Grinning blue furry cat holds tiny pumpkins — AI art by @justrob
@justrob · 10/8/2026
Entry in the Awesome Autumn Adventures theme on BudgetPixel.
Most of these keep the burnt umber ground deep, the blue cat's fur dry and scratchy, the grin caught on one side of the face, and the jack-o-lantern still glowing in the lower left corner. Grok drops the dark underpainting altogether, so the cat turns pastel, the fallen leaves flatten into orange dabs, and the smaller cat on the branch goes soft and blurry at the edges. 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, spooky cat, jack o lantern, dark fantasy illustration, witch cat, creepy cute, autumn forest, vintage Halloween, pumpkins, gothic art, magical creature, glowing orange eyes, fall decor, whimsical horror, spooky season
AI Model: SeeDream 5.0 Pro
Prompt: Brom + Mark Ryden + oil glazed over dark umber underpainting, where Brom's dry-brush and scumbling creates tactile, gnarled surface detail through light flecks dragged over deep chiaroscuro, and Ryden's smooth wet-into-wet blending produces polished planes via soft transitions and tiny sharp specular accents, and the umber ground infuses a smoky, warm-shadowed depth. The fusion manifests as hair-fine bristle strokes, a restricted burnt umber, raw sienna and ultramarine palette with one saturated note, and detail concentrated where light strikes, transforming any subject through dark glazed layering. A blue-furred cat creature with tall pointed ears, large orange eyes, a wide toothy grin and long whiskers, alongside a smaller dark-furred cat and a carved jack-o-lantern pumpkin Medium wide shot at eye level, the blue cat seated cross-legged on the ground facing the camera and holding a cluster of small pumpkins in one paw, its tail curling to the right, the smaller cat perched on a branch at the upper left, the jack-o-lantern close in the lower left foreground, a large tree trunk filling the right side Scene set in a dim forest interior during autumn, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground and bare twisted branches receding into the background haze

Tags: Cheshire cat, Halloween art, pop surrealism, dark fantasy, jack o lantern, spooky forest, creepy cute, fall illustration, Mark Ryden style, haunted woods, whimsical horror, autumn decor, black cat, fantasy cat art, Halloween wall art
AI Model: Nano Banana 2 Lite
Prompt: Brom + Mark Ryden + oil glazed over dark umber underpainting, where Brom's dry-brush and scumbling creates tactile, gnarled surface detail through light flecks dragged over deep chiaroscuro, and Ryden's smooth wet-into-wet blending produces polished planes via soft transitions and tiny sharp specular accents, and the umber ground infuses a smoky, warm-shadowed depth. The fusion manifests as hair-fine bristle strokes, a restricted burnt umber, raw sienna and ultramarine palette with one saturated note, and detail concentrated where light strikes, transforming any subject through dark glazed layering. A blue-furred cat creature with tall pointed ears, large orange eyes, a wide toothy grin and long whiskers, alongside a smaller dark-furred cat and a carved jack-o-lantern pumpkin Medium wide shot at eye level, the blue cat seated cross-legged on the ground facing the camera and holding a cluster of small pumpkins in one paw, its tail curling to the right, the smaller cat perched on a branch at the upper left, the jack-o-lantern close in the lower left foreground, a large tree trunk filling the right side Scene set in a dim forest interior during autumn, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground and bare twisted branches receding into the background haze

Tags: Halloween cat, fantasy art, spooky forest, jack o lantern, black kitten, Halloween illustration, witchy decor, blue cat art, pumpkin artwork, creepy cute, fall aesthetic, spooky season, whimsical horror, forest creature, Halloween wall art
AI Model: Muse Image 1.0
Prompt: Brom + Mark Ryden + oil glazed over dark umber underpainting, where Brom's dry-brush and scumbling creates tactile, gnarled surface detail through light flecks dragged over deep chiaroscuro, and Ryden's smooth wet-into-wet blending produces polished planes via soft transitions and tiny sharp specular accents, and the umber ground infuses a smoky, warm-shadowed depth. The fusion manifests as hair-fine bristle strokes, a restricted burnt umber, raw sienna and ultramarine palette with one saturated note, and detail concentrated where light strikes, transforming any subject through dark glazed layering. A blue-furred cat creature with tall pointed ears, large orange eyes, a wide toothy grin and long whiskers, alongside a smaller dark-furred cat and a carved jack-o-lantern pumpkin Medium wide shot at eye level, the blue cat seated cross-legged on the ground facing the camera and holding a cluster of small pumpkins in one paw, its tail curling to the right, the smaller cat perched on a branch at the upper left, the jack-o-lantern close in the lower left foreground, a large tree trunk filling the right side Scene set in a dim forest interior during autumn, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground and bare twisted branches receding into the background haze

