Krea 2 art style prompts, tested

Krea 2 changes medium from a single phrase at the start of the prompt. Below, twenty styles go into the same sentence about the same scene, each on the same two seeds.

Rendered on SirenRender’s free Quick Generate tile: Krea 2 Turbo, 8 steps, CFG 1, 960×1536. The prompt, with the style in the brackets:

A [art style] of a woman in her thirties with long black hair, wearing a dark green coat, standing on a stone bridge over a canal at dusk, lanterns glowing along the water.

What we found

Krea 2 takes a style from one phrase. All 20 styles changed the picture on both seeds, and 18 came out the way we named them. That is the opposite of WAI-Illustrious, where most style tags made no visible change.

Posters write their own text. vintage travel poster and art nouveau poster both added titles in made-up words. If you want a title, write the exact words in quotes; Krea 2 spelled quoted text correctly in our prompting guide test.
A style can move the scene. stained glass window turned her into a lead-lined glass figure but left the background a photograph, of a European canal instead of the lantern-lit water town.
Exact counts are loose. two-color risograph print gave the flat, grainy print look but used more than two colors.
Drawing media keep some color. The pencil sketch and the charcoal drawing both left the lanterns in color.

Krea 2 render: candid 35mm film photograph seed 501 — candid 35mm film photographThe photographic baseline: a candid shot, natural light.

Krea 2 render: candid 35mm film photograph seed 502 — candid 35mm film photographThe photographic baseline: a candid shot, natural light.

Krea 2 render: loose watercolor painting on textured paper seed 501 — loose watercolor painting on textured paperStrong. Wet washes and visible paper on both.

Krea 2 render: loose watercolor painting on textured paper seed 502 — loose watercolor painting on textured paperStrong. Wet washes and visible paper on both.

Krea 2 render: thick impasto oil painting seed 501 — thick impasto oil paintingStrong. Thick, raised brushstrokes on both.

Krea 2 render: thick impasto oil painting seed 502 — thick impasto oil paintingStrong. Thick, raised brushstrokes on both.

Krea 2 render: Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print seed 501 — Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printStrong. Flat woodblock color on both, with seals and calligraphy.

Krea 2 render: Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print seed 502 — Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printStrong. Flat woodblock color on both, with seals and calligraphy.

Krea 2 render: graphite pencil sketch seed 501 — graphite pencil sketchWorks on both: a pencil drawing, with the lanterns left in color.

Krea 2 render: graphite pencil sketch seed 502 — graphite pencil sketchWorks on both: a pencil drawing, with the lanterns left in color.

Krea 2 render: charcoal drawing on rough paper seed 501 — charcoal drawing on rough paperWorks on both, with the lantern light kept warm.

Krea 2 render: charcoal drawing on rough paper seed 502 — charcoal drawing on rough paperWorks on both, with the lantern light kept warm.

Krea 2 render: Chinese ink wash painting seed 501 — Chinese ink wash paintingStrong. Ink washes and red lanterns on both.

Krea 2 render: Chinese ink wash painting seed 502 — Chinese ink wash paintingStrong. Ink washes and red lanterns on both.

Krea 2 render: gouache illustration seed 501 — gouache illustrationStrong. Flat, matte gouache on both.

Krea 2 render: gouache illustration seed 502 — gouache illustrationStrong. Flat, matte gouache on both.

Krea 2 render: soft pastel drawing on toned paper seed 501 — soft pastel drawing on toned paperWorks on both: chalky pastel texture.

Krea 2 render: soft pastel drawing on toned paper seed 502 — soft pastel drawing on toned paperWorks on both: chalky pastel texture.

Krea 2 render: linocut print seed 501 — linocut printStrong. Carved-line print on both.

Krea 2 render: linocut print seed 502 — linocut printStrong. Carved-line print on both.

Krea 2 render: two-color risograph print seed 501 — two-color risograph printA flat, grainy print on both, but with more than two colors.

Krea 2 render: two-color risograph print seed 502 — two-color risograph printA flat, grainy print on both, but with more than two colors.

Krea 2 render: 1990s anime cel with a hand-painted background seed 502 — 1990s anime cel with a hand-painted backgroundStrong. A 1990s cel look on both. Seed 501 is not shown: the face came out close to a well-known anime character.

Krea 2 render: comic book panel with bold ink outlines and halftone dots seed 501 — comic book panel with bold ink outlines and halftone dotsStrong. Bold ink outlines on both, with light halftone dots.

Krea 2 render: comic book panel with bold ink outlines and halftone dots seed 502 — comic book panel with bold ink outlines and halftone dotsStrong. Bold ink outlines on both, with light halftone dots.

Krea 2 render: stylized 3D animated film still seed 501 — stylized 3D animated film stillStrong. An animated-feature 3D look on both.

Krea 2 render: stylized 3D animated film still seed 502 — stylized 3D animated film stillStrong. An animated-feature 3D look on both.

Krea 2 render: 16-bit pixel art scene seed 501 — 16-bit pixel art sceneStrong. Real pixel art on both.

Krea 2 render: 16-bit pixel art scene seed 502 — 16-bit pixel art sceneStrong. Real pixel art on both.

Krea 2 render: vintage travel poster seed 501 — vintage travel posterA strong poster look, but it added its own title in misspelled words.

Krea 2 render: vintage travel poster seed 502 — vintage travel posterA strong poster look, but it added its own title in misspelled words.

Krea 2 render: art nouveau poster seed 501 — art nouveau posterStrong. An ornamental frame on both, with made-up lettering.

Krea 2 render: art nouveau poster seed 502 — art nouveau posterStrong. An ornamental frame on both, with made-up lettering.

Krea 2 render: stained glass window seed 501 — stained glass windowHalf. She became a lead-lined glass figure, but the background stayed a photo of a different city.

Krea 2 render: stained glass window seed 502 — stained glass windowHalf. She became a lead-lined glass figure, but the background stayed a photo of a different city.

Krea 2 render: paper cut-out collage seed 501 — paper cut-out collageStrong. Layered paper shapes on both.

Krea 2 render: paper cut-out collage seed 502 — paper cut-out collageStrong. Layered paper shapes on both.

Krea 2 render: low-poly 3D render seed 501 — low-poly 3D renderStrong. Faceted low-poly 3D on both.

Krea 2 render: low-poly 3D render seed 502 — low-poly 3D renderStrong. Faceted low-poly 3D on both.

On WAI-Illustrious most style tags made no visible change; the Illustrious style test shows which ones did. To combine a style with light and camera phrases, use the Krea 2 prompt builder.