IMAGE STYLES
Line art illustrations for website heroes, sections and icons
Line illustration is a favorite of product sites, studios and service businesses because it adds personality without competing with the text: a hand-drawn hero scene, small outlined drawings beside each feature, a friendly sketch on the empty-state screen. The challenge is a single, consistent hand across many images that have to sit next to headlines and buttons. In ImageQuarry you describe each illustration, generate it, and refine it in plain words, for example a thinner stroke to match your icons or more empty space on the left for the headline, with each request saved as a new version.
One stroke style for the whole site, space for copy where the layout needs it, and final assets prepared in your design tools.
Last updated October 2026
Creating a set of website line illustrations
- 01
Define the illustration system
Decide the stroke weight, whether you allow one accent color, and how detailed scenes may get. Write those rules into every request so the hero, the feature drawings and the empty states feel like one hand.
- 02
Describe each image with its layout in mind
A hero illustration often sits beside a headline; a feature drawing sits in a small card. Say where the empty space should be and how small the drawing will be shown.
- 03
Refine the drawings that will ship
Select a version and ask for one change at a time: simplify the background, swap the laptop for a phone, move the figure right. Each change is a new version and the previous one stays available.
- 04
Hand over to design and development
Download the chosen versions, then clean them up, convert them to vectors if needed and export the sizes your site uses in your own design tool.
Website line art requests
Requests you might write for a site's illustrations; each returns a new version to review.
Hero scene for a service business
A hero drawing sets the tone and must leave room for the headline.
Feature section drawings
Three or four small drawings explain features at a glance.
Empty state
Empty screens benefit from a friendly, simple sketch.
About page portrait style
Line portraits of founders or staff feel more personal than stock photos.
Error page illustration
A light sketch can soften a 404 page.
Matching icon accents
Icons drawn in the same weight as illustrations tie the interface together.
What website line art needs
Space for copy
Most site illustrations share space with text and buttons. Plan the empty area in the request rather than cropping later.
Consistency across pages
Visitors notice when one drawing has a heavier stroke or a different face style. Keep the same rule in every request and compare images side by side.
Contrast and legibility
A pale line on a pale background can disappear. Check the drawing against your real page background and text colors.
Vectors and exports come later
Scalable vector versions, crops and web exports are produced in your design tools after you download the drawing you chose.
Every change is a new version
Describe the change on the version you selected; a new version is created and earlier ones are kept, so you can return to any step.
Projects keep the set together
Keep a site's illustrations in one project so later images can be matched to earlier ones and their history.
Website illustration slots and how to ask
| Slot | What it needs | How to ask |
|---|---|---|
| Hero | Room for a headline and button | Subject on one side, the other half left empty |
| Feature cards | Equal size and weight | Small single objects, same stroke, centered |
| Empty state | Friendly and quiet | A simple object with lots of white space |
| About page | Personal but consistent | Line portraits from photos, same framing for everyone |
| Error page | Light humor without clutter | A simple scene with one figure and one prop |
What is website line art?
It is illustration for websites drawn in outlines, sometimes with one accent color: hero scenes, feature drawings, empty states, portraits and icons that share one stroke style. In ImageQuarry you describe each drawing, refine it in words and keep the set in one place.
It is not a website builder or an icon library. Layout, vector cleanup and exports for the site are done in your own design and development tools.
Website line art questions
Can ImageQuarry make line illustrations for my site?
Yes. Describe the scene, the stroke style and where the empty space should be, and refine the result with requests in words.
How do I keep all the illustrations consistent?
Repeat the same stroke and accent color wording in every request, branch from an approved drawing for the next one, and compare the set side by side.
Can I make line portraits of the people on my about page?
Yes. Upload each photo and ask for a line portrait with the same framing and stroke, then compare the results together.
Can I match an illustration style I already use?
Add one of your existing drawings as a reference. References guide the result; review each version to see how closely it follows them.
Will I get vector files for the site?
No. You download images and convert or redraw the ones you use as vectors in your design tool if your site needs them.
What happens to versions I do not use?
They stay in the workspace with the prompts and conversation that produced them, so you can return to them for later pages.
More website and line art
Create an image. Edit it with words. Keep refining.
Draw your site's illustrations in one hand
Describe each drawing and where the copy goes, refine the stroke in words, and keep the whole set in one project.
Start creatingAlready have an account? Sign in