Here’s how to quickly and easily change image styles with AI. Shutterstock’s generator has 98 unique AI image styles to apply to your content in a click.
Imagine creating a watercolor masterpiece in just a click . . . or having your own 3D character come to life in seconds. With Shutterstock’s generative AI, you can apply dozens of AI image styles to your photos in one simple click.
Whether you’ve tried creating AI art before or have yet to explore it, applying new art styles to your generated images is easy. All you have to do is type in a descriptive image prompt, such as “view of the New York skyline.” Then apply any available AI image style to lend a unique look to your image results.
For example, if you apply the 3D Neon image style, your resulting images will be bright and bold.
There are many more styles you can choose from, such as:
- Indoor photography settings
- Outdoor photography settings
- Splatter paint
- Edgy street art
- And several genres like pop art
As with other Shutterstock images, you can license your AI-generated content to use in commercial or personal projects. Try it yourself by clicking the button below . . . or read on to take a look at some of the most loved AI image styles!
Top AI Image Styles You Can Use Right Now
When using Shutterstock’s AI image generator, there are five main style categories to choose from. You will see each category on display under the generator’s text field.
They are:
- Photo
- Art
- Digital
- 3D
- Scene
Simply click on any of these five style categories, and they will expand to show several specific styles that fall under them. While there are many to choose from, we’ve rounded up some of the most popular and useful image styles.
Learn more about them below. . . .
1. Outdoor Photo
The Outdoor style allows you to generate images that look as if they’re photos set outside. Enhance your images with visuals inspired by natural surroundings.
This filter allows you to showcase a person, object, or other subject in an open, outdoor setting, with just a click.
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2. Indoor Photo
Often, indoor photography can be used to create product mock-ups or simple shots, such as “plain coffee cup on table.” This AI image style places your generated content within this sort of setting.
Its outputs are perfect to enhance project proposals or product shoots.
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3. Advertising Testimonial
Put an illustrated face to the testimonial. Try out this AI art style to generate illustration-esque images of people with plain backgrounds.
These client testimonial images can be accompanied by quotes and used to promote products and services.
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5. Pop Art
Just like the artistic genre made popular in the 1960s, the pop art AI art style incorporates bright colors, strong contrasts, and bold shapes in your images.
It can make your images look cartoonish and fun, as they call to whimsical styles inspired by Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, and Keith Haring.
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6. Street Art
Of course, this AI art style is inspired by urban culture and graffiti. Get an airbrushed, spray-painted look to anything you type into the image generator.
You’ll see bright and dark streaks of color, speckled paint residue, and your main subject graffitied right in the center of your creation.
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7. Cartoon
Exaggerated features, big bright eyes, and thick character outlines are all familiar features of cartoons. Users of the AI image generator can apply this illustration technique to their creations by applying the cartoon style under the Art section.
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8. Splatter Paint
Splatters and drips of multicolored paint will adorn your AI art when you apply the splatter paint style.
This style brings a jolt of energy and spontaneity to your images, with vibrant splashes of color that mimic exactly what the filter is named after.
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9. Blog Illustration
If you can’t find the right stock image for your blog post, the blog illustration style can help. Generate minimalist-inspired illustrations that are perfect to complement blogs or use as icons.
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10. Minimal Line Art
Modern and minimalist, imagine if you could illustrate your artwork with a simple line or two. This AI art style makes that idea a reality.
Minimalist line art illustrations are generated in muted colors and continuous, fluid lines to match the ever-trendy minimalist aesthetic.
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11. Animated Character
Create cute, 3D animated character illustrations in a snap! Applying this AI art style can render results that look inspired by the likes of 3D animated classics like Toy Story or Despicable Me.
Toy around with this style to get inspiration for mascots, avatars, or characters in your own content.
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12. Neon
Inject a bit of cyperpunk style into your AI generated art.
With high contrasts between dark and neon colors, this AI art style creates fun neon illustrations that are bold enough to captivate your followers, readers, or potential customers.
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13. Country Living
You can also generate entire scenes around your subject matter! When applying this particular style, your resulting images will be rustic, rural, and cozy.
AI builds out a country-life-inspired setting within your images, delivering perfectly picturesque images that embody the Cottagecore aesthetic.
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14. City Kitchen
Let’s take a 180 from the Cottagecore look and go for something more urban. This AI image style renders content that depicts modern, urban kitchen designs.
Think of these designs as IKEA-esquse. These scenes are characterized by Scandinavian-inspired neutral colors, clean lines, and minimalist furniture.
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15. Future Tokyo
Insert your image contents right into their own custom anime! Similar to the neon cyberpunk vibes we described earlier, this neo-Tokyo filter brings a sci-fi effect to your content.
Urban landscapes and neon colors bring any generated content to life in a bold futuristic cityscape.
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Try Out New AI Image Styles Today
With Shutterstock’s AI image generator, you can create and license AI art that perfectly fits your needs. With 98 different styles to choose from, you can generate anything at the speed of your imagination.
Toy around with this new technology at the link below, and use your AI generated images for your personal or commercial projects.
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