Styles

Ideogram Styles helps you create visually consistent and appealing images quickly from a simple prompt. Choose from a curated library of ready‑made styles, or upload up to three reference images to design your own custom style. Reuse your styles anytime to keep your creations cohesive and polished.

Using Styles

To generate with a style:

1. Click Style in the prompt box. (The word may vary depending on the currently selected style, such as General, Realistic, or Design.)

1. Select a preset from the list or create a custom style.

1. Enter your prompt as usual and adjust other options if needed.

2. Click Generate.

Available Modes

• Auto – The AI analyzes your prompt and automatically selects the most suitable style.

• General – Best for most prompts, especially abstract art, sketches, and digital illustrations.

• Realistic – Designed to produce lifelike, photorealistic images.

• Design – Ideal for graphic design work like logos, posters, and flyers.

Style Presets

• Explore – Select a style from a curated library of popular aesthetics.

• Recent – Reuse a style from your most recently used styles.

• My styles – Choose one of the styles you previously created.

• Quick reference – Upload or select up to three images to define a temporary custom style.

Examples

Here are some examples of the style presets used to reimagine Grant Wood’s American Gothic using the exact same prompt for each style.

Prompt:

A stern couple in front of a white church with a Gothic-style window. The woman wears a brown polka-dotted dress with a white lace collar and a large brown brooch, while the man holds a pitchfork and wears a black suit with a light blue shirt, white collar, and round wire-rimmed glasses. The church's white exterior features vertical siding, and the background includes green trees and a red barn.

Creating Your Own Style

In addition to using preset styles, you can also create your own custom styles to achieve a personalized aesthetic.

How to create a style:

1. Click Style in the prompt box.

2. Open the My styles tab.

3. Click Create new style

4. Upload or select up to three images to use as style references.

5. Name your style and click Create.

Your custom style will appear under My Styles and can be reused in any prompt.

Combine Styles With Other Features

Ideogram Styles becomes even more powerful when combined with other features:

• Describe: Generate prompts from existing images and apply a style to them.

• Remix: Reimagine existing images with a chosen style.

• Character: Maintain a consistent subject across different aesthetics.

• Color Palette: Match your prompt to a specific mood or tone.

Describe + Styles

Use Describe to generate detailed text prompts from existing images, then apply a style to create a fresh version.

Example using the image below:

Original Describe prompt:

A dynamic indoor photograph of a young man playing an electric guitar with intense emotion. The musician wears a burgundy red hoodie and light blue jeans, displaying an enthusiastic expression with eyes closed and mouth open in a passionate singing pose. He holds a cream-colored Fender electric guitar with a black pickguard. The setting features a dark green wall with two black and white framed photographs visible in the background. A brown leather couch is partially visible in the lower portion of the frame. The lighting creates a warm, indoor atmosphere, highlighting the musician's features and the guitar's cream finish. The composition captures a moment of musical expression, with the subject positioned slightly left of center in the frame.

Strikethrough words and sentences, of stylistic nature, were removed or replaced to optimize how the AI interprets and applies Styles. Additionally, any words highlighted in green — which indicated the colors of elements in the image — have also been removed.

Describe adjusted prompt:

A dynamic image of a young man playing an electric guitar with intense emotion. The musician wears a hoodie and jeans, displaying an enthusiastic expression with eyes closed and mouth open in a passionate singing pose. He holds a Fender electric guitar with a pickguard. The setting features a wall with two black and white framed photographs visible in the background. A leather couch is partially visible in the lower portion of the frame.

Remix + Styles

Use Remix with Styles to bring new life to existing images while preserving their structure. This method usually matches the composition better than using Describe alone.

• Higher remix weight → Keeps composition closer to the original.

• Lower remix weight → Leans more heavily into the chosen style.

Example using Remix with a weight of 60% with the same original image and same Describe adjusted prompt:

Character + Styles

Combine Character with Style to maintain a consistent subject across multiple images while experimenting with different looks and aesthetics. Perfect for creating variations while maintaining consistency

Example using the same adjusted prompt with a Character reference:

Color Palette + Styles

Pair Styles with Color palette to influence the overall tone and mood of your image. When a palette is applied, the selected colors are incorporated while maintaining the style visual identity.

The examples below show the color palette used in the lower-left corner of the images: