Style · 2026-08-21

Pick one register. Negate the rest.

Stack "painterly, hyperreal, 2D, illustrative, cinematic, ethereal" and the model averages them into mush. A director makes a choice: "Painterly 2D hand-drawn aesthetic with brushstroke texture. NO photorealism. NO CGI gloss. NO smooth animation."

The first is a decision. The wishlist is an abdication.