In the artwork experience on our site, each piece uses our signature Éphémère aesthetic. You choose a brushwork direction (below—we call these "styles" for short) and a palette for color. Any brushwork option can be paired with any palette.
Éphé offers four brushwork options and six palettes.
Styles (the brushwork and feel):
- Signature. Our default. Bold, confident strokes build up sculptural paint with forms built from color rather than line.
- Classic. Controlled, layered brushwork that keeps the likeness close. You can still see all the details, unmistakably painted.
- Dreamy. Figures dissolve softly into the short brushstrokes and layered paint, like an impressionist memory of a moment.
- Modern. Broad planes of color, simplified to the figure's essential shape. A mid-century painter's take on your photo.
Palettes (the color treatment):
- Original. Your photo's colors, translated into paint.
- Muted. Every color knocked back a little. Restrained, timeless, like a well-worn palette.
- Golden. Vintage warmth, sun-drenched and faded — like Kodachrome film from 1974.
- Moody. Dutch Masters light. Candlelit with deep shadows, everything else swallowed by dark.
- Vintage. Soft greens, dusty rose, faded coral — colors that were once vivid, mellowed by decades.
- Vibrant. Bold, saturated, alive. Color straight from the tube.
If you don't choose any specific style or color palette, your artwork will be created with our Signature style + Original palette. This is the most versatile style and produces consistently beautiful results across every kind of photograph.
For a full guide to each style and palette, with recommendations for when to use them, see our blog post on Éphé styles and palettes.