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Other / Mixed Steam capsule art: four directions from your own assets

Anything that does not fit neatly. The prompt adapts to the description.

Make my other / mixed sheet

First sheet free. Paste a Steam link on the home page instead.

The four directions every other / mixed sheet gets

One panel each, in this order, so the four are built to disagree: commercial, atmospheric, poster, and one swing.

  1. Direction 1

    Bold Commercial Key Art

    Main subject large, logo big, immediate.

    • ·Main subject dominates one side
    • ·Strong single light
    • ·Big readable logo
    • ·Background supports
  2. Direction 2

    Atmospheric Environment

    The world and mood with restraint.

    • ·Negative space
    • ·Environment-led
    • ·Small or absent subject
    • ·Elegant title
  3. Direction 3

    Graphic Poster Treatment

    Designed, flat, typographic.

    • ·Reduced palette
    • ·Subject as silhouette or crop
    • ·Type as design element
    • ·Print texture
  4. Direction 4

    Concept-Driven Angle

    The wildcard.

    • ·One unusual framing idea: POV, extreme close-up, reflection, split, symbolic object, unusual angle

What the art director is told

The playbook below is the actual guidance the model receives for other / mixed games, minus your brief and assets.

Compositions that work

  • Subject left, logo right
  • Subject right, logo left
  • Centered minimal
  • Wide environment

Lighting

  • Motivated single key light
  • Rim light
  • Atmospheric haze
  • Practical lights

Palettes, one per panel

  • Restrained: two dominant tones plus one accent
  • Monochrome accent: near-monochrome with one accent

Typography

  • Match the game's tone
  • Condensed display
  • Elegant serif
  • Geometric sans

Typography to avoid

  • Chrome
  • Glow
  • Generic gaming fonts

Texture that helps

  • Fine grain
  • Subtle vignette

Texture that hurts

  • Grunge overlays
  • Clutter

Never

  • Clutter
  • Centered subject with title underneath on every panel
  • Generic AI look

Your other / mixed game, four ways, in about a minute.

Built from your own screenshots and logo. Sizes Steam actually uses. No key, no account for the first sheet.

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