Turn photos into retro travel posters

Author: AILesson5 min setupReviewed: 2026-09-07

Simplify a favorite coast or landscape into an understated travel illustration with sweeping shapes and a small print palette.

Coastal village

A coastal bay viewed across a golden field, with wooded slopes, a small beach and hillside houses.
Original
A flat-color retro illustration of a coastal village and curved bay, framed by ochre fields and deep green slopes.
Transformed
01

Choose a photo

Bring your own photo, or save the original above to try.

02

Decide what to keep

Describe the subject to preserve and the mood you want.

03

Make it your own

Send your photo and prompt to an AI tool that supports image editing.

Add your context

Your prompt

Transform the attached photo into a retro travel poster.

Essential elements: [subject]
Palette and mood: [palette]

Redesign as a mid-century illustrated travel poster without typography. Distill terrain and buildings into confident interlocking flat shapes with elegant sweeping contours. Use three clear depth layers, strong readable light/shadow masses and a subtle lithographic paper grain. Keep the coast's silhouette geographically recognizable rather than inventing dramatic peaks. Preserve the original horizontal framing and let the artwork fill the canvas. No border, labels, slogans, gradients, 3D rendering or distressed damage.

Use the attached photograph as the only visual reference. Preserve its camera viewpoint, major silhouettes, relative positions, and recognizable subject. Simplify fine details without adding objects. Produce only the finished artwork, not a comparison, mockup or framed print. Keep the original landscape aspect ratio, at least 1400 pixels wide. No text, lettering, logos, signature or watermark; omit any signage visible in the photograph.

Upload a photo and describe the elements to keep. Sample photo: Leticia Golubov, Unsplash License; source and license links are listed below. The example was generated from the English template. The Chinese version is untested. The displayed example does not change as you type.

Example notes and sources

The beach, headland and field retain their arrangement. Flat ochre and green masses create a poster-like composition; small houses and trees are simplified, and the six-ink palette is an aesthetic direction rather than an exact color count.

  • Travel poster templates · Adobe Express

    This source informed the choice of style family. The reusable prompt was written independently and the example was generated with a different tool; this is not a popularity ranking.

  • Coastal village nestled in a valley by the sea · Unsplash / Leticia Golubov

    The reference photograph is by Leticia Golubov, provided under Unsplash License.

  • Unsplash License · Unsplash

    The Unsplash License permits downloading, copying and modifying covered photos, including commercial use, subject to its exclusions. This is a license, not a claim that the photo has no copyright.