Vintage ink illustration of a witch flying on a broom — AI art by @justrob
@justrob · 10/8/2026
Entry in the 𖤐 ꧁⎝ WITCH ART ⎠꧂ 𖤐 theme on BudgetPixel.
I wanted two long-dead illustrators sharing one sheet of paper: Doré's crosshatching building shadow out of line density, Rackham's scratchy contour biting at the edge of it. The prompt says sepia ink on tea-stained, foxed paper, and the witch and the graveyard are only there to give all that linework something to describe. Six models got the same words. Watch what each does with bare paper in the highlights, since that is where the fusion holds or comes apart. Models, in order: 1. seedream-5.0-pro 2. nano-banana-2-lite 3. muse-image-1.0 4. grok-imagine-image 5. gpt-image-2 6. flux-3-image

Tags: halloween art, vintage witch illustration, gothic art, graveyard scene, pen and ink drawing, sepia horror, full moon, flying witch, haunted cemetery, gothic cathedral, horror illustration, halloween decor, vintage halloween, dark fantasy, etched artwork
AI Model: SeeDream 5.0 Pro
Prompt: Gustave Doré + Arthur Rackham + sepia ink on tea-stained foxed paper, where Doré's wood-engraving crosshatching creates graded tonal depth through line density and soft-edged glowing light, and Rackham's nervous, gnarled pen contour produces brittle, spiky edges beside solid ink-black masses via wash-backed linework, and the stained paper infuses mottled foxing, scorched margins and uneven fibre absorption. The fusion manifests as single-pigment sepia hatching, dense line in shadow, bare paper in highlights, transforming any subject through etched, antique pen handling. A witch in a pointed hat and tattered ragged cloak, riding a broomstick, with one arm extended ahead and long hair trailing behind her. Wide shot at eye level, the witch in profile astride her broomstick with one arm reaching forward, the full moon directly behind her, bats scattered around her, a vine-wrapped post topped by a scarecrow-like figure overlapping the right foreground, graveyard and cathedral far beyond. Scene set in a graveyard beside a gothic cathedral at night under a full moon, featuring a bare thorny tree, leaning headstones, scattered skulls and bones, and cobwebs strung across the upper corner.

Tags: halloween art, witch illustration, vintage gothic art, graveyard scene, flying witch, spooky folk art, pen and ink drawing, antique parchment, full moon bats, scarecrow, dark fantasy, halloween decor, folk horror, gothic cathedral, horror illustration
AI Model: Nano Banana 2 Lite
Prompt: Gustave Doré + Arthur Rackham + sepia ink on tea-stained foxed paper, where Doré's wood-engraving crosshatching creates graded tonal depth through line density and soft-edged glowing light, and Rackham's nervous, gnarled pen contour produces brittle, spiky edges beside solid ink-black masses via wash-backed linework, and the stained paper infuses mottled foxing, scorched margins and uneven fibre absorption. The fusion manifests as single-pigment sepia hatching, dense line in shadow, bare paper in highlights, transforming any subject through etched, antique pen handling. A witch in a pointed hat and tattered ragged cloak, riding a broomstick, with one arm extended ahead and long hair trailing behind her. Wide shot at eye level, the witch in profile astride her broomstick with one arm reaching forward, the full moon directly behind her, bats scattered around her, a vine-wrapped post topped by a scarecrow-like figure overlapping the right foreground, graveyard and cathedral far beyond. Scene set in a graveyard beside a gothic cathedral at night under a full moon, featuring a bare thorny tree, leaning headstones, scattered skulls and bones, and cobwebs strung across the upper corner.

Tags: halloween art, vintage witch illustration, spooky graveyard, scarecrow, full moon, gothic woodcut, antique parchment, sepia horror, bats, gothic cathedral, dark fantasy, etched art, halloween decor, folk horror, witch art
AI Model: Muse Image 1.0
Prompt: Gustave Doré + Arthur Rackham + sepia ink on tea-stained foxed paper, where Doré's wood-engraving crosshatching creates graded tonal depth through line density and soft-edged glowing light, and Rackham's nervous, gnarled pen contour produces brittle, spiky edges beside solid ink-black masses via wash-backed linework, and the stained paper infuses mottled foxing, scorched margins and uneven fibre absorption. The fusion manifests as single-pigment sepia hatching, dense line in shadow, bare paper in highlights, transforming any subject through etched, antique pen handling. A witch in a pointed hat and tattered ragged cloak, riding a broomstick, with one arm extended ahead and long hair trailing behind her. Wide shot at eye level, the witch in profile astride her broomstick with one arm reaching forward, the full moon directly behind her, bats scattered around her, a vine-wrapped post topped by a scarecrow-like figure overlapping the right foreground, graveyard and cathedral far beyond. Scene set in a graveyard beside a gothic cathedral at night under a full moon, featuring a bare thorny tree, leaning headstones, scattered skulls and bones, and cobwebs strung across the upper corner.

