JimLiu-baoyu-skills/skills/baoyu-cover-image/references/renderings/flat-vector.md

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flat-vector

Clean, modern, geometric illustration

Core Characteristics

Flat design with clean outlines, uniform fills, and no texture or depth. Think modern app icons, infographic illustrations, and vector-based editorial art.

Lines

  • Clean outlines with uniform stroke weight
  • Closed shapes (coloring-book style)
  • Rounded line endings, avoid sharp corners
  • Consistent stroke width throughout

Texture

  • None: smooth, flat color fills only
  • No gradients, shadows, or noise
  • Solid color blocks

Depth

  • Flat: no shadows, no perspective
  • 2D layering with overlap for depth illusion
  • Optional 2.5D isometric layering (front/back occlusion, no atmospheric perspective)
  • No 3D effects or bevels

Element Vocabulary

  • Geometric icons and simple shapes
  • Bold outlined objects with clean fills
  • Geometric simplification: complex objects → basic shapes (trees → lollipop/triangle, buildings → rectangles)
  • "Toy model" aesthetic: cute, rounded proportions
  • Decorative: dots, lines, sunbursts, pill-shaped clouds, small stars
  • Isolated elements on clean backgrounds

Typography Approach

  • Clean sans-serif or bold geometric lettering
  • Strong readability, consistent weight
  • Easily scalable at any size