Put the cover under the lamp. Each of the five things that made it work is a layer you can switch on: the words, the grid it sits on, the colours it uses, the subject, the light.
栃木県闇バイト強盗殺人事件. Use the real case location and case name as large headline text to create a strong sense of crisis that makes people stop and read.
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Posted by あおい みゆ@japan_miyu_ on WeChat cover, 18 May 2026. Shown with credit and a link back.
Keep all five layers and swap what’s under them: your shop, your budget, your city. You get four covers and the post text.
Verbatim. Copy it, or let Queenie swap in your own details.
Please generate a new horizontal WeChat public-account cover based on the reference cover's composition, visual metaphor, and readability as a WeChat thumbnail. Output size: 1456x582, aspect ratio about 2.5:1; the core subject and necessary title information should also work within WeChat's safe square crop. Article title: {enter WeChat article title} Summary: {enter summary} Original cover method: Tochigi Prefecture Robbery-Murder Case: 4 Teenagers and a Pair of 'Mentor' Couple Arrested in 'Dark Part-Time Job' Case style dual skill Create a horizontal WeChat public-account article cover, 2.35:1 aspect ratio, for an article titled "Tochigi Prefecture Robbery-Murder Case: 4 Teenagers and a Pair of 'Mentor' Couple Arrested in 'Dark Part-Time Job' Case". Central concept: distill a single visual metaphor around "Tochigi Prefecture robbery-murder case 4 teenagers and...", avoiding cramming all the article information into the image. Style: preserve the reference cover's visual direction: dark high-contrast cinematic / allegorical cover. Use a palette inspired by #111727 (charcoal), #97070a (red), #4ca3d2 (blue), #130a12 (black). Keep the image editorial, conceptual, and readable as a small WeChat thumbnail. Composition: the image is information-dense, so use a central subject with supporting information on the left and right, keeping the thumbnail readable. Keep the main subject and any essential title text inside the safe square crop, while using the full wide frame for atmosphere, secondary symbols, or directional motion. Text strategy: use either no text or a very short headline fragment from the title. If text is used, make it large, clean, and integrated into the layout rather than pasted on top. Mood: match the article skill "Tochigi Prefecture robbery-murder case 4 teenagers and a mentor couple due to dark... style dual skill" -- useful, sharp, high-signal, and slightly more memorable than a normal tutorial thumbnail. Avoid: photorealistic clutter unless the source cover is photo-led, fake logos, unreadable tiny text, generic gradient blobs, stock-office imagery, watermark-like marks, and literal screenshots unless the article is explicitly about software interfaces.
