Minimalist soft-toned city paper-cut illustration poster

Create a refined wide landscape travel-poster illustration of [CITY NAME].

CORE CONCEPT:  
Depict the city as a calm, elegant, highly stylized pastel paper-collage artwork that combines the city's most iconic landmark and its most recognizable transportation vehicle within a single harmonious composition.

The illustration should feel like a premium museum-quality travel poster, sophisticated editorial artwork, collectible souvenir print, and handcrafted paper diorama.

STYLE:

Minimal pastel paper-collage illustration

Layered paper-cut artwork

Flat geometric color shapes

Clean silhouettes

Subtle 3D paper relief

Soft tactile paper texture

Gentle cut-paper shadows

Visible paper grain

Matte gouache poster finish

No photorealism

No realistic rendering

No CGI

No glossy materials

No excessive detail

COMPOSITION:

Wide horizontal format.

Large open sky occupying approximately 40--50% of the image.

Clear foreground, midground, and background separation.

Balanced negative space.

Relaxed, airy composition.

Never overcrowded.

FOREGROUND:

Place [ICONIC VEHICLE] as the main foreground subject.

The vehicle should occupy approximately 25--35% of the composition.

The vehicle must be simplified into elegant paper-cut forms while remaining instantly recognizable.

Surround with a small selection of:

• flower planters  
• benches  
• tiny pedestrians  
• cyclists  
• street lamps  
• local urban details

MIDGROUND:

Create a simplified city scene using:

[LOCAL ARCHITECTURE]

[LOCAL STREETSCAPE]

[LOCAL PARKS OR WATERFRONT]

[LOCAL CULTURAL DETAILS]

Keep forms simplified and graphic.

BACKGROUND:

Feature layered paper-cut silhouettes of:

[PRIMARY LANDMARK]

[SECONDARY LANDMARKS]

The skyline should gradually fade into soft atmospheric layers.

Use only simplified landmark forms that remain instantly recognizable.

SKY:

Large calm pastel sky.

2--5 simple paper clouds.

Small paper birds.

Generous breathing room.

Never busy.

COLOR PALETTE:

Soft sky blue

Warm cream

Light beige

Pale stone gray

Muted sage green

Powder mint

Dusty coral

Soft peach

Off-white

Plus one city-specific accent color:

[ACCENT COLOR]

LIGHTING:

Bright soft morning daylight.

Gentle ambient illumination.

Soft shadows.

Clean atmosphere.

Warm optimistic mood.

TYPOGRAPHY:

Upper-left corner:

[CITY NAME]

Below:

[LOCAL LANGUAGE NAME] · [ENGLISH NAME]

Small subtitle:

[CITY TAGLINE]

Use white geometric sans-serif typography with wide letter spacing.

Minimal and elegant.

MOOD:

Dreamy

Collectible

Cultured

Optimistic

Quietly sophisticated

Travel-inspired

Modern

Whimsical

Refined

AVOID:

Photorealism

Over-detailed architecture

Heavy outlines

Crowded scenes

Readable advertisements

Brand logos

Watermarks

Neon colors

Cyberpunk aesthetics

Dark lighting

Messy compositions

FINAL RESULT:

A refined pastel paper-collage city poster featuring [ICONIC VEHICLE] and [PRIMARY LANDMARK] as the two primary visual anchors, using tactile paper textures, clean geometric layering, generous negative space, and a sophisticated modern travel-illustration aesthetic.