Korea Without Korean

This is #2 in my Korea city poster series: Busan, Korea's big port city on the southeast coast, drawn in the style of jogakbo, Korean patchwork. Below you'll find the full prompt, a few tips for changing it, and how to visit the four places in the poster. The poster above is AI-generated. What is jogakbo? Bojagi are traditional Korean cloths used to wrap, store or carry things. Jogakbo is a type of bojagi pieced together from small scraps of leftover fabric, often silk and ramie, in geometric blocks of color. Busan suits the style: the city is a patchwork of harbor markets, hillside villages and beaches stitched together by bridges. The full prompt Vertical 4:5 portrait travel poster of Busan, South Korea, drawn entirely as jogakbo, traditional Korean patchwork: the whole scene is composed of many small stitched fabric patches in bright varied colors (pink, teal, mustard yellow, coral red, sky blue, white) with visible stitching seams between the patches, arranged in a vintage ...

 This is the first Korean city in my AI travel poster series: Seoul, drawn in the style of minhwa, Korean folk painting. Below you'll find the full prompt, a few tips for changing it, and how to visit the real places in the poster. The poster above is AI-generated. What is minhwa? Minhwa are Korean folk paintings that ordinary households hung at home in the Joseon era. They are bright, a little humorous and full of symbols. The tiger and magpie pair is the most famous: the tiger was believed to keep bad luck away, and the magpie brings good news. Peonies stand for wealth and honor. The full prompt A 1950s-60s mid-century travel poster of SEOUL, KOREA, painted in the style of Korean minhwa folk painting. Foreground: a friendly minhwa tiger and a magpie on a pine branch, peony flowers, a pojangmacha street-food tent glowing with warm lantern light. Middle ground: Gwanghwamun Gate and Gyeongbokgung Palace roofs with dancheong patterns, Bukchon hanok rooftops. Background: Namsan with N...