Shadow Ensemble Movie Poster Template

Create a high-completion, high-narrative-tension 'Shadow Ensemble Cover' suitable for serialized publishing based on the theme: {argument name="character name" default="Write character name"}. This is not a simple character illustration or battle poster, but an 'ensemble action cover' with the feel of a novel cover, manga key visual, game promotion, and dark fantasy illustration. The image must form a complete character camp and worldview cover through a massive central spiritual character, multiple mid-ground action characters, background threat elements, localized energy light effects, and a blank title area. [Basic Settings] Theme: {argument name="scene theme" default="Jujutsu Battle / Dark Journey to the West / Cyber Hunter / Shan Hai Jing Monster Hunting Squad / Post-Apocalyptic Survivor / Magic Academy Battle Squad"} Title: [Title] Series Name / Brand Name: [Series or Brand Name] Subtitle: [Subtitle] Style Direction: {argument name="style" default="Dark fantasy, retro comic cover, painterly thick-painted style, fantasy novel cover, game key visual"} Main Color Palette: Ink Green-Black-Grey / Deep Blue Neon / Dark Brown-Gold-Red / Sand-Yellow-Rust / Deep Purple-Gold Accent Colors: Blood Red Energy, Cyan-Green Spell Light, Gold Divine Light, Blue Lightning Aspect Ratio: 2:3 Vertical / 3:4 Vertical / 4:5 Vertical / 9:16 Vertical [Image Composition] Use a vertical cover layout. The image must contain one massive key visual character as the spiritual core and commanding presence of the entire piece. This character can be a profile, half-body, back view, frontal gaze, or massive silhouette, occupying the right side, upper area, or main background area. Their expression should be calm, mysterious, and imposing; they may not participate in the fight but must dominate the overall atmosphere. In the mid-ground, arrange 3 to 6 action characters to form a battle camp ensemble. Characters need clear roles and posture differences, such as charging, wielding a blade, casting spells, defending, summoning, jumping, standing guard, long-range attack, etc. Avoid static poses; they must form strong rhythmic movement and visual flow lines. Add enemy threats or worldview elements in the background, such as monsters, giant beasts, villain shadows, mechanical armies, demons, ruins, forests, other dimensions, battlefield smoke, or urban disasters. Background threats should not overwhelm the scene but envelop the characters like shadows, enhancing the sense of crisis and narrative depth. Set 1-2 high-saturation energy burst points, such as red fire fists, blue lightning, green curse aura, purple magic, gold divine light, or white blade light. Energy light effects should concentrate on key characters or weapons to create visual focal points, not glow evenly across the entire image. [Composition Method] Overall structure uses 'massive spiritual core character + mid-ground action ensemble + background threat shadows + bottom or side blank title area'. The image can use diagonal flow lines to organize characters, making the ensemble charge from top-left to bottom-right, or from the bottom towards the center, creating a strong sense of propulsion. Reserve a distinct blank title area, preferably at the bottom-left, bottom, or side. The blank area should use off-white, grey-white, light paper, or low-saturation background colors, reserved for placing [Brand Name / Title / Subtitle]. Title typography should have a publication cover feel, using elegant serif fonts, retro title lettering, comic cover titles, or high-end magazine-style layouts. Text areas must be clear and not completely obscured by characters and backgrounds. Illustration edges should not be perfectly rectangular and full; use irregular brush edges, ink splatters, torn-paper style blank spaces, or natural dissipation, making characters and backgrounds appear to grow from the page, enhancing the hand-drawn cover feel and artistic quality. [Visual Style] Overall style should combine painterly thick-painting with comic cover aesthetics, featuring paper texture, brush stroke feel, dark tone layering, and a retro publication quality. Lighting should primarily be low-key dim light, with backgrounds darkened, character outlines clear, and localized energy light providing high-contrast focal points. The image should not be overly clean or look like typical smooth AI illustrations; retain hand-drawn textures, paper grain, edge brush strokes, and dark mist. Use a low-saturation dark tone as the base, supplemented by a small amount of high-saturation energy colors. The overall atmosphere should convey oppression, mystery, combat readiness, and worldview depth. [Image Goal] The final image should resemble a mature fantasy novel cover, manga special edition cover, game character camp key visual, or IP promotional poster. It needs to simultaneously possess: 1. A clear key visual character; 2. An action-rhythmic character ensemble; 3. Clear enemy threats or worldview background; 4. Strong yet restrained energy light effects; 5. A readable title text area; 6. Overall retro hand-drawn cover quality. Please ensure the image is information-rich but not chaotic, character hierarchy is clear, visual center of gravity is distinct, reading path is natural, and suitable for subsequent theme replacement to generate the same series of works.

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