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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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.
Connect Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or Codex to Layer’s MCP server and Qwen-Image becomes a tool your agent can reach for — it picks the parameters, runs the generation, and shows you the result in the conversation.
https://mcp.app.layer.ai/mcpAsk your agent
“Use Qwen-Image to generate 4 variations of a crystal sword icon on a transparent background.”
execute_forge({
"base_model_id": "qwen-image",
"prompt": "A crystal sword icon on a transparent background, game UI art",
"batch_size": 4,
"width": 1024,
"height": 1024
})Authenticate with a personal access token, post the model’s own form, and poll the inference until it completes. Every field below is accepted by this endpoint.
# Start the generation — returns an inference id straight away.
curl -X POST https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/$WORKSPACE_ID/base-models/qwen-qwen-image/inferences \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LAYER_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"prompt": "A crystal sword icon on a transparent background, game UI art"
}'
# Poll until status is "complete" — the response then carries the asset URLs.
curl https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/$WORKSPACE_ID/inferences/$INFERENCE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LAYER_TOKEN"- prompt string
- Describe what to generate, or the change to make.
- negative_prompt string
- What to keep out of the result.
- aspect_ratio enumdefault SQUARE_1K14 options
- The shape and size of the output.
- quality enumdefault HIGHLOW, MEDIUM, HIGH
- Higher levels render more detail, and can take longer and cost more.
- seed integer
- The starting point for the model's randomness. The same seed and settings give the same result.
- guidance_scale numberdefault 2.50–20
- How closely the result follows the prompt. Lower gives the model more freedom.
- inference_steps integerdefault 302–250
- How many refinement passes the model makes. More add detail and take longer.
- transparency booleandefault false
- Output the subject alone, with no backdrop behind it.
- guidance_file_init_image file[]
- The image to modify
- guidance_file_reference_image file[]
- Guides the edit
- output_fit any
- Trim the transparent margin, and place the image on a canvas of a fixed size.
- prompt_language string
- The language the prompt is written in, so it reaches the model as you meant it.
Create amazing image assets with Qwen-Image on Layer
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
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
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
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?+
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?+
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