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AI Painting Generator: turn any idea into a painting.

Type a prompt or upload a photo and let Firefly’s AI painting generator turn it into an oil, watercolour or festival inspired painting in minutes. Think of it as your own painting AI, ready to transform ideas and everyday photos into AI painting artwork worth framing, no brushes, canvas or art training required.

A portrait of a woman in a style reminiscent of oil painting.

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Take your creativity to new heights with the Firefly AI painting generator.

From sun-drenched landscapes to fantastic creatures, AI painting generators empower you to make images in the style of analogue mediums like watercolour or oil using just your imagination and a simple text prompt. With Firefly, our generative AI web application, you can use powerful free text to image capabilities to jumpstart your creative process, explore new artistic avenues and make beautiful images. To make free AI-generated paintings, just type in a simple description to generate an image and then customise it to get that painterly look.

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Endless inspiration in no time flat.

Save time on brainstorming by trying your ideas out in Firefly. Iterate on your favourite prompts and try out sample prompts from the Firefly gallery to kickstart your creative process. You can also create reference images for your art projects — with Firefly you never run out of fresh ideas.

Six photorealistic images of the American west: A muscle car in a city that looks like Southern California, a white horse in a sandy desert, two LA-style mansions with swimming pools, a high desert in early evening and a cowboy. UI in the lower third says "Describe the image you want to create."

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An image of a clear glass teacup on a flower-covered windowsill on a sunny day. The image is in a painterly style with visible brushstrokes. UI to the left lists several other painting styles available for the image.

Powerful customisation options.

When using Firefly’s Text to Image feature as an AI painting tool, you can combine different styles like “oil painting” and “palette knife” to enhance the painterly look. And you can adjust your image even further by changing the Colour and Tone, Composition and Lighting options — a muted colour palette with low lighting can give your creation an antique vibe, for instance.

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Amazing AI painting generator editing tools.

Once you’ve generated an image you like, you can make targeted changes with Generative Fill, which allows you to selectively edit and replace parts of your artwork. Just click the Generative Fill icon at the top of every generated image. Or bring your AI-generated paintings into Photoshop or Illustrator to customise them even more with precise editing tools.

A sailboat on a calm ocean against a pink sunrise in a watercolour style.

How to create art with the AI painting generator.

Step 1

Get started with Adobe Firefly.

Visit Firefly.adobe.com and sign into your Adobe account. If you don’t have one, you can create one for free. Once you’re logged in, choose the Generate Image option on the homepage, which will open up a workspace where you can type in a prompt to generate your artwork. When you use Adobe Firefly, you get access to a set number of generative credits. Find out more about generative credits.

Step 2

Write a text prompt.

Type in what you want to see in the prompt field. Be descriptive. For example, “A unicorn in a magical grove, extremely detailed, concept art, fantasy.” Get more tips on how to write a text prompt for Adobe Firefly.

Step 3

Generate your image.

Once you’re happy with your prompt, hit the Generate button and in just a few seconds you’ll be looking at the results. Once you’ve generated your result, try changing the Content Type to Art or Graphic to get a painterly look.

Step 4

Customise your settings.

You can customise your artwork’s appearance by changing the settings on the results page. Play with the styles options to explore effects like watercolour, pop art and more. You can also tweak the original prompt and refresh your results.

Step 5

Download your painting.

Once you’ve perfected your masterpiece, click the download button at the top of the image to save a JPEG to your device.

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Why Firefly for AI-generated paintings?

Firefly removes limitations on creative expression and puts a host of artistic styles at your fingertips. Just type out an idea and see a complex AI-generated painting appear on your screen — then customise it to make something totally unique.

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A sunset over a still ocean in a style with large, very prominent brushstrokes.

Full creative control

Firefly makes it possible to generate customised AI painting designs across a wide range of styles using simple prompts, reference images and intuitive editing controls.

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A portrait of a man reading a book in a style with blocky, visible brushstrokes. UI on the right side of the image shows a photo used as reference.

High-quality designs

The Firefly painting generator produces clean, high-resolution results that you can use in a variety of contexts, from online vision boards to marketing campaigns.

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A pointilism-style landscape of horses grazing in field in front of a European castle and rolling, wooded hills.

Explore concepts and painting styles

With Firefly image generation, you can easily create multiple images that evoke different painting styles, like pointillism, oil painting, watercolours and more. Touch-up details as you go and explore a world’s worth of artistic possibility.

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A woman at a computer creating a still life image of fruit. UI in the lower left corner shows the same image of fruit.

Commercially safe outputs

Content generated with Firefly models is commercially safe, so designs can be used confidently for professional, client-facing or creative projects.

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See what you can do in Firefly.

A dreamy digital illustration of a lighthouse shining over a rocky coast at night, with blue waves crashing dramatically in the foreground.

A dreamlike painting of a Maine coastal lighthouse with waves crashing up against the rocks.

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A vibrant abstract illustration with curved geometric shapes, floating glossy orbs and a spiral centre set against a blue and purple landscape-like background.

Abstract, surrealist dada painting of blues, purples, reds and oranges

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A geometric cubist-style painting of purple flowers and green leaves in a faceted glass vase, set against a muted pastel block-pattern background.

Cubist flower bouquet painting in purples and greens

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Questions? We have answers.

What are AI-generated paintings?

AI-generated paintings are digital artworks created by generative AI. Adobe Firefly is a generative AI web app that uses text prompts to generate images. These images can then be customised to look like paintings made with analogue mediums like oil or watercolour and in the style of art movements like surrealism and pop art. Learn more about how generative AI is changing creative work.

How do AI painting generators work?

AI painting generators are a type of generative artificial intelligence. Like other types of artificial intelligence, generative AI relies on large datasets to produce the desired result, such as a digital painting, creating something totally new — all triggered by a single text prompt. Adobe Firefly models are trained on content from Adobe Stock, openly licensed content and public domain content where the copyright has expired.

What is the best AI painting generator?

It is up to the individual creator to determine what tool is best suited to their needs. Adobe Firefly is a powerful family of generative AI models that enables users not only to create detailed AI-generated paintings in seconds and customise them, but to create complex text effects, photo-realistic creations and more.

Is the Adobe Firefly AI painting generator free?

Yes, you can use the Adobe Firefly AI painting generator for free with an Adobe account. If you have a free account, you’ll get free daily generations to create AI-generated paintings from text prompts across a wide range of artistic styles. Learn more about using Adobe Firefly for free. Upgrade to a paid plan for higher-volume generations and access to more partner models.

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