Tags: Halloween art, vintage witch illustration
AI Model: Grok Imagine
Prompt: Gustave Doré + Arthur Rackham + sepia ink on tea-stained foxed paper, where Doré's wood-engraving crosshatching creates graded tonal depth through line density and soft-edged glowing light, and Rackham's nervous, gnarled pen contour produces brittle, spiky edges beside solid ink-black masses via wash-backed linework, and the stained paper infuses mottled foxing, scorched margins and uneven fibre absorption. The fusion manifests as single-pigment sepia hatching, dense line in shadow, bare paper in highlights, transforming any subject through etched, antique pen handling. A witch in a pointed hat and tattered ragged cloak, riding a broomstick, with one arm extended ahead and long hair trailing behind her. Wide shot at eye level, the witch in profile astride her broomstick with one arm reaching forward, the full moon directly behind her, bats scattered around her, a vine-wrapped post topped by a scarecrow-like figure overlapping the right foreground, graveyard and cathedral far beyond. Scene set in a graveyard beside a gothic cathedral at night under a full moon, featuring a bare thorny tree, leaning headstones, scattered skulls and bones, and cobwebs strung across the upper corner.

Tags: halloween art, gothic illustration, witch on broom, full moon, haunted graveyard, vintage horror, memento mori, gothic cathedral, spooky artwork, sepia illustration, dark fantasy, scarecrow, bats, antique horror art, gothic decor
AI Model: GPT-Image-2
Prompt: Gustave Doré + Arthur Rackham + sepia ink on tea-stained foxed paper, where Doré's wood-engraving crosshatching creates graded tonal depth through line density and soft-edged glowing light, and Rackham's nervous, gnarled pen contour produces brittle, spiky edges beside solid ink-black masses via wash-backed linework, and the stained paper infuses mottled foxing, scorched margins and uneven fibre absorption. The fusion manifests as single-pigment sepia hatching, dense line in shadow, bare paper in highlights, transforming any subject through etched, antique pen handling. A witch in a pointed hat and tattered ragged cloak, riding a broomstick, with one arm extended ahead and long hair trailing behind her. Wide shot at eye level, the witch in profile astride her broomstick with one arm reaching forward, the full moon directly behind her, bats scattered around her, a vine-wrapped post topped by a scarecrow-like figure overlapping the right foreground, graveyard and cathedral far beyond. Scene set in a graveyard beside a gothic cathedral at night under a full moon, featuring a bare thorny tree, leaning headstones, scattered skulls and bones, and cobwebs strung across the upper corner.

Tags: halloween art, vintage witch illustration, haunted graveyard, full moon, sepia woodcut, folk horror, spooky artwork, aged parchment aesthetic, flying witch, gothic church, halloween decor, bat illustration, retro halloween, creepy art, graveyard scene
AI Model: FLUX 3
Prompt: Gustave Doré + Arthur Rackham + sepia ink on tea-stained foxed paper, where Doré's wood-engraving crosshatching creates graded tonal depth through line density and soft-edged glowing light, and Rackham's nervous, gnarled pen contour produces brittle, spiky edges beside solid ink-black masses via wash-backed linework, and the stained paper infuses mottled foxing, scorched margins and uneven fibre absorption. The fusion manifests as single-pigment sepia hatching, dense line in shadow, bare paper in highlights, transforming any subject through etched, antique pen handling. A witch in a pointed hat and tattered ragged cloak, riding a broomstick, with one arm extended ahead and long hair trailing behind her. Wide shot at eye level, the witch in profile astride her broomstick with one arm reaching forward, the full moon directly behind her, bats scattered around her, a vine-wrapped post topped by a scarecrow-like figure overlapping the right foreground, graveyard and cathedral far beyond. Scene set in a graveyard beside a gothic cathedral at night under a full moon, featuring a bare thorny tree, leaning headstones, scattered skulls and bones, and cobwebs strung across the upper corner.
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justrob
and thank you for taking the time to comment.
justrob
Glad you like it! 😊
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BloodRaiNxp
nice work, i like the old photo look