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Pixel art book covers with AI
Portrait cover art with room for a title block and author name. In a pixel art style: low resolution sprites and scenes.
Prompts to start from
Each one is a book covers subject with the pixel art style words added: pixel art, 16 bit, limited palette
a lighthouse on a storm cliff, pixel art, 16 bit, limited paletteTry ita mossy forest door half open with light inside, pixel art, 16 bit, limited paletteTry itminimal geometric cover in navy and gold, pixel art, 16 bit, limited paletteTry it
Settings
- Shape: tall 9:16. Use 576x1024 on standard models or 1152x2048 on the 2K model.
- Cheapest way to try it: Fluently XL at $0.010 an image, so $0.10 for ten.
- New accounts get 3 free images a day on the cheaper models.
Tips
- Reserve a clear band for the title.
- Pick one strong subject. Busy covers fail as thumbnails.
- State the palette size.
- Clean up the grid in a pixel editor.
Pick a model
| Model | Size | Per image | 10 images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluently XL | 576x1024 | $0.010 | $0.10 | Try it |
| DreamShaper XL | 576x1024 | $0.010 | $0.10 | Try it |
| Juggernaut Pro Flux | 576x1024 | $0.030 | $0.30 | Try it |
| Chroma | 576x1024 | $0.040 | $0.40 | Try it |
| Recraft V4.1 | 576x1024 | $0.060 | $0.60 | Try it |
| Flux LoRA | 576x1024 | $0.090 | $0.90 | Try it |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | 1152x2048 | $0.33 | $3.30 | Try it |
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