Written by Mo Kahn on
March 8, 2025
Creativity doesn’t come easy, but as AI art platforms become powerful and readily accessible, you can access different art styles. With the expansion of these styles, you can overcome creative blocks, gain new perspectives, and supercharge your creations.
Our blog explores the top 10 AI art styles, each with an example, to help you explore new ways of creating art with AI. We’ve also included our top 3 AI art generators.
As a bonus, we’ve outlined the steps to create your first AI art with starryai and how to customize your AI image results.
Read on for specifics on what each style and the results look like.
Got only a minute?
Check out our top 10 AI art style list (we’ll discuss these in detail later in the blog):
Whether you’re an artist looking to expand your AI art creation or want to experiment with diverse artistic styles, starryai has got you covered. With over 1000+ styles and customization options, you can unleash your inner artist.
Discover our AI art styles to create your own personalized AI artwork.
Check out the top 3 upsides of mastering different AI art styles:
Understanding different AI art styles will help you learn about the tool’s capabilities. You can then stretch your imagination to go beyond those set boundaries and create unique, one-of-a-kind art pieces.
You can then easily modify your AI images by choosing styles with different colors, patterns, and compositions.
When you understand the various AI art styles, you can recommend them based on a client’s taste and preference.
Ultimately, you can generate immersive, personalized artistic work tailored to your clients.
If you know about the multiple AI art styles available, you can use them to spark your imagination when you are struggling with a creative block.
Combining your artistic skills and the knowledge of AI styles can give you endless possibilities for creating your masterpieces.
AI art styles are techniques AI tools use to produce diverse images and achieve the desired final photos.
AI art styles can refer to the following:
Want inspiration to help you unleash your creativity?
Here, you’ll find 3 different AI art pieces generated using the best AI prompts and distinct art styles, from papercut to Luna photo.
Prompt: A cat wearing sunglasses by the pool
Style: Vector Black and White
Prompt: A snail
Style: Papercut
Prompt: A floating island in the shape of a sleeping green scenery woman, her hair should be a transparent flowing ocean, double exposure
Style: Luna Photo
Tip: Peek into our Discord community, and you’ll be wowed by the surprisingly unique AI-generated images that use different art styles.
While there are many AI art styles, let's look at 10 of the most popular ones:
Want to produce expressive AI art?
Abstract art uses shapes, colors, and forms to achieve its effects. It includes expressionism and abstract photography.
You can create abstract self-portraits that capture emotions, experiences, and feelings.
Cubism is another abstract art style characterized by dividing items into geometric shapes representing multiple viewpoints.
Consider the modern AI art style to emphasize new techniques and subjective experience.
The pop art style is excellent if you want to showcase everyday objects and people in popular culture. It often uses bright colors and contrasts.
Do you prefer the appearance of traditional oil art?
Oil paintings in the AI style are traditional art that mimics visible brushstrokes and vibrant, rich colors. This style uses pencils, clay, and oil paints to recreate traditional oil art.
With this futuristic architectural style, you can combine your imaginative vision of architectural technology with AI art.
This style can enhance your workflow and generate mockups and stunning architectural concept ideas.
With this style, you can transform your ideas into cartoon characters and illustrations. Often humorous and exaggerated, cartoon art represents objects in an unrealistic and humorous manner.
Another standout style is Ink Punk, which has exceptional contrast and a clear, inked interpretation of your idea. This style is less sleek and raw, symbolizing hand-drawn sketchy strokes that bring out an unfinished look.
This style usually shows your AI art on cut, folded, layered, and glued 2D or 3D paper.
Want your AI art to resemble early video games? With the pixel AI art style, you can achieve the retro aesthetic with grids of colored squares.
This style showcases the art style used in Japanese animation (anime) and Japanese comics (manga). It bends expressive, vibrant characters and colorful plots.
The characters can also be drawn in cartoonish form.
Note: Play around with these styles to get the best possible artwork.
What AI art software should you choose?
Here are our top 3 leading AI art platforms available today:
starryai is an AI software that uses sophisticated technology (Altair and Orion) to generate everything, from avatars to NFT AI art.
Here’s why our tool stands out:
What to see all our features in action? Experience the magic using our text-to-image generator!
Created by OpenAI and integrated with ChatGPT, DALL·E produces images from text inputs. Some of its features include:
👎However, unlike starryai, which is beginner-friendly, DALL·E has a complex interface and lacks a mobile app.
NightCafe is another AI art tool that uses various AI algorithms to generate art.
👎However, unlike starryai, which comes with an iOS and Android mobile app, NightCafe is web-based. Besides, it has a steeper learning curve.
While the exact steps of creating AI art may vary between platforms, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of how to use our AI art generator:
For example, Freesia flower watercolor painting
Our tool allows you to choose from over 1000+ styles, including:
▪️Anime
▪️Luna 3D
▪️Luna Flux
▪️Pixel Art
▪️Colorful Cartoon
You can also choose from our canvas sizes and optimize your artwork for platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
▪️Portrait (4:5)
▪️Square (1:1)
▪️Landscape (4:3)
▪️Mobile portrait (9:16)
▪️Wide (5:3)
Usually, our AI art maker generates at least four AI artworks.
Want to make your AI art stand out as unique and exclusive?
Here are the 4 steps to personalize your style outputs:
The first step to customize your final artwork is choosing a style, whether you prefer cartoon, abstract, or realism. Consider the colors and textures within your chosen style to ensure all the elements complement the overall look and feel of the generated artwork.
You can personalize your art outputs by tweaking specific elements, such as hues and tones. Explore different settings to create AI art that reflects your taste and style.
For instance, starryai lets you adapt your Canvas size from 4:5, 1:1, 4:3, 9:16, and 5:3. You can also use different seed numbers to produce AI art in distinct variations.
Be ready to adjust and re-run your prompt when you get unexpected outcomes. For image prompts, specify the unwanted details you want to exclude to bring you closer to generating your desired output.
You can blend AI capabilities with human intuition to create captivating AI art pieces. Add a personal touch by applying your judgment (and creativity) to refine your artwork.
Got questions about different AI art styles? We have answers.
The best AI prompts for AI art:
An example of the best AI prompt is a majestic, ancient dragon curling around the mountain peak. The dragon’s eyes glow with an intense, wise gaze, and the sky behind it has swirling storm clouds. The art should convey power and mystery, with dramatic lighting highlighting the creature’s massive form.
Yes, AI tools can mimic famous AI styles with high accuracy.
For example, starryai is trained on vast datasets, including art styles like Van Gogh and Picasso, allowing you to modernize traditional art masterpieces.
However, AI can’t capture the artists’ feelings and perspectives.
No😐.
Currently, U.S. laws state that AI artworks cannot be copyrighted because AI isn’t human and doesn’t meet the legal measures for copyright protection.
Therefore, AI is part of the public domain — anyone can sell, modify, or use AI art without seeking permission from the original creator.
Now that we have explored AI styles like oil paintings, anime, and abstract, you can use them to generate stunning artwork in minutes. Follow our tips to customize your AI art generations and ensure your dream art comes to life.
Want an easy and exciting process of creating AI artwork?
With starryai, you can explore over 1000 styles to customize your creations. Our tool has advanced features like an image upscaler and background remover to help you create truly memorable art.
Get arty with starryai and discover endless possibilities for AI art styles.
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