Tags: Halloween art, spooky cat, dark fantasy illustration, jack o lantern, haunted forest, black cat, blue fantasy cat, glowing eyes, autumn fall, misty woodland, spooky season, witch familiar, gothic art, Halloween decor, fall aesthetic
AI Model: Grok Imagine
Prompt: Brom + Mark Ryden + oil glazed over dark umber underpainting, where Brom's dry-brush and scumbling creates tactile, gnarled surface detail through light flecks dragged over deep chiaroscuro, and Ryden's smooth wet-into-wet blending produces polished planes via soft transitions and tiny sharp specular accents, and the umber ground infuses a smoky, warm-shadowed depth. The fusion manifests as hair-fine bristle strokes, a restricted burnt umber, raw sienna and ultramarine palette with one saturated note, and detail concentrated where light strikes, transforming any subject through dark glazed layering. A blue-furred cat creature with tall pointed ears, large orange eyes, a wide toothy grin and long whiskers, alongside a smaller dark-furred cat and a carved jack-o-lantern pumpkin Medium wide shot at eye level, the blue cat seated cross-legged on the ground facing the camera and holding a cluster of small pumpkins in one paw, its tail curling to the right, the smaller cat perched on a branch at the upper left, the jack-o-lantern close in the lower left foreground, a large tree trunk filling the right side Scene set in a dim forest interior during autumn, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground and bare twisted branches receding into the background haze

Tags: Cheshire cat, Halloween art, dark fantasy, autumn forest, jack o lantern, spooky illustration, black cat, fall decor, creepy cute, folk art, spooky season, pumpkins, gothic illustration, Alice in Wonderland, whimsical horror
AI Model: GPT-Image-2
Prompt: Brom + Mark Ryden + oil glazed over dark umber underpainting, where Brom's dry-brush and scumbling creates tactile, gnarled surface detail through light flecks dragged over deep chiaroscuro, and Ryden's smooth wet-into-wet blending produces polished planes via soft transitions and tiny sharp specular accents, and the umber ground infuses a smoky, warm-shadowed depth. The fusion manifests as hair-fine bristle strokes, a restricted burnt umber, raw sienna and ultramarine palette with one saturated note, and detail concentrated where light strikes, transforming any subject through dark glazed layering. A blue-furred cat creature with tall pointed ears, large orange eyes, a wide toothy grin and long whiskers, alongside a smaller dark-furred cat and a carved jack-o-lantern pumpkin Medium wide shot at eye level, the blue cat seated cross-legged on the ground facing the camera and holding a cluster of small pumpkins in one paw, its tail curling to the right, the smaller cat perched on a branch at the upper left, the jack-o-lantern close in the lower left foreground, a large tree trunk filling the right side Scene set in a dim forest interior during autumn, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground and bare twisted branches receding into the background haze

Tags: cheshire cat, halloween art, fantasy illustration, autumn forest, jack o lantern, whimsical spooky, fall artwork, blue cat, black cat, halloween pumpkins, folk art, spooky season, enchanted forest, october aesthetic, dark whimsy
AI Model: FLUX 3
Prompt: Brom + Mark Ryden + oil glazed over dark umber underpainting, where Brom's dry-brush and scumbling creates tactile, gnarled surface detail through light flecks dragged over deep chiaroscuro, and Ryden's smooth wet-into-wet blending produces polished planes via soft transitions and tiny sharp specular accents, and the umber ground infuses a smoky, warm-shadowed depth. The fusion manifests as hair-fine bristle strokes, a restricted burnt umber, raw sienna and ultramarine palette with one saturated note, and detail concentrated where light strikes, transforming any subject through dark glazed layering. A blue-furred cat creature with tall pointed ears, large orange eyes, a wide toothy grin and long whiskers, alongside a smaller dark-furred cat and a carved jack-o-lantern pumpkin Medium wide shot at eye level, the blue cat seated cross-legged on the ground facing the camera and holding a cluster of small pumpkins in one paw, its tail curling to the right, the smaller cat perched on a branch at the upper left, the jack-o-lantern close in the lower left foreground, a large tree trunk filling the right side Scene set in a dim forest interior during autumn, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground and bare twisted branches receding into the background haze
Comments
justrob
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CaylaCatz
It's very interesting how different the cat can look, how they change the ears and the grin and body shapes
panos
Great Chesire! I like that there is Brom in the prompt
dezie
Great images and style.