# Rendering: warm-scene

Golden-hour cinematic warmth — illustrated scenes with intentional warm lighting, soft shadows, atmospheric mood. Sits between `watercolor` (more painterly) and `corporate-photo` (more realistic). Used for personal growth stories, origin stories, brand narratives, lifestyle decks.

## 1. Style paragraph (paste-ready, 100 words)

> Atmospheric scene illustration with golden-hour cinematic lighting. Forms are softly rendered — recognizable but not photo-realistic, with soft edges and intentional light direction. The scene has a clear primary light source (warm low sun, lamplight, window light) casting long soft shadows. Color palette leans warm and slightly desaturated — ambers, terracottas, cream highlights against deeper warm shadows. A subtle bloom or halo effect around the light source adds cinematic warmth. Composition follows narrative principles — foreground subject, middle ground context, atmospheric background. Overall feel is cinematic, contemplative, emotionally warm — well suited to brand story and personal narrative content.

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## 2. Line, texture, depth

| Aspect | Treatment |
|---|---|
| Line quality | Soft — forms defined by light and shadow, no hard outlines |
| Texture | Subtle painterly brush quality, optional very light film grain |
| Depth | Strong — foreground/middleground/background separation via atmospheric perspective |
| Material | Illustrated with golden-hour lighting |
| Mood | Cinematic, contemplative, warm |

## 3. Using the deck's HEX values

warm-scene reads HEX values through a **warm-graded filter**:

- Primary HEX: dominant warm tone in shadows and midground (warm-graded version of the deck's primary)
- Secondary HEX: highlight tone in the lit areas (warm cream, soft amber)
- Accent HEX: a small bright concentrated zone — sun bloom, lamp glow, key warm reflection

If the deck's primary is cool (navy, teal), warm-scene will subtly warm-grade it; if the deck's palette is already warm, the rendering reinforces it directly.

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## 4. Fewshot prompt snippets

**Snippet A — half-page personal story, text_policy: none**

> Atmospheric scene illustration with golden-hour cinematic lighting. A softly rendered figure (simplified silhouette, no detailed face) walks along a path in a warm landscape — the figure in the foreground left, the path leading to a small distant cabin in the middleground, soft warm hills in the atmospheric background. Strong golden warm light comes from the upper right (the sun near the horizon), casting long soft shadows toward the left. Sky transitions from amber `#D97706` at the horizon to soft cream `#FEF3C7` at the top. Foreground shadows in deeper warm primary `#7C2D12`. Subtle bloom around the sun. No hard outlines — forms emerge from light and shadow. Subtle film grain at 8% opacity. Composed as a 600×800 half-page block with 10% inner padding. Simplified silhouette figures only — no realistic faces. NO text or labels. Color values are rendering guidance only.