Japanese Handdrawn Illustrations Codex skill for article illustrations
Reusable Codex Skill · Quiet visual system

Turn Chinese articles into gentle Japanese hand-drawn illustrations.

A structured Codex skill that packages style DNA, a recurring traveler character, composition patterns, prompt templates, and QA rules.

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Handdrawn workroom illustration

Why it works

Most AI image prompts are fragile. This project turns a fragile prompt into a maintainable illustration system.

Style DNA

Clear rules for background, line weight, color, whitespace, labels, and what to avoid.

Character IP

The quiet traveler, 小旅人, performs the core action instead of decorating the scene.

QA Guardrail

A checklist catches anime drift, PPT-like diagrams, clutter, unreadable text, and overdone colors.

Demo images

The images are generated as project illustrations and README assets.

Skill workroom
Skill system
Content workflow
Content to image workflow
Prompt cards
Prompt system cards
QA umbrella
QA guardrail

Workflow

Workflow illustration
  1. Read the article and identify cognitive anchors.
  2. Create a short shot list instead of illustrating every paragraph.
  3. Generate each image as a standalone 16:9 illustration.
  4. Use the QA checklist to avoid style drift and clutter.

Install

cp -R "skills/japanese-handdrawn-illustrations" "$HOME/.codex/skills/"