Risograph Zine Spread
Stable DiffusionRisograph Zine Spread is an SDXL 1.0 prompt that renders a grainy two-colour riso composition. It suits indie zine illustration and retro wall art.
Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more abstract prompts .
How to use this prompt
Risograph's charm is its imperfection, so the prompt names "visible grain and slight misregistration between the colour layers" — that offset between pink and teal is the signature of the process and the thing a clean render omits. The negative bans "perfect registration" and "smooth vector" to protect that wobble. Fluorescent pink and teal are named because riso inks are specific and fluorescent; generic pink-and-blue reads as ordinary digital colour. Keep the shapes simple — circles and arches — because riso is a flat, layered process and fine detail fills in with grain. "Imperfect ink coverage" adds the patchy density real riso prints have.
Variations to try
- Single colour — one layer of soy-based black ink only
- Three colour — pink, teal and yellow with heavier overlap
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What to do next
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Open this prompt in the Stable Diffusion builder, pre-filled, and change one layer at a time.
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Risograph Zine Spread",
"prompt": "A risograph style illustration of a zine spread, flat overlapping shapes in fluorescent pink and teal with visible grain and slight misregistration between the colour layers, a bold abstract composition of circles and arches, textured recycled paper, imperfect ink coverage, retro print aesthetic",
"negative_prompt": "photorealistic, 3d render, smooth vector, blurry, watermark, text, signature, perfect registration",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:2",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 6.5,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"abstract",
"vintage"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"illustration",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/risograph-zine-spread/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
