Monocolor Editorial Print — style skill for style references
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Turns a theme, object or photo into an original one-ink or controlled two-ink editorial print: posters, zines, packaging, portraits, halftone on warm paper.
- Type: Style · Style references
- Slug:
mono-color-print - Status: live
- Publisher: Yan Liu (community)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/yanliudesign/mono-color-skill
- Works in: Claude Code
- Requires: an image model
- Adoption: 3,576 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-11-02)
What it does
Defaults to two-ink (one dominant plate, one narrow accent plate); explicit one-ink requests honoured. Rebuilds each composition around subject, intent and words rather than copying a reference; documented twelve-image research set with attribution notes.
Use when
- poster, zine or packaging art with a print look
- brand campaigns that need a restrained two-colour system
- halftone editorial covers
Not for
- photoreal product shots
- full-colour illustration
Install
- Claude Code:
git clone https://github.com/yanliudesign/mono-color-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/mono-color - Any agent, with the vargai CLI:
vargai install mono-color-print
Models it drives: gpt_image_2_5, nano_banana_2_1
Example output
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yanliudesign/mono-color-skill/main/examples/example-cycling.png — A two-ink print made with the skill (README example) (credit: Yan Liu (README), https://github.com/yanliudesign/mono-color-skill)
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Run the generation on varg
varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.
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