# Ebru Marbling

> Clear liquid-film color bands interweave into combed feathers and nested waves, with flowing edges turning continuously along the forms.

[Web page](https://aistylebook.com/image/ebru-marbling/)

## About this style

Films of color turn along the forms, combed into feather patterns and nested waves. Their edges stay distinct yet fluid, giving each region a unique floating trajectory.

Ebru transfers patterns formed by moving color on a liquid surface.

A tool drawn through layered floating colors can leave nested featherlike turns that preserve the continuity of that motion.

### How the style changes different subjects

- **Portrait**: Flowing color veins merge skin, hair and clothing into a more abstract figure.

- **Landscape**: Water, sky and clouds become swirling patterns with fluid rather than fixed depth.

- **Object**: Dragged color bands disrupt material boundaries and emphasize curves.

**Subjects**: Choose water, clouds, flowers, curved objects or simple profiles with enough silhouette to anchor flowing patterns.

### Transferring floating patterns

Ebru is the Turkish art of marbling, in which color forms patterns on a liquid surface before being transferred to paper.

## Visual keywords

liquid color films · combed feathers · nested waves · water-surface transfer · flowing edges · clear fields

## Names and related terms

Turkish marbling · Ebru paper marbling

## Style examples

- [Portrait](https://img.aistylebook.com/reference-assets/20130-img_large.avif?v=723751c97ff3177f)

- [Landscape](https://img.aistylebook.com/reference-assets/20131-img_large.avif?v=2f09d02247ea5e16)

- [Object](https://img.aistylebook.com/object-assets/80130-large.avif?v=64b635347b86385e)

## Reusable style prompt

```text
Reconstruct the image through controlled figurative ebru marbling. Let floating pigment films form fine combed feather trails, nested ripples and sinuous branching edges that follow existing forms. Keep turquoise, ochre, rose and deep ink films clearly separated, turning restrained eddies with volume. Preserve the thin, softly lustrous quality of a paper transfer. Build values from band width and layered liquid contours, integrating every detail into the flowing pattern.
```

## Photo creation and prompts

Photo generation requires an account and credits; the cost is shown before generation.

[Create with this style](https://aistylebook.com/photo.html?style=20130&lang=en#studio)

## Related styles

- [Decalcomania Picture](https://aistylebook.com/image/decalcomania-picture/): Both arise from wet color, while decalcomania creates branches rather than combed bands.

- [Batik Painting](https://aistylebook.com/image/batik-painting/): Both have organic color boundaries, while batik controls them through resist.

- [Reaction-Diffusion Image](https://aistylebook.com/image/reaction-diffusion-image/): Both use continuous organic patterns, while reaction-diffusion centers on self-organized spots and stripes.

## References

- [UNESCO: Ebru, Turkish art of marbling](https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/ebru-turkish-art-of-marbling-00644)