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dark xianxia aesthetic
Subject
dark xianxia aesthetic infuses traditional Chinese fantasy with grim, weathered textures, heavy shadows, muted ink-like tones, and decaying mythical elements.
Achieving the grim, mythical feel of this style requires balancing ancient Chinese spirituality with tangible decay. Use these core techniques:
Ditch high-saturation: Stick to an ink-and-wash color palette dominated by desaturated moss greens, deep charcoal, and cold slate.
Emphasize physical age: Layer lichen-covered stone, splintered rotting wood, and tarnished bronze to ground the fantasy in gritty realism.
Sculpt with shadow: Use low-key directional light, allowing deep, high-contrast shadows to swallow up the background details.
Full prompt
dark xianxia aesthetic, a weathered stone statue of an ancient deity in a crumbling, overgrown mountain shrine, heavy fog, tattered paper talismans fluttering, deep shadows, muted ink-wash colors, cinematic lighting, shot on Hasselblad --ar 16:9 --style raw
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