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Aesthetic photo widget
An aesthetic photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Muted, photo-led layouts with soft neutrals and a curated feel. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.
What an aesthetic photo widget shows
A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.
You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.
How the aesthetic style shapes it
The aesthetic look is a curated mood board: muted beige and brown tones, a favorite photo, a lowercase caption and lots of soft space. Every widget shares one palette so the screen feels like a single design.
- Photos: Let a warm, slightly faded photo take most of the widget and round its corners.
- Text: Write captions in lowercase and keep them short, like a note on a photo.
Aesthetic photo widget recipe
| Layer | Settings |
|---|---|
| Canvas | 360 × 200, background #EFE6DA, corner radius 26 |
| Layout | photo on the left, caption on the right |
| Image | 190 × 160, corner radius 18, crop to fill |
| Text | place label, size 12, color #93867A |
| Text | caption in two lines, Cormorant Garamond, size 24, color #3D332B |
| Shape | rule 28 × 3 in #B98B6E |
| Text | date, size 12, color #93867A |
| Font | Cormorant Garamond (import the font file), or the built-in Serif |
| Home screen size | 4 × 2 cells |
Aesthetic color palette
- Oat
#EFE6DABackground - Latte
#E2D5C4Surface and tracks - Espresso
#3D332BText - Taupe
#93867ALabels - Caramel
#B98B6EAccent
How to make an aesthetic photo widget in WidgetCraft
- Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #EFE6DA and the corner radius to 26.
- Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
- Set the image corner radius to 18. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
- Add a Text caption at size 24 in #3D332B using Cormorant Garamond.
- Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #93867A, with a short rule in #B98B6E between them.
- Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.
Everything in this recipe works in the free version.
Tips for aesthetic photo widgets
- Pick four colors from one photo and reuse them on every widget.
- Center text and leave wide margins.
- Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
- Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
- Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
- Do not mix saturated colors into the palette.
- Do not use capitals for long text.
Questions about the aesthetic photo widget
What size is an aesthetic photo widget?
It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.
Which colors does it use?
Oat (#EFE6DA) for the background, Espresso (#3D332B) for the main text, Taupe (#93867A) for labels and Caramel (#B98B6E) as the accent.
Is it free to make?
Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the aesthetic styling is free too.
What else is this style called?
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