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Papercut layers pixel art with AI
Retro sprites and scenes with a limited palette. In a papercut layers style: stacked paper shapes with soft shadows.
Prompts to start from
Each one is a pixel art subject with the papercut layers style words added: layered papercut, depth, soft shadows
pixel art village at night, layered papercut, depth, soft shadowsTry it8 bit knight sprite, layered papercut, depth, soft shadowsTry itpixel art coastal cliff with a lighthouse, layered papercut, depth, soft shadowsTry it
Settings
- Shape: square. Use 1024x1024 on standard models or 2048x2048 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
- State the colour count.
- Models approximate pixel grids, so clean up in a pixel editor.
- Ask for layers and shadows.
- Few colours read as paper.
Pick a model
| Model | Size | Per image | 10 images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluently XL | 1024x1024 | $0.010 | $0.10 | Try it |
| DreamShaper XL | 1024x1024 | $0.010 | $0.10 | Try it |
| Juggernaut Pro Flux | 1024x1024 | $0.030 | $0.30 | Try it |
| Chroma | 1024x1024 | $0.040 | $0.40 | Try it |
| Recraft V4.1 | 1024x1024 | $0.060 | $0.60 | Try it |
| Flux LoRA | 1024x1024 | $0.090 | $0.90 | Try it |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | 2048x2048 | $0.33 | $3.30 | Try it |
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