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Nonfiction · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstWalking the Old StreetsRead 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: Walking the Old Streets
Subtitle: Twelve routes through San Francisco's past
Author: Neighborhood History Society
Publisher: Twin Peaks Editions

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Etching / Engraving style.
Visual vocabulary: fine cross-hatching and parallel lines building tonal gradients; precise scratchy line quality suggesting a metal point; high contrast with mid-tones achieved through line density; detailed figurative or architectural imagery; slight plate tone or aquatint ground optional.
Lettering direction: formal engraved lettering — copperplate or roman capitals; text in a below-image caption band, small and precise.
Suggested colors: black ink on cream or warm white; sepia-toned variant for aquatint feeling.
Composition: central image occupying most of the field; formal caption below.
Atmosphere: authoritative, detailed, historical, scholarly.
Keep out of the design: flat vector simplification, solid colour fills, photographic realism, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A hillside street with a church tower and a cable car, finely cross-hatched, small figures walking.
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 SunburstLow TideRead 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: Low Tide
Author: Owen Marram
Tagline: A summer, a harbor, a secret kept too long
Publisher: Foghorn Books

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Etching / Engraving style.
Visual vocabulary: fine cross-hatching and parallel lines building tonal gradients; precise scratchy line quality suggesting a metal point; high contrast with mid-tones achieved through line density; detailed figurative or architectural imagery; slight plate tone or aquatint ground optional.
Lettering direction: formal engraved lettering — copperplate or roman capitals; text in a below-image caption band, small and precise.
Suggested colors: black ink on cream or warm white; sepia-toned variant for aquatint feeling.
Composition: central image occupying most of the field; formal caption below.
Atmosphere: authoritative, detailed, historical, scholarly.
Keep out of the design: flat vector simplification, solid colour fills, photographic realism, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A harbor at low tide, rowboats tilted on mud, a stone pier cross-hatched 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 SunburstThe Bay at DuskRead 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: The Bay at Dusk
Subtitle: A natural history of the San Francisco shoreline
Author: Ruth Okafor
Publisher: Twin Peaks Editions

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Etching / Engraving style.
Visual vocabulary: fine cross-hatching and parallel lines building tonal gradients; precise scratchy line quality suggesting a metal point; high contrast with mid-tones achieved through line density; detailed figurative or architectural imagery; slight plate tone or aquatint ground optional.
Lettering direction: formal engraved lettering — copperplate or roman capitals; text in a below-image caption band, small and precise.
Suggested colors: black ink on cream or warm white; sepia-toned variant for aquatint feeling.
Composition: central image occupying most of the field; formal caption below.
Atmosphere: authoritative, detailed, historical, scholarly.
Keep out of the design: flat vector simplification, solid colour fills, photographic realism, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A shoreline with pilings and a heron, mudflats hatched into fine tonal bands.
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 SunburstA Field Guide to HarborsRead 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: A Field Guide to Harbors
Author: Owen Marram
Tagline: Boats, birds, and the tide table
Publisher: Foghorn Books

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Etching / Engraving style.
Visual vocabulary: fine cross-hatching and parallel lines building tonal gradients; precise scratchy line quality suggesting a metal point; high contrast with mid-tones achieved through line density; detailed figurative or architectural imagery; slight plate tone or aquatint ground optional.
Lettering direction: formal engraved lettering — copperplate or roman capitals; text in a below-image caption band, small and precise.
Suggested colors: black ink on cream or warm white; sepia-toned variant for aquatint feeling.
Composition: central image occupying most of the field; formal caption below.
Atmosphere: authoritative, detailed, historical, scholarly.
Keep out of the design: flat vector simplification, solid colour fills, photographic realism, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A fishing boat moored at a wharf, rigging and gulls rendered in fine parallel strokes.
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 SunburstThe Printmaker's HandRead 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: The Printmaker's Hand
Subtitle: Screenprint, letterpress, and riso for everyone
Author: Lena Marsh
Publisher: Posterage Press

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Etching / Engraving style.
Visual vocabulary: fine cross-hatching and parallel lines building tonal gradients; precise scratchy line quality suggesting a metal point; high contrast with mid-tones achieved through line density; detailed figurative or architectural imagery; slight plate tone or aquatint ground optional.
Lettering direction: formal engraved lettering — copperplate or roman capitals; text in a below-image caption band, small and precise.
Suggested colors: black ink on cream or warm white; sepia-toned variant for aquatint feeling.
Composition: central image occupying most of the field; formal caption below.
Atmosphere: authoritative, detailed, historical, scholarly.
Keep out of the design: flat vector simplification, solid colour fills, photographic realism, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
An iron hand press in a workshop, every lever and screw cross-hatched in detail.
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.