Graphite Sketch with Selective Color Book Cover

Hyper-realistic pencil illustration — graphite charcoal figures on textured off-white paper, with one selective color element that makes the whole composition pop. Distinctive, premium, and immediately recognizable as a cover style.

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hyper-realistic pencil sketch illustration style book cover, [Black man with locs flanked by two women / Black man and woman in profile facing each other / two women standing back to back], graphite charcoal drawing technique with photorealistic detail, textured off-white paper background with faint background sketch swirl lines, selective color accent: [gold hoop earrings catching light / glowing gold chain necklace / single blood-red rose in one hand / golden light sparks floating around figures], all remaining elements fully grayscale charcoal, dramatic intense expressions on faces, fine art illustration aesthetic, no photographic elements --ar 2:3 --style raw --stylize 150

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Tips:
• The selective color rule is what defines this style: keep 95% grayscale, let exactly one element bleed into full color — earrings, a rose, fire, a glowing phone screen, neon text, or lit eyes
• Love triangle: "man in center with intense direct gaze at camera, two women leaning in from left and right, one with eyes open one with eyes closed"
• Rivals: "two women with backs nearly touching, each looking in opposite directions, tension in their posture"
• Add "gold particle light sparks and dust floating around the figures" to get a supernatural, spiritual, or magical edge without breaking the charcoal aesthetic
• Title text over this style: red script + gold metallic caps is the most on-genre and readable combination
• If the result skews too photographic, push --stylize to 180-250; if it reads as literal cartoon, pull back to 100