AI photo style prompts you can copy

How a good style prompt is built

Most of these prompts have the same parts. First, the action and the style: 'Repaint this photo as...'. Second, what to keep: 'Keep the face, hairstyle and expression recognizable'. Third, the style words: brush strokes, line art, halftone dots, film grain. Fourth, the light and the background. Last, the format: 'Vertical 3:4, no text, no frame'. Keeping likeness first protects the face. Ending with no text avoids stray letters.

Painting and drawing prompts

Prompt: Repaint this photo as a classical oil painting on canvas. Keep the face, hairstyle, expression and clothing recognizable. Visible brush strokes, rich warm palette, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, dark neutral background. Vertical 3:4, no text, no frame.

Prompt: Paint this photo as a loose watercolor portrait on textured cold-press paper. Keep the face, hairstyle and expression recognizable. Soft wet-on-wet washes, visible paper grain, color bleeding at the edges, white unpainted margins. Vertical 3:4, no text, no frame.

Prompt: Convert this photo into a realistic graphite pencil sketch on white drawing paper. Keep the face and expression accurate. Fine hatching and cross-hatching, soft smudged shading, subtle paper texture. Black and white only. Vertical 3:4, no text.

Prompt: Repaint this photo as an impressionist oil painting in the manner of late 19th century French painters. Keep the face and pose recognizable. Short visible brush strokes, vibrant complementary colors, dappled natural light. Vertical 3:4, no text, no frame.

Graphic and character prompts

Prompt: Turn this photo into a 1960s pop art portrait in the style of silkscreen prints. Keep the face recognizable. Flat bold colors, high contrast, halftone dots, thick black outlines, a clean single-color background. Vertical 3:4, no text.

Prompt: Convert this photo into 16-bit pixel art like a character portrait from a 1990s video game. Keep the face, hairstyle, hair color and outfit recognizable. Visible square pixels, limited palette, simple flat background. Vertical 3:4, no text.

Prompt: Redraw this photo as a high-quality anime illustration. Keep the person's face shape, hairstyle, hair color, expression and outfit recognizable. Clean line art, cel shading, soft gradient background. Vertical 3:4 portrait, no text.

Prompt: Turn this photo into a stained glass window. Keep the silhouette, hairstyle and face recognizable. Thick dark lead lines dividing the image into colored glass pieces, jewel tones, light shining through from behind. Vertical 3:4, no text.

Photo-look and card prompts

Prompt: Make this photo look like it was shot on 1970s color film. Keep the person, pose and background exactly as they are. Warm faded tones, soft contrast, visible film grain, gentle vignette. Vertical 3:4, no text, no border.

Prompt: Turn this pet photo into a cozy Christmas card scene. Keep the animal's face, fur color and markings exactly recognizable. Add a red knitted scarf, a decorated Christmas tree with warm lights in the background, soft bokeh. Vertical 3:4, no text.