
Style Transfer
Slam Dunk × KBO
Takehiko Inoue-style limited-palette manga cut at a KBO ballpark
Which photos work best
Photo of you or a friend cheering at a ballpark. Front-facing or slightly angled shots with visible expression and pose work best. Caps, jerseys, or cheering props add richer details.
Prompt
Transform the attached photo into a manga book page in the style of Takehiko Inoue's late-period "Slam Dunk" / "Real". Not a single panel illustration — make it feel like one scene from a 1990s Japanese Jump magazine page.
[Art style — most important]
- Rough pen-ink lines and strong contrast are the core. Screentones are secondary; pen-line and hatching dominate
- Deep shadows and bold outlines anchor the whole frame
- Limited palette color: deep cobalt blue (seats, jerseys) + warm sepia / beige (concrete, paper tones) + a tiny touch of red (cheering props)
- Low-saturation vintage print tones. NOT pure black-and-white — limited palette color
- Slightly faded paper texture, halftone only as subtle hint in deep shadows
- NO digital illustration feel. Only feel like a page printed in a 1990s paper manga book
- Inoue's signature realistic proportions, musculature, expression lines. No cartoonification
[Setting & composition]
- Korean KBO baseball stadium stands, deep cobalt blue plastic seats in rows crossing the frame with strong depth
- 15~30 degree bird's-eye composition — seat rows slice the frame diagonally, strong perspective
- Late afternoon sunlight slanting in, long shadows on the seats
- Rich crowd details: someone holding a parasol, a child in a pink cap, fans with drinks, a fan with a cheering fan/uchiwa, someone with a backpack
- Top of frame filled with cheering banners, fencing, concrete walls — typical ballpark infrastructure
- Front seats large and crisp, rear seats smaller — deep focus
[Subject placement]
- Place the original subject from the attached photo at the center or slightly right-of-center, clearly identifiable in size
- Keep the subject's face, expression, pose, and outfit 100% identical to the original (no beautification or face alteration)
- Other crowd members are background details — slightly smaller or softer so the eye lands on the original subject
[Text overlay]
Top-left Japanese sound effect (large bold hand-lettered, black):
"夏の日差しが スタンドを 照らす!!"
(Summer sunlight bathes the stands!!)
Top cheering banners (bold black text on white cloth, two of them):
"野球!! 魂こめて!!"
(Baseball!! With all the soul!!)
Bottom-left character monologue box (beige square border, smaller text):
"あいつらには負けねぇ... 今日は絶対に 勝つんだ...!!"
(I won't lose to them... today I'm winning for sure...!!)
- Japanese manga hand-lettered font (bold, thick pen)
- Place text boxes without covering the subject
[Aspect ratio]
Vertical 4:5 or 3:4 (Instagram feed optimized)
[Forbidden]
- Do NOT oversaturate (limited palette only)
- NO pure black-and-white — color is in but vintage print toned
- NO digital illustration feel
- ABSOLUTELY NO face beautification
- NO cartoonification
[Quality boosters — apply to all results]
- Keep the subject's face shape, features, and hairstyle recognizable (someone who knows them should identify them)
- Naturally enhance skin, lighting, and expression — soften blemishes, dark circles, and harsh edges; let the expression carry a subtle smile
- The final result should feel slightly more attractive and vibrant than the original photo (something the user is happy to see)
- BUT avoid silicone-like artificial smoothness, and avoid altering features so much that the person looks like someone else
- Natural color grading, no oversaturation or artificially vivid colors
💡 How it works · ChatGPT will auto-fill the prompt, or if not, long-press the input and paste → attach your photo