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An illustrated clockmaker repairs a brass automaton bird at a cluttered bench.

Clockmaker repairs a sleeping automaton

  • Model Anima
  • Portrait 2:3
  • 1024 × 1536 · XL
  • 8 steps
  • Max quality
  • iPhoneiPadMac

Prompt and Settings

An elderly clockmaker with rolled sleeves repairs a sleeping brass automaton bird, fitting a gear with tweezers, in a narrow workshop packed with drawers, springs, oil lamps, velvet trays, and dust motes, portrait 2:3 view over the workbench with close foreground tools, low lamp light pooling on metal, hand-drawn illustration with sepia ink, muted gouache, precise mechanical shapes, worn wood grain, and gentle storybook atmosphere.
Seed
385097197
Steps
8
Quality
Max
Size
1024 × 1536
Made With
Private Diffusion on a Mac with Apple Silicon

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Why This Prompt Works

The repair gesture gives the scene a precise action, while the automaton bird provides a distinct subject for Anima to interpret. The over-the-workbench view carries the vertical composition by layering tools in front, hands in the middle, and workshop drawers behind. Low lamp light pooling on metal defines the glow, and the sepia ink, muted gouache, and worn wood details guide the model toward a crafted illustration style.

Recreate It in Private Diffusion

  1. Paste the prompt into Studio and choose Anima.
  2. Set Size to XL and Aspect Ratio to Portrait 2:3.
  3. Type 385097197 into Seed. On a Mac, switch off Randomize first.
  4. Set Steps to 8.
  5. Switch on Max quality (slower).

Those are the settings that made this picture, and they run on your own iPad or Mac with 16 GB or more, with nothing uploaded.

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