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Qwen-Image

Qwen-Image is a powerful, open-source text-to-image model from the Qwen team at Alibaba. It excels at generating high-resolution images from complex text descriptions, demonstrating a strong understanding of prompt nuances and composition. For the AI art community, it is particularly notable for its advanced capabilities in rendering legible and stylized text directly within images, opening up new creative possibilities for posters, comics, and memes.

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Popularity
200
last 7 days
Price
0.6CU
per megapixel
Released
2025
August
Capabilities
Reference imagesImage-to-imageTransparencySeedMultiple aspect ratiosSquare (1:1)Portrait (9:16)Landscape (16:9)
Posters, comics, and memes with legible stylized textOpen-source generation with solid prompt adherence

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The complete content creation platform for modern game teams. From concepting to polished in-game assets - across Image, 3D, Video, and Audio.

Why use Qwen-Image for image?

Strong detail precision for stylized and semi-realistic game art

Qwen Image is known for its crisp detail rendering, especially in character features, small accessories, and intricate textures. This makes it a strong choice for studios building stylized, semi-realistic, or detailed 2D game assets with consistent fidelity.

Strong prompt adherence for predictable variations

Qwen Image follows narrative and stylistic instructions closely — a key strength in the Qwen family. This allows teams to direct pose, composition, themes, and item details with precision, making it ideal for predictable creative iteration in UA or LiveOps.

Reliable structure and readability across small-scale assets

Qwen handles icons, collectibles, ability effects, weapons, and UI-level items exceptionally well thanks to its stable structure and clarity. It produces crisp silhouettes and readable shapes that hold up at mobile-game resolutions.

Character concepting with strong detail control

Character concepting with strong detail control

Qwen Image excels at expressive faces, clean silhouettes, and detailed outfit elements — ideal for character sheets, cosmetics, and seasonal variants. Its strong prompt adherence makes it easy to explore multiple directions while keeping structure consistent.

UA creative and thumbnail generation with clear compositions

UA creative and thumbnail generation with clear compositions

Known for clean, stable compositions, Qwen Image produces readable visuals that translate well into UA ads and thumbnails. Teams can generate multiple style-consistent variants quickly for performance testing or creative refresh cycles.

High-fidelity item, icon, and ability art for mobile games

High-fidelity item, icon, and ability art for mobile games

Qwen’s fine-detail strength makes it excellent for inventory items, ability icons, reward chests, consumables, collectibles, and other small-scale game visuals. Assets remain sharp and readable even when scaled down for mobile UI.

FAQ

How much does Qwen-Image cost? Is it free?+
Generating assets on Layer requires using Creative Units. This model's current price is 0.6 / megapixel.
How does Layer's pricing work?+

There are no seat fees, feature gates, or plans on Layer. Instead, our platform uses a consumption based system with Creative Units (CUs) with a flexible monthly subscription. Every generation on Layer (image, video, 3D, or audio) consumes a Creative Unit, and you only pay for what you create.

What Elo score does Qwen-Image have?+
Qwen-Image has an Artificial Analysis Arena Elo of 898, which places it #48 of the 56 scored image models on Layer. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst leads that ranking with an Elo of 1218.

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