Ukiyo-e Style Models AI Generator
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Flux 2 Pro returned the most complete woodblock print, including the paper margin and the seal. We sent one ukiyo-e ramen prompt to three image models on August 26, 2026 and looked at how much of the printing process survived in each file. Flux 2 Pro cost 1.5 credits and took 23 seconds. Seedream 5 Lite cost 1 credit, took 45 seconds, and gave the flattest colour and the best paper grain at 2048 by 2048. QWEN Image 2.0 cost 1 credit and took 26 seconds, and it is a beautiful image, but it is brush and wash illustration on aged paper rather than a print pulled off a block.
Side-by-side, same prompt
Every model below ran the identical prompt on PixelDojo so the outputs are directly comparable: “An ukiyo-e woodblock print of a steaming bowl of ramen with a soft egg, scallions and chili oil on a dark lacquer table, flat color blocks, bold black outlines, visible woodgrain and paper texture”
Flux 2 Pro
23sPrinted the paper margin, a red seal and edition marks along with the image. 1.5 credits, 23 seconds, 1008 by 1008.
Seedream 5 Lite
45sFlattest colour blocks and the coarsest paper texture, at 2048 by 2048. 1 credit, 45 seconds, the slowest run.
QWEN Image 2.0
26sGorgeous aged paper and bold outlines, but the colour is washed and blended rather than blocked. 1 credit, 26 seconds.
How much of the woodblock process survived in each file
1. Flux 2 Pro, 1.5 credits, 23 seconds
A woodblock print is a physical object, and this is the only file that behaved like one. Flux 2 Pro printed a white paper margin on all four sides of the image, put a red seal stamp in the lower left, and added faint pencil edition marks and a signature scrawl along the bottom edge, which is exactly how a print is presented. Inside the border it does the process properly too. The steam is reserved white line, meaning the paper is left uncut and shows through, rather than being painted on in grey. Colour sits in flat blocks with a black key block outline holding them. The table behind carries visible carved grain. Skip it if you need a large file, because at 1008 by 1008 it is the smallest here and you would be cropping the margin off. It also read the chilli oil as dark soy, so the red in the prompt did not arrive.
2. Seedream 5 Lite, 1 credit, 45 seconds
The most usable image of the three if you plan to crop and print it yourself. Seedream 5 Lite laid the whole frame in flat unshaded colour, with a hard black rim on the bowl and coarse paper texture running across the entire cream ground. The dark table underneath is cut through with fine white grain lines, which reads as a carved block rather than a photograph of wood. It was also the only model that produced a correct halved soft egg with a running yolk, and the scallions came out as flat green rounds with outlines rather than as painted shapes. At 2048 by 2048 it is tied for the biggest file. Skip it when you are iterating. At 45 seconds it was the slowest run in this test, nearly double Flux 2 Pro, for a file that still needs its own margin adding if you want the full print look.
3. QWEN Image 2.0, 1 credit, 26 seconds
The best picture of the three by most measures, and the least like a print. QWEN Image 2.0 gave us aged cream paper with foxing spots and a faint vertical fold, bold black contour lines around the bowl and the nori sheet, and a genuinely appetising bowl of ramen with chashu, chilli oil and noodles. What it did not do is block the colour. The pork is shaded with blended washes, the bowl glaze fades from pale to deep blue, and the steam is drawn as thin grey brush lines. That is sumi-e ink and wash, not a print pulled from carved blocks. It also made the egg a fried egg rather than the soft egg we asked for. Skip it when you specifically need the printed look, and reach for it when you want a brush illustration with an antique paper feel.
One prompt, three models, one session. Prices ran 1 to 1.5 credits. Only one file came back with the margin, the seal and the pencil edition marks a real print carries.
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A print carries its own furniture
Margin, seal, grain and reserved white line are what separate a woodblock print from an illustration in the same palette.
1 to 1.5 credits per print
Two of the three cost 1 credit. The most expensive run here was 1.5 credits at the size it returned.
Flat blocks are the tell
Blended shading inside a shape means brush and wash. Ukiyo-e colour arrives in flat unshaded fields with the key line holding them.
How It Works
How these three prints were produced:
One prompt, no settings changed
Every model received identical wording naming a woodblock print, flat colour blocks, bold black outlines and visible woodgrain and paper texture. First result kept, no retries.
A clock reading either side of each request
One before submitting, one when the file arrived. That is where 23, 26 and 45 seconds come from. The slowest run crossed the synchronous window and finished as a background job.
Judged the process, not the ramen
We opened each file and checked for flat unshaded colour, a key block outline, reserved white for the steam, paper tooth and carved grain. Those decided the order, with price and speed as the tiebreak.
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Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Ukiyo-e Style Models
Which AI model is best for ukiyo-e style?
Flux 2 Pro on this test. It was the only one that returned a print complete with paper margin, seal and reserved white line, for 1.5 credits in 23 seconds. Seedream 5 Lite is the pick if you want the largest flat colour file and will add the margin yourself.
How much does an ukiyo-e image cost?
1 credit each on Seedream 5 Lite and QWEN Image 2.0, and 1.5 credits on Flux 2 Pro at the size it returned. The full three way test cost 3.5 credits.
Which one was fastest?
Flux 2 Pro at 23 seconds, then QWEN Image 2.0 at 26 and Seedream 5 Lite at 45. Measured with clock brackets around each request on August 26, 2026, so queue load will shift them.
What is the difference between ukiyo-e and Japanese ink illustration?
A woodblock print puts colour down in flat unshaded blocks, held by a carved key line, with the untouched paper doing the work for white areas. Ink and wash blends tone inside a shape. One of our three models produced the second thing while using the same palette as the first.
How do I get the paper and grain to show up?
Ask for the material, not the mood. Our prompt named flat colour blocks, bold black outlines and visible woodgrain and paper texture. The two models that took it seriously returned coarse paper tooth and carved grain lines. The third gave us aged paper with foxing but painted the colour anyway.
Can I call these models from an API?
Yes. POST to /api/v1/models/flux-2-pro/run, /api/v1/models/seedream-5-lite/run or /api/v1/models/qwen-image-2.0/run with the same key and the same request shape.