited palette of mustard, teal, coral and cream, grainy print texture, no text.

Bicycle on Cobblestones

Applies the limited palette and vintage printmaking aesthetic to an outdoor urban streetscape.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Mid-century flat editorial illustration with handmade printmaking texture: an upright bicycle parked beside a bistro awning and cafe table on an empty city street, sunlit storefronts in the background, limited palette of mustard, teal, coral and cream, grainy print texture, no text.

Breakfast Table Still Life

Transfers the exact four-color print style to an indoor still life composition.

Prompt

Vertical 4:5 portrait frame. Mid-century flat editorial illustration with handmade printmaking texture: a ceramic coffee pot, sliced citrus fruit on a wooden platter, and a vase of wildflowers on a kitchen counter, limited palette of mustard, teal, coral and cream, grainy print texture, no text.

Model and settings

Keep the 4:5 aspect ratio because standard art print proportions match vertical wall poster framing. Choose high quality mode so GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst cleanly renders the subtle grain and paper stipple rather than smoothing them away. If you intend to use the artwork as desktop wallpaper or widescreen display art, switch the aspect ratio to 16:9 while leaving the rest of the prompt identical.

Nano Banana ProNano Banana Pro is a strong alternative when you want strict graphic balance, as it plans the layout first for deliberate architectural placement.
FLUX.2 ProFLUX.2 Pro is ideal if you want precise control over exact shade values, maintaining sharp print edges without muddy color bleeding.

When the style drifts

The image looks like a modern 3D digital render or glossy cartoon rather than a traditional art print: Replace flat editorial illustration with vintage risograph screenprint on rough paper and remove any words suggesting intense sunlight glare.
Extraneous colors like bright green or vivid blue bleed into the scene and ruin the retro harmony: Strengthen the color boundary by writing strictly four flat inks only: mustard yellow, deep teal, coral red, cream paper background.
Unwanted pseudo-lettering or fake advertising headlines appear across the top or bottom margin: Move no text to the beginning of the prompt and add pure graphical illustration without typography or border labels.

Questions about this style prompt

How do I make the print look like a genuine woodblock or linocut instead?

Replace handmade printmaking texture with bold linocut relief print with visible carve marks. This instructs the model to create stronger silhouette edges, negative space gouges, and heavier solid ink fields.

Can I swap the black cat for my own dog breed without losing the flat style?

Yes, replace a black cat sitting on a windowsill with a stylized whippet resting on a rug or your chosen breed. Keep the word stylized or flat silhouette so the model avoids photographic fur detail.

Why is the background city showing too much realistic photographic detail?

The model sometimes interprets sunlit city too literally. Change that phrase to stylized geometric rooftop silhouettes and flat water tower shapes to enforce graphic poster simplicity.

GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst art style promptWindowsill Cat Print

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Make your own version

Where this idea comes from

Style traits to keep

What defines this look

Same style, new subjects

Mid-Century Reading Nook

Bicycle on Cobblestones

Breakfast Table Still Life

Model and settings

When the style drifts

Questions about this style prompt

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