diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 305686f..6b5fa27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 /paper/
 
+# rendered figure outputs (PDFs/PNGs at repo root from figure-generation runs)
+/unified_figures_*/
+/janus_figures_*/
+
 *.tmp