Watercolor painting depicting a flooded city street lined with intricate ruined buildings, featuring two figures in dynamic poses, illuminated by warm, high-contrast lighting.

gallery/Flooded City Watercolor with Archaeological Thieves

Flooded City Watercolor with Archaeological Thieves

10/28/2025

9:06:27 AM

Image Description

A contemporary watercolor painting illustrating a wide view of a flooded city on an island with remnants of a capitol building. The scene centers on a pair of archaeological thieves standing in shallow water, one carrying an umbrella, framed by richly detailed, decaying architecture with fine ink line art and hatching shading. The style is inspired by French classic comics, featuring sharp details, bold minimalist visuals, and a restrained ligne claire ink illustration technique. The lighting is strikingly high-contrast, with warm orange and cool blue tones reflecting off the water’s surface. The background includes figures in dynamic poses beside an enchanted bayou environment, blending influences from Moebius, Dungeons & Dragons, and Magic the Gathering art styles. The composition balances deep, detailed backgrounds with expressive colorful sketches.

Image Styles

ligne claire magic the gathering moebius

Image Use Cases

leisure & fun poster design wallpaper design

Image Contributor

Kate Thompson

I'm the gallery editor at Diffus and I write blogs on topics related to AI art. With expertise in Midjourney, Dalle 3, and Stable Diffusion, I actively contribute to Reddit, Facebook, and Discord communities. I meticulously curate top AI-generated content, ensuring our gallery's excellence.

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Disclaimer

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Generation Parameters

Prompt

contemporary watercolor painting (rough details:1.2), long view, storytelling (black line art, sharp details, expressive colorful sketch style characterized by bold, minimalist visuals, fine ink lines, hatching shading, heavy lines:1.15), depict a close-up of archaeological thieves in flooded city, on island with remains of capitol building, beside enchanted bayou :: as depicted in a French classic comic, high-contrast lighting, deep detailed fun background :: restrained, crisp, clear, ligne claire ink illustration, high-contrast lighting (minimalism:1.5) :: rich colors, dynamic pose :: painting by Mœbius, Sable, darius puia bakaarts, Ladrönn, marc brunet, Michael Whelan, David Ligare, laurent durieux, rlon wang (Dungeons and Dragons art style:1.3), (Magic the Gathering art style:1.3)

Negative Prompt

extra ear, horns, nsfw, (nipples:1.3), less clothes, extra arm, extra limb, extra fingers, merged, overlapping, odd, incorrect anatomy, worst quality, low quality, normal quality, monochrome, grayscale, (navel, lace), text, signature, watermark