Girl in blue dress faces a giant grinning glowing Cheshire cat… — AI art by @justrob
@justrob · 10/10/2026
Entry in the The Love of Felines! theme on BudgetPixel.
Early versions kept putting a small upright cat head floating above the girl, which is not the reference at all. The change that did the most was writing the tilt and crop into the prompt as plain directions: rolled 10 to 15 degrees clockwise, left eye higher than right, head cut off by the left, right and top edges, chin just above her hair. Once the head went oversized and left the frame, everything else fell into place. Colour was the other fix, so I dropped anything pink or magenta and named ultramarine and violet, which turned the fur into fine glowing strands with the water going dark and glossy underneath. Reference is linked at the bottom. 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 Reference image: https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/CPlgdSzf4IOP6x7fhTmc/CPlgdSzf4IOP6x7fhTmc--0--tfUmH.jpg?tr=w-1080,c-at_max

Tags: alice in wonderland, cheshire cat, dark fantasy art, surreal illustration, 90s fantasy aesthetic, wonderland, fairy tale reimagining, glowing eyes, purple aesthetic, reflective water, whimsical horror, alice character, classic fairytale, glossy fantasy art, uncanny artwork
AI Model: SeeDream 5.0 Pro
Prompt: Hajime Sorayama + Rowena Morrill + airbrush on illustration board, where Sorayama's masked airbrush modelling creates dense hairline strands and seamless gradients with hard specular glints through layered passes, and Morrill's glazed painting produces self-luminous colour from a cool ultramarine, dioxazine violet and titanium white palette, with pale lavender-white streaks and rim glow bleeding into unlit black, and the airbrush infuses mist-fine grain. The fusion manifests as strongly emissive saturated accents, dark glossy mirror surfaces carrying coloured light streaks smeared at their edges, transforming any subject through glowing rendering. A woman with long blonde hair and a dark hair bow in a blue dress with a light blue skirt, short puffed sleeves and a white back bow, beside a giant purple striped cat head with green and orange eyes and a wide many-toothed grin. Wide shot from behind at eye level, girl small, cat head rolled 10 to 15 degrees clockwise, left eye higher than right, cropped by the left, right and top edges, chin just above her head. Scene set in a dark void over rippling water.

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Cheshire Cat, dark fantasy art, surreal illustration, twisted fairy tale, gothic fairy tale, wonderland fan art, menacing cat, purple cat, digital illustration, reflective water, uncanny artwork, Alice, fantasy character art
AI Model: Nano Banana 2 Lite
Prompt: Hajime Sorayama + Rowena Morrill + airbrush on illustration board, where Sorayama's masked airbrush modelling creates dense hairline strands and seamless gradients with hard specular glints through layered passes, and Morrill's glazed painting produces self-luminous colour from a cool ultramarine, dioxazine violet and titanium white palette, with pale lavender-white streaks and rim glow bleeding into unlit black, and the airbrush infuses mist-fine grain. The fusion manifests as strongly emissive saturated accents, dark glossy mirror surfaces carrying coloured light streaks smeared at their edges, transforming any subject through glowing rendering. A woman with long blonde hair and a dark hair bow in a blue dress with a light blue skirt, short puffed sleeves and a white back bow, beside a giant purple striped cat head with green and orange eyes and a wide many-toothed grin. Wide shot from behind at eye level, girl small, cat head rolled 10 to 15 degrees clockwise, left eye higher than right, cropped by the left, right and top edges, chin just above her head. Scene set in a dark void over rippling water.

