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CoBrAPaint like nobody taught you.
Bold, childlike creatures and masks drawn with a thick, restless line and filled with raw unmixed color, crowding the page edge to edge.
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Children's adventures, illustrated art books, and folk songbooks.
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Ask for a creature or mask in the illustration notes, not a realistic scene. Keep the title short so it can be painted straight into the picture.
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Open larger viewFiction or poetryLevel Up
Open larger viewNonfictionCarols & Candles
Open larger viewFiction or poetryThe Riptides
Open larger viewFiction or poetryIron Harvest
Open larger viewNonfictionSketching the City
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Fiction or poetry · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstLevel UpRead 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: Level Up Subtitle: A middle-grade adventure Author: Betty Ocho Publisher: Foghorn Books ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in CoBrA style. Visual vocabulary: childlike or mythic figures with bold outlines; vivid flat or semi-flat colour applied with visible energy; heavy gestural line that defines form expressively; animal, mask, and totemic imagery; composition without Western academic perspective. Lettering direction: hand-painted or roughly stencilled title; text integrated into the image rather than set formally. Suggested colors: vivid unmodulated colours — cobalt, vermillion, ochre, viridian, black, white. Composition: figure or figures filling the field; text in a bold painted band. Atmosphere: raw, mythic, child-like vigour, post-war energy, Nordic. Keep out of the design: Swiss or Bauhaus rational geometry, photographic realism, decorative polish, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A big-eyed dragon creature clutching a game controller, painted thick and crowding the frame. 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 SunburstCarols & CandlesRead 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: Carols & Candles Subtitle: A songbook for winter Author: The Bay Community Choir ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in CoBrA style. Visual vocabulary: childlike or mythic figures with bold outlines; vivid flat or semi-flat colour applied with visible energy; heavy gestural line that defines form expressively; animal, mask, and totemic imagery; composition without Western academic perspective. Lettering direction: hand-painted or roughly stencilled title; text integrated into the image rather than set formally. Suggested colors: vivid unmodulated colours — cobalt, vermillion, ochre, viridian, black, white. Composition: figure or figures filling the field; text in a bold painted band. Atmosphere: raw, mythic, child-like vigour, post-war energy, Nordic. Keep out of the design: Swiss or Bauhaus rational geometry, photographic realism, decorative polish, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A round painted bird creature singing a candle flame, filling the lower page. 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 RiptidesRead 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 Riptides Author: Cal Ortega Tagline: A surf noir ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in CoBrA style. Visual vocabulary: childlike or mythic figures with bold outlines; vivid flat or semi-flat colour applied with visible energy; heavy gestural line that defines form expressively; animal, mask, and totemic imagery; composition without Western academic perspective. Lettering direction: hand-painted or roughly stencilled title; text integrated into the image rather than set formally. Suggested colors: vivid unmodulated colours — cobalt, vermillion, ochre, viridian, black, white. Composition: figure or figures filling the field; text in a bold painted band. Atmosphere: raw, mythic, child-like vigour, post-war energy, Nordic. Keep out of the design: Swiss or Bauhaus rational geometry, photographic realism, decorative polish, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A wave creature with teeth and a surfer figure riding its back, painted thick and crowded. 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 SunburstIron HarvestRead 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: Iron Harvest Subtitle: Book One of the Foundry Cycle Author: J. R. Ember Publisher: Twin Peaks Editions ART DIRECTION Interpret the supplied brief in CoBrA style. Visual vocabulary: childlike or mythic figures with bold outlines; vivid flat or semi-flat colour applied with visible energy; heavy gestural line that defines form expressively; animal, mask, and totemic imagery; composition without Western academic perspective. Lettering direction: hand-painted or roughly stencilled title; text integrated into the image rather than set formally. Suggested colors: vivid unmodulated colours — cobalt, vermillion, ochre, viridian, black, white. Composition: figure or figures filling the field; text in a bold painted band. Atmosphere: raw, mythic, child-like vigour, post-war energy, Nordic. Keep out of the design: Swiss or Bauhaus rational geometry, photographic realism, decorative polish, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A horned iron beast with a hammer body, painted in thick childlike strokes, filling the frame. 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 CoBrA style. Visual vocabulary: childlike or mythic figures with bold outlines; vivid flat or semi-flat colour applied with visible energy; heavy gestural line that defines form expressively; animal, mask, and totemic imagery; composition without Western academic perspective. Lettering direction: hand-painted or roughly stencilled title; text integrated into the image rather than set formally. Suggested colors: vivid unmodulated colours — cobalt, vermillion, ochre, viridian, black, white. Composition: figure or figures filling the field; text in a bold painted band. Atmosphere: raw, mythic, child-like vigour, post-war energy, Nordic. Keep out of the design: Swiss or Bauhaus rational geometry, photographic realism, decorative polish, artificial yellowing or ageing. Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy. ILLUSTRATION NOTES A wild painted city skyline with a sketchbook drawn inside it, thick restless outlines. 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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