Art for a wall when you don't have a photo
You don't need a photograph to end up with something on the wall. Describe what you want, choose the shape the space needs, and it's made to order — which is the opposite of how buying art usually works.
Start with the shape, not the picture
This is the part worth getting right first, and it's backwards from how most people approach it.
A photograph comes in whatever shape it was taken in, and you spend the rest of the process working around that — cropping it, finding a frame that fits, settling for a size that isn't quite what the wall wanted.
Here the shape is a decision you make at the start. A hallway wants something tall. The space above a sofa wants something wide. An alcove wants a square. Pick that first, and everything you describe afterwards is composed to fill it. There are five to choose from: square, landscape, widescreen, portrait and tall.
This is what Create is for
Create makes a picture from a written description — no photo involved at any point.
It's the one tool in the studio that starts from nothing, which makes it the right one for a wall you have plans for and no material to fill them with.
You don't have to be good at describing things
Most people stall here, and they don't need to.
There’s a built-in prompt improver, and it costs nothing to use. Put in the plain version — "a fox in the snow" — and it offers a fuller one back, with the light, the setting and the detail filled in. Both stay on screen and you choose which to use, and if your description was already good it says so and leaves it alone.
It's also the fastest way to learn what a strong description looks like, because you can see the difference between yours and the one that came back.
The style buttons are a shortcut, not a limit
Six buttons cover the common ground: photorealistic, oil painting, watercolour, 3D render, pencil sketch and anime. One per run, and none of them compulsory.
You can also just write the look you want. Ask for a 1950s travel poster, a stained-glass window, a botanical illustration or Van Gogh's brushwork with Picasso's shapes, and it will have a go. The buttons are there for when you'd rather not think about it; the box is there for when you would.
One thing to avoid: if you've pressed the watercolour button, don't also ask for watercolour in your description. The button is already adding those words, and saying it twice pushes the result further that way than you meant.
Then size it and print it
Once you have the picture, what size canvas goes above a sofa covers how big, and canvas, metal or poster covers what to print it on — worth reading before you commit, because a graphic style and a painterly one want different surfaces.
For a large print, run it through Enhance last to unlock the bigger sizes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I put above a sofa, or in a hallway?
Match the shape to the space first — widescreen above a sofa, tall for a hallway or a staircase — then decide the subject. Getting the proportion right does more for a room than the subject does.
Can I match it to the colours in my room?
Yes, and it’s worth being specific. Name the colours in your description rather than describing the mood: "muted greens and warm ochre" gets you closer than "calm and natural".
Can I get a set of two or three that go together?
Run the same description with one thing changed each time — a different season, a different time of day, the same landscape from another angle — and keep the ones that sit together. They're generated independently, so the consistency comes from how you describe them.
Can I make somewhere I remember but never photographed?
That's one of the better uses for it. Describe the place as you remember it and adjust until it matches — you're not limited to one attempt, and each run is a new picture rather than a replacement.
Will it be obvious it was made this way?
It depends far more on the style than the tool. A painterly or illustrated style reads as artwork, which is what it is. A photorealistic one invites closer inspection, so it is the harder ask of the two.
What does it cost?
Create is charged per run, and the prompt improver is free. Current costs for every tool are on the pricing page.