Tags: alice in wonderland, dark fantasy art, cheshire cat, surreal illustration, creepy fan art, anime fantasy, gothic fairy tale, menacing monster, surreal landscape, wonderland fanart, purple cat, dark alice, eerie illustration, digital painting, fantasy character design
AI Model: Muse Image 1.0
Prompt: Hajime Sorayama + Rowena Morrill + airbrush on illustration board, where Sorayama's masked airbrush modelling creates dense hairline strands and seamless gradients with hard specular glints through layered passes, and Morrill's glazed painting produces self-luminous colour from a cool ultramarine, dioxazine violet and titanium white palette, with pale lavender-white streaks and rim glow bleeding into unlit black, and the airbrush infuses mist-fine grain. The fusion manifests as strongly emissive saturated accents, dark glossy mirror surfaces carrying coloured light streaks smeared at their edges, transforming any subject through glowing rendering. A woman with long blonde hair and a dark hair bow in a blue dress with a light blue skirt, short puffed sleeves and a white back bow, beside a giant purple striped cat head with green and orange eyes and a wide many-toothed grin. Wide shot from behind at eye level, girl small, cat head rolled 10 to 15 degrees clockwise, left eye higher than right, cropped by the left, right and top edges, chin just above her head. Scene set in a dark void over rippling water.

Tags: alice in wonderland, cheshire cat, surreal fantasy art, retro airbrush illustration, dark fairy tale, alice, creepy cheshire cat, wonderland artwork, fantasy illustration, reflective water, lewis carroll, eerie whimsical, vintage fantasy art, purple tabby cat, fairy tale artwork
AI Model: Grok Imagine
Prompt: Hajime Sorayama + Rowena Morrill + airbrush on illustration board, where Sorayama's masked airbrush modelling creates dense hairline strands and seamless gradients with hard specular glints through layered passes, and Morrill's glazed painting produces self-luminous colour from a cool ultramarine, dioxazine violet and titanium white palette, with pale lavender-white streaks and rim glow bleeding into unlit black, and the airbrush infuses mist-fine grain. The fusion manifests as strongly emissive saturated accents, dark glossy mirror surfaces carrying coloured light streaks smeared at their edges, transforming any subject through glowing rendering. A woman with long blonde hair and a dark hair bow in a blue dress with a light blue skirt, short puffed sleeves and a white back bow, beside a giant purple striped cat head with green and orange eyes and a wide many-toothed grin. Wide shot from behind at eye level, girl small, cat head rolled 10 to 15 degrees clockwise, left eye higher than right, cropped by the left, right and top edges, chin just above her head. Scene set in a dark void over rippling water.

Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Cheshire Cat, dark fantasy art, surreal illustration, fairy tale art, purple aesthetic, menacing Cheshire Cat, fan art, whimsical horror, digital artwork, reflective water, dark fairy tale, wonderland, gothic fantasy, character art
AI Model: GPT-Image-2
Prompt: Hajime Sorayama + Rowena Morrill + airbrush on illustration board, where Sorayama's masked airbrush modelling creates dense hairline strands and seamless gradients with hard specular glints through layered passes, and Morrill's glazed painting produces self-luminous colour from a cool ultramarine, dioxazine violet and titanium white palette, with pale lavender-white streaks and rim glow bleeding into unlit black, and the airbrush infuses mist-fine grain. The fusion manifests as strongly emissive saturated accents, dark glossy mirror surfaces carrying coloured light streaks smeared at their edges, transforming any subject through glowing rendering. A woman with long blonde hair and a dark hair bow in a blue dress with a light blue skirt, short puffed sleeves and a white back bow, beside a giant purple striped cat head with green and orange eyes and a wide many-toothed grin. Wide shot from behind at eye level, girl small, cat head rolled 10 to 15 degrees clockwise, left eye higher than right, cropped by the left, right and top edges, chin just above her head. Scene set in a dark void over rippling water.
Comments
justrob
#3 (muse) is my favorite!
justrob
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user_google_961350
Gotta give Nano Banana its due on this one--what a creepy cat face that retains all the defining features of a cat face!
justrob
and thank you for taking the time to comment.
Hephzibah
Love the explanation grok is looking good too 🤩
JMN
oooooooooooooh~ #5 is so overwhelmingly cool
justrob
Glad you like it! 😊