# Retro Travel Journal Illustration

> A transformation prompt that turns photos into nostalgic travel journal sketches using colored pencils and watercolors on textured paper.

- Type: single prompt
- Written for: [GPT Image 2](https://orisu.ai/prompts/m/gpt-image-2)
- Category: [Content](https://orisu.ai/prompts/c/content)
- Tags: Travel, Editorial, Starter
- Published: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://orisu.ai/prompts/retro-travel-journal-illustration

## Prompt

- Model: GPT Image 2

```text
Turn photos into a colored pencil and watercolor hand-drawn travel diary, preserving the original composition, architecture, people, trees, grass, roads, and perspectives. Use warm, yellowish vintage paper to create a hand-drawn feel where brushstrokes and watercolor bleeds are visible. Simplify buildings into expressive shapes with loose outlines, detailed cross-hatching, and slightly imperfect edges. Maintain a sunny summer atmosphere with soft blue skies, warm beige buildings, green grass, scattered leisure figures, and benches. Use faded vintage travel sketch tones. Place the illustration on the lower half of the page, leaving a large beige space above. Handwrite 'Sunny Days' at the top and '— Beautiful Times —' below. Nostalgic art travel magazine style, similar to the memory of a personal sketchbook, with no photographic feel.
```

Variables you can change (shown above with their defaults):

- style: colored pencil and watercolor hand-drawn
- main title: Sunny Days
- subtitle: — Beautiful Times —

Original prompt (zh):

```text
把照片变成彩铅和水彩手绘旅行日记，保留原有构图、建筑、人物、树木、草地、道路和视角。用温暖的米黄色旧纸张，画出能看到笔触和水彩晕染的手绘感。建筑简化成表现力强的形状，有松散的轮廓、细致的交叉阴影、略显不完美的边缘。保留晴朗夏日氛围、柔和蓝天、暖米色建筑、绿草地、散落的休闲人物和长椅。用褪色复古旅行素描色调。在页面下半部分放插画，上方留大量米色空白。顶部手写 '晴天日子'，下方 '— 美好时光 —'。怀旧艺术旅行杂志风格，类似个人速写本的记忆感，没有照片感。
```

## Example output

- ![Retro Travel Journal Illustration — example output](https://assets.orisu.ai/prompt-library/youmind/retro-travel-journal-illustration.jpg)

## Credit

- Author: 千寻｜AI 分享 🌸 (https://x.com/Crypto_QianXun)
- Original post: https://x.com/Crypto_QianXun/status/2097174853707284785
- Collected via: youmind.com

## Run it in Orisu

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Source: Orisu prompt library, https://orisu.ai/prompts/retro-travel-journal-illustration