Retro Style

Retro style is a design approach that reinterprets past aesthetic elements in a modern way, delivering both nostalgia and emotional appeal. With Carat's retro style prompts, you can use AI to easily create illustrations featuring 1980s synthwave, VHS effects, chrome textures, and neon sunsets.

Retro elements like geometric grids, magenta and teal colors, VHS scanlines, and chrome suns can be specified in the prompt. GPT Image 2 completes a retro-aesthetic image matching your specified era and style.

Retro style works well for music covers, social media content, fashion design, posters, and event banners. By adjusting era and colors, you can achieve everything from 70s punk to 90s grunge.

With Carat, you can create retro-style images from text input alone. No design software needed — just one prompt gives you the retro image you want.

Copy the prompt below, swap in your preferred subject, and start creating retro-style images right away.