Turn Your Photo Into a Ghibli-Inspired Illustration

What this prompt changes

The photo keeps its layout, but every surface is repainted: the sky becomes soft watercolor, greens become more saturated, and edges pick up fine ink lines. The sentence "Keep the original composition and subjects" is what stops the model from inventing a new scene.

What each phrase does

hand-painted Studio Ghibli-style illustration

Sets the overall look. Naming a hand-painted style pushes the model away from smooth digital rendering.

Soft watercolor sky

Replaces a flat or overcast sky with a painted one. Most of the "storybook" feel comes from here.

gentle ink linework

Adds thin outlines around shapes. "Gentle" keeps them from turning into comic-book lines.

warm afternoon light

Sets the direction and color of the light, which carries the calm, nostalgic mood.

Adapt it

• Swap the sky and greens for the setting in your photo, such as "snow-covered rooftops" or "a turquoise sea".
• Remove "Studio Ghibli-style" and write "hand-painted anime film style" if the tool refuses the studio name.
• Add "keep the faces recognizable" for portraits.