Crest Fanned Wide

Hoopoe with crest fanned wide. A natural-history watercolour study.

How this was made

This piece began with a written instruction alone, with no photograph. The instruction is kept, so the record is complete rather than flattering.

THE PROMPT AND THE SETTINGS

PROMPT

POSITIVE:
A natural-history watercolour and gouache study of a single Eurasian hoopoe standing on a small bare patch of ground, its fan-shaped crest raised, painted on warm white paper with generous empty margins. Precise ornithological drawing: pinkish-cinnamon head and breast, bold black-and-white barred wings and tail, black-tipped crest feathers, long slender down-curved bill. Fine sable-brush detail on the bird; the ground only lightly indicated with a few transparent washes and a pebble or two. Soft even daylight, no background scenery, museum-plate composition. No text, no signature, no border.

NEGATIVE:
(none)

SETTINGS

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mode: text2image
aspect: 3:2
resolution: 2016x1344
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source-id: 2qdNmp9qFB6dhHDClxVT
generated: 2026-09-25

NOTE

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How this was made

PROMPT

SETTINGS

NOTE

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