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Madhubani / Indian Folk ArtEvery inch alive.

Heavy black outlines hold fish, birds, peacocks, and lotus flowers, every surface filled with hatching and dots inside a doubled border on natural paper.

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Nature writing, poetry collections, and music and community memoirs.

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The style fills every gap, so keep the subtitle brief. In the notes choose one creature or flower for the center and let the border patterns do the rest.

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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 Madhubani / Indian Folk Art style.
Visual vocabulary: heavy black outline defining all forms — never open or unfinished; every area filled with geometric pattern — hatching, dots, chevrons; fish, bird, peacock, lotus, and solar motifs; flat colour within pattern fill — no shading or gradient; double black outline borders framing the entire composition.
Lettering direction: hand-lettered Devanagari script if used; text treated as a decorative element within the filled field.
Suggested colors: ochre, terracotta, turmeric yellow, indigo, forest green, black on cream or natural paper.
Composition: central figure or scene surrounded by dense decorative border; every area filled.
Atmosphere: devotional, communal, mythic, richly patterned, folk celebration.
Keep out of the design: empty or negative space, Western perspective or shading, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A large outlined fish and two wading birds among patterned waves, a hatched sun setting 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.
Fiction or poetry · GPT Image 2.5 SunburstNight BloomRead 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: Night Bloom
Subtitle: Poems
Author: Ada Merrow
Publisher: Posterage Press

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Madhubani / Indian Folk Art style.
Visual vocabulary: heavy black outline defining all forms — never open or unfinished; every area filled with geometric pattern — hatching, dots, chevrons; fish, bird, peacock, lotus, and solar motifs; flat colour within pattern fill — no shading or gradient; double black outline borders framing the entire composition.
Lettering direction: hand-lettered Devanagari script if used; text treated as a decorative element within the filled field.
Suggested colors: ochre, terracotta, turmeric yellow, indigo, forest green, black on cream or natural paper.
Composition: central figure or scene surrounded by dense decorative border; every area filled.
Atmosphere: devotional, communal, mythic, richly patterned, folk celebration.
Keep out of the design: empty or negative space, Western perspective or shading, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A single huge lotus opening under a crescent moon, every petal filled with dots and hatching.
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 Madhubani / Indian Folk Art style.
Visual vocabulary: heavy black outline defining all forms — never open or unfinished; every area filled with geometric pattern — hatching, dots, chevrons; fish, bird, peacock, lotus, and solar motifs; flat colour within pattern fill — no shading or gradient; double black outline borders framing the entire composition.
Lettering direction: hand-lettered Devanagari script if used; text treated as a decorative element within the filled field.
Suggested colors: ochre, terracotta, turmeric yellow, indigo, forest green, black on cream or natural paper.
Composition: central figure or scene surrounded by dense decorative border; every area filled.
Atmosphere: devotional, communal, mythic, richly patterned, folk celebration.
Keep out of the design: empty or negative space, Western perspective or shading, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A patterned tree bursting with fruit, birds in its branches and hatched roots spreading below.
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 Madhubani / Indian Folk Art style.
Visual vocabulary: heavy black outline defining all forms — never open or unfinished; every area filled with geometric pattern — hatching, dots, chevrons; fish, bird, peacock, lotus, and solar motifs; flat colour within pattern fill — no shading or gradient; double black outline borders framing the entire composition.
Lettering direction: hand-lettered Devanagari script if used; text treated as a decorative element within the filled field.
Suggested colors: ochre, terracotta, turmeric yellow, indigo, forest green, black on cream or natural paper.
Composition: central figure or scene surrounded by dense decorative border; every area filled.
Atmosphere: devotional, communal, mythic, richly patterned, folk celebration.
Keep out of the design: empty or negative space, Western perspective or shading, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
Outlined fish, gulls, and a small boat stacked in patterned bands of water.
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 SunburstSound SystemRead 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: Sound System
Subtitle: Bass, community, and the Sunday session
Author: Ita Vibes
Publisher: Posterage Press

ART DIRECTION
Interpret the supplied brief in Madhubani / Indian Folk Art style.
Visual vocabulary: heavy black outline defining all forms — never open or unfinished; every area filled with geometric pattern — hatching, dots, chevrons; fish, bird, peacock, lotus, and solar motifs; flat colour within pattern fill — no shading or gradient; double black outline borders framing the entire composition.
Lettering direction: hand-lettered Devanagari script if used; text treated as a decorative element within the filled field.
Suggested colors: ochre, terracotta, turmeric yellow, indigo, forest green, black on cream or natural paper.
Composition: central figure or scene surrounded by dense decorative border; every area filled.
Atmosphere: devotional, communal, mythic, richly patterned, folk celebration.
Keep out of the design: empty or negative space, Western perspective or shading, artificial yellowing or ageing.
Apply the visual language to the supplied brief; do not invent historical affiliations, endorsements, or extra copy.

ILLUSTRATION NOTES
A peacock fanning its tail in front of a stack of outlined speaker boxes, patterns filling both.
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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