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Pixel art fantasy illustration with AI
Castles, creatures and quests in a painted style. In a pixel art style: low resolution sprites and scenes.
Prompts to start from
Each one is a fantasy illustration subject with the pixel art style words added: pixel art, 16 bit, limited palette
a castle on a floating island at sunrise, pixel art, 16 bit, limited paletteTry ita dragon asleep on a hoard in a cavern, pixel art, 16 bit, limited paletteTry itan elven city built into giant trees, pixel art, 16 bit, limited paletteTry it
Settings
- Shape: landscape 4:3. Use 1024x768 on standard models or 2048x1536 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
- Painterly and oil looks avoid a plastic feel.
- Describe the light source.
- State the palette size.
- Clean up the grid in a pixel editor.
Pick a model
| Model | Size | Per image | 10 images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluently XL | 1024x768 | $0.010 | $0.10 | Try it |
| DreamShaper XL | 1024x768 | $0.010 | $0.10 | Try it |
| Juggernaut Pro Flux | 1024x768 | $0.030 | $0.30 | Try it |
| Chroma | 1024x768 | $0.040 | $0.40 | Try it |
| Recraft V4.1 | 1024x768 | $0.060 | $0.60 | Try it |
| Flux LoRA | 1024x768 | $0.090 | $0.90 | Try it |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | 2048x1536 | $0.33 | $3.30 | Try it |
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