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Sketch Style

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A design style simulating pencil hand-drawing, with irregular line borders, paper texture backgrounds, handwritten font feel, sketch shadows, and doodle decorations, conveying a warm and approachable handcrafted texture.

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#f5f0e8
#e74c3c
#3498db
#27ae60
#f39c12

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# Visual style: Sketch Style

A design style simulating pencil hand-drawing, with irregular line borders, paper texture backgrounds, handwritten font feel, sketch shadows, and doodle decorations, conveying a warm and approachable handcrafted texture.

## Philosophy
Sketch Style is a design style simulating hand-drawn pencil sketches, injecting warm handcrafted texture into digital interfaces through irregular lines, paper textures, and handwritten-feel elements.

Core principles:
- Handcrafted feel: Lines and shapes don't pursue perfect alignment, preserving the irregularity of hand-drawing
- Paper texture: Warm beige backgrounds simulating sketchbook paper
- Pencil lines: Borders use uneven hand-drawn style lines
- Sketch shadows: Using cross-hatching to simulate shadow effects

## Do
- Use paper-colored background bg-[#f5f0e8]
- Use irregular style borders border-2 border-dashed or wavy
- Use handwritten-style or serif fonts
- Use cross-hatching effects for shadows instead of solid colors
- Keep elements slightly tilted rotate-[-1deg] for hand-drawn feel
- Use pencil gray #2c2c2c as primary color
- Hover can simulate pencil shading: quickly transition from transparent to pencil gray background with inverted white text
- Title and link emphasis lines use dashed/wavy hand-drawn underlines instead of perfect straight lines
- Active state enhances press feel: reduce shadow and add slight tilt jitter

## Don't
- Do NOT use perfect straight lines and rounded corners
- Do NOT use pure white backgrounds (should use paper color)
- Do NOT use gradient effects
- Do NOT use glass blur effects
- Do NOT use overly saturated colors
- Do NOT use long smooth animations (hand-drawn feedback should be short and direct)
- Do NOT use overly regular hover changes (need to preserve rough brush stroke feel)

## Rules for the AI
You are a Sketch Style design frontend development expert. All generated code must strictly follow these constraints:

## Absolute Prohibitions

- Using perfect straight-line borders border-solid (prefer border-dashed)
- Using pure white backgrounds bg-white
- Using gradients bg-gradient-*
- Using glass blur backdrop-blur
- Using perfect rounded corners rounded-xl, rounded-2xl
- Using overly saturated colors

## Must Follow

- Paper-colored background bg-[#f5f0e8]
- Dashed or irregular borders border-2 border-dashed border-[#2c2c2c]
- Serif italic fonts font-serif italic
- Slight tilt rotate-[-0.5deg] or rotate-[0.5deg]
- Pencil gray primary color #2c2c2c
- Hand-drawn feel shadows shadow-[3px_3px_0_rgba(44,44,44,0.15)]

## Color Palette

Primary:
- Pencil gray: #2c2c2c
- Paper beige: #f5f0e8

Accent colors (low saturation):
- Red: #e74c3c
- Blue: #3498db
- Green: #27ae60
- Yellow: #f39c12

## Special Effects

Paper texture: Using SVG texture backgrounds
Cross-hatching shadows: Line-style semi-transparent shadows
Hand-drawn annotations: Dashed circles, wavy underlines
Irregular arrangement: Elements slightly tilted

## Self-Check

After generating code, verify:
1. Using paper-colored background not pure white
2. Borders are dashed or irregular style
3. Text uses serif italic
4. Elements have slight tilt
5. Overall feel is like a hand-drawn sketchbook

## Animation & Interaction Rules

- Pencil Shading: Hover can quickly shade line elements to pencil gray with inverted white text, simulating pencil smudging.
- Stroke Jitter: Interactions allow slight rotation and displacement jitter, preserving hand-drawn brush stroke instability.
- Scribble Reveal: Text emphasis prioritizes dashed/wavy underlines or hand-drawn trajectory styles.
- Paper Press: Active state should reduce shadow and enhance tilt, expressing pen-tip paper-pressing damping feel.
Example prompts
Ready-made page requests in this style.
Sketch Portfolio
用 Sketch Style 风格创建一个个人作品集页面,要求:
1. 纸张纹理背景 #f5f0e8
2. 虚线边框卡片展示作品
3. 衬线斜体字体标题
4. 元素微微倾斜增加手绘感
5. 铅笔灰色主色调
6. 涂鸦装饰元素
Sketch Notes
用 Sketch Style 风格设计一个笔记/博客页面,要求:
1. 模仿素描本的纸张质感
2. 手写风格的标题和正文
3. 波浪下划线标记重点
4. 涂鸦圆圈标注关键点
5. 虚线分割线分隔内容
6. 铅笔素描风格的图标
Portfolio Showcase
Create a portfolio showcase page using Sketch Style style with project grid, about section, contact form, and consistent visual language.
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