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A Blue-Green Birthmark, a Blade of Seven Stars

Ugly details don't have to cost you — this half-face birthmark becomes the painting's signature instead of a flaw.

Midjourney Ink wash illustration High contrast Character design Dramatic light and shadow

Prompt notes

✍️ Most artists would hide a birthmark as a flaw; this one does the opposite — a birthmark covering sixty percent of the face plus a seven-star steel blade are the two keys that make this read as Yang Zhi, not just any generic warrior.

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📋 Prompt Midjourney Parameter Style759 characters

Traditional Chinese ink painting of Yang Zhi from Water Margin, a lean warrior clad in Song-dynasty armor. A massive oval celadon-green birthmark (pure #7BAEA0) covers roughly 60% of his left face. He wields an ancestral broadsword inlaid with 7 steel stars arranged in a Big Dipper pattern, its blade caught mid-swing as it slices through a snowstorm gust. Behind him, a blizzard-swept market scene holds a frozen "天汉桥" plaque, with the celestial 36 Stars manifesting as drifting ice crystals. Render the linework with sharp, iron-wire brush strokes and the birthmark with a splashed-ink technique, set against a high-contrast palette of celadon against obsidian-black (#2C2C2C). --no patterns facial-hair --ar 3:4 --style raw --v 7 --quality 2 --stylize 250

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