Watercolor Days 2: 14 Photo Styles and Their Prompts
Use transparent color, softened edges and paper-like light to turn a photo into a watercolor scene. Compare how much ink, pigment texture and unpainted space each example uses.
Make your look in Vidream
- Open Cartoon and choose Watercolor Days 2.
- Browse the examples below and select the filter with the matching name.
- Upload a clear photo with the face and main subject fully visible.
- Generate your image, then check the face, hands, outfit and background before saving it.
Choose your photo: Bright photos with open space around the subject and a background that is not dominated by deep shadow.
How to use the prompts
Each prompt below is a self-contained recipe for one uploaded photo plus written style instructions. Use it in an image-editing tool that accepts a photo and a text prompt. No second style image is needed. In Vidream, choosing the named filter uses its preset treatment.
The gallery shows the current Vidream filter examples in a 3:4 display crop. The written recipes describe those looks; a new generation can vary in fine detail and likeness.
All 14 looks
1. Gentle Nature Dreambook Illustration
Look for: Gentle yellow-green and warm cream transparent watercolor, tiny brush marks and natural bleeding, rounded facial planes, expressive arc eyes and luminous warm paper whites.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Gentle yellow-green and warm cream transparent watercolor, tiny brush marks and natural bleeding, rounded facial planes, expressive arc eyes and luminous warm paper whites.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
2. Seasonal Travel Watercolor Diary
Look for: Thin gray-blue, tender green and warm cream washes, wet edges alternating with paper-white and broken dry strokes, relaxed simplified facial marks and bright travel-watercolor texture.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Thin gray-blue, tender green and warm cream washes, wet edges alternating with paper-white and broken dry strokes, relaxed simplified facial marks and bright travel-watercolor texture.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
3. Soft Chinese Watercolor Atmosphere
Look for: Pale gray-blue-green watercolor and warm cream light, dissolving wet edges, small expressive eyes and subtle cheek color, near dry-brush details and thin distant washes.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Pale gray-blue-green watercolor and warm cream light, dissolving wet edges, small expressive eyes and subtle cheek color, near dry-brush details and thin distant washes.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
4. Elegant Soft Ink Ancient Figure
Look for: Very pale gray-green and pink-ochre watercolor with fine lines, hazy warm light, soft edges, tiny restrained features and layered transparent color on finely textured paper.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Very pale gray-green and pink-ochre watercolor with fine lines, hazy warm light, soft edges, tiny restrained features and layered transparent color on finely textured paper.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
5. Elegant Historical Manga Line
Look for: Transparent gray-green and warm white washes, delicate clear facial contours, lightly indicated folds, broken paper-white highlights and soft green reflected color.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Transparent gray-green and warm white washes, delicate clear facial contours, lightly indicated folds, broken paper-white highlights and soft green reflected color.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
6. French Café Sketch
Look for: Light and dark brown-black sketch lines with transparent yellow-green watercolor, fine near detail and wet distant blocks, warm luminous paper whites and broken edges.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Light and dark brown-black sketch lines with transparent yellow-green watercolor, fine near detail and wet distant blocks, warm luminous paper whites and broken edges.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
7. Japanese Magazine Essay Illustration
Look for: Delicate pale watercolor, yellow-green and light blue illumination, fine facial drawing, translucent bleeds with sparse opaque details and soft paper grain.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Delicate pale watercolor, yellow-green and light blue illumination, fine facial drawing, translucent bleeds with sparse opaque details and soft paper grain.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
8. Airy Transparent Watercolor
Look for: Luminous thin watercolor, paper-white highlights, yellow-green and pale blue naturally diffusing, broken edges and gentle simplified facial rendering.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Luminous thin watercolor, paper-white highlights, yellow-green and pale blue naturally diffusing, broken edges and gentle simplified facial rendering.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
9. Minimal Warm Narrative
Look for: Minimal warm watercolor, extensive paper white and faint fine lines, calm tiny features, transparent pale green and brown bleeds with natural wet edges.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Minimal warm watercolor, extensive paper white and faint fine lines, calm tiny features, transparent pale green and brown bleeds with natural wet edges.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
10. Playful Watercolor Picturebook
Look for: Lively ink lines and transparent watercolor, bright blue-green with warm red, expressive curved eyes and mouth, diffused water marks and light quick strokes.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Lively ink lines and transparent watercolor, bright blue-green with warm red, expressive curved eyes and mouth, diffused water marks and light quick strokes.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
11. Fresh Literary Illustration
Look for: Delicate yellow-green watercolor illumination, fine facial drawing, thin gradients, scattered paper-white openings and tiny dry-brush marks.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Delicate yellow-green watercolor illumination, fine facial drawing, thin gradients, scattered paper-white openings and tiny dry-brush marks.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
12. Charming Vintage Storybook Illustration
Look for: Classical picture-book fine ink lines with pale watercolor, warm paper and blue-green color, small luminous eyes, dense delicate detail and restrained color bleeding.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Classical picture-book fine ink lines with pale watercolor, warm paper and blue-green color, small luminous eyes, dense delicate detail and restrained color bleeding.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
13. Mid-Century Poetic Ink & Watercolor Storybook
Look for: Classical fine ink lines with pale watercolor, cream, pale green and pale blue, tiny features, light hatching and soft aged-book paper.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Classical fine ink lines with pale watercolor, cream, pale green and pale blue, tiny features, light hatching and soft aged-book paper.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
14. Romantic Pink Watercolor Sumi-e Wash
Look for: Pink watercolor and ink, sparse black ink marks, translucent pink and cream light, expressive arc eyes and gentle facial planes, white paper and softly bleeding edges.
Copy this prompt:
Restyle the uploaded photo using this visual treatment: Pink watercolor and ink, sparse black ink marks, translucent pink and cream light, expressive arc eyes and gentle facial planes, white paper and softly bleeding edges.
Keep the original people, facial identity, age, skin-tone relationships, hairstyle, pose, clothing, objects and setting. Translate the same facial features into this treatment while retaining their proportions and emotional intent. If the photo has no people, apply the treatment to its existing scene and objects.
Apply the described look consistently across the subject and background. Preserve the main spatial relationships and keep the face and important details fully visible in a single 3:4 vertical composition. Do not add people, props, text, logos, watermarks or panels.
Refine the result
Ask for transparent washes and selective edge softness. Keep a few sharper marks around the features or silhouette so the subject does not disappear into the wash.
Heavy opaque shading can remove the watercolor character. Keep the pigment and paper treatment described in your selected recipe.
Keep the same source photo when comparing recipes. Change one style instruction at a time so you can see what actually changed.