Richly painted digital fantasy illustration, painterly brushwork, dramatic rim light and saturated colours, like a premium deckbuilder card
Describe it or add a sketch to start
How this template works
Image Studio paints each card as a portrait illustration, with the subject at the top and a quiet bottom third for your frame and rules text.
1Open Image StudioStep 1 · Image StudioPaint the card art
Image Studio paints a full-bleed 2:3 illustration in the style you pick, with one clear subject and nothing important where the text box goes.
Nano Banana 2.1 (text) or GPT Image 2.5 Flare (sketch) · 1K
Tips for the best result
- Name the card, then describe the moment: "Shield Wall: dwarves locking shields against arrows".
- Spells read best with one caster and a big effect.
- Keep it to one subject; busy scenes get lost at card size.
Do it yourself for more control
- Make the whole deck in one style option so every card matches.
- Lay the art under your card frame in Figma, Photoshop or your engine's UI.
- Upscale in Image Studio for printed prototypes.
Good to know
The art has no frame, title or rules text; add those in your card layout.
Made with this template
The card in the corner shows what went in.
Each example is an actual run of this template at Standard quality, made from a typed idea or a sketch.
Run this template from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Connect the 3D AI Studio MCP to your AI assistant and paste the brief into the chat. It runs the same steps with the same prompts and settings, shows you the result in the conversation and saves it to your library.
- Connect the MCP once in your account settings. It's included in every paid plan.
- Copy the brief and swap the example in the first line for your own.
- Paste it into a new chat. Your assistant runs every step and shows you each result.
generate_image_nano_2_1upload_imageedit_image_gptget_generationshow_generationUse the 3D AI Studio MCP to run the "Card Game Art" template (https://www.3daistudio.com/templates/card-game-art-generator) for me.
My idea: Fireball: a mage hurling a giant ball of fire
Style: Painted fantasy
Moment: Action
Follow these steps in order. The prompts and settings are the template's own, so use them word for word and only put my idea where it says {MY IDEA}.
1. Paint the card art
Call generate_image_nano_2_1 with aspect_ratio "2:3", resolution "1K", output_format "png" and this prompt:
"""
Card: {MY IDEA}. Style: richly painted digital fantasy illustration, painterly brushwork, dramatic rim light and saturated colours, like a premium deckbuilder card. Full-bleed illustration for a trading card game card in portrait format: one clear focal subject large in the upper two thirds with a strong readable silhouette, a dynamic moment, dramatic lighting and a simple atmospheric background, nothing important in the bottom third where the card's text box goes. No card frame, no border, no text, no title, no numbers, no icons, no watermark.
"""
If I want to start from a sketch or reference image instead, call upload_image so I can hand it over, then call edit_image_gpt with the upload in images, quality "low", output_format "png" and this prompt (the result keeps my image's proportions):
"""
Turn the scene in the reference image into finished card art, keeping its composition and subject. Style: richly painted digital fantasy illustration, painterly brushwork, dramatic rim light and saturated colours, like a premium deckbuilder card. Full-bleed illustration for a trading card game card in portrait format: one clear focal subject large in the upper two thirds with a strong readable silhouette, a dynamic moment, dramatic lighting and a simple atmospheric background, nothing important in the bottom third where the card's text box goes. No card frame, no border, no text, no title, no numbers, no icons, no watermark.
"""
After each generation call, keep polling get_generation with its task_id until it completes, then show me the result with show_generation before you start the next step.Or automate it with the API
The same tools are available through the 3D AI Studio API. Call them from your own code to make hundreds at once, build them into your app or run them in your pipeline.
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