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Brutalist photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated

A brutalist photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Heavy type, hard edges, thick outlines and no softening. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Brutalist photo widget design preview: Heavy type, hard edges, thick outlines and no softening.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a brutalist 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 brutalist style shapes it

Brutalist widgets look deliberately raw: oversized condensed type, square corners, thick black outlines and one loud color. Nothing is rounded or shaded, which makes them very readable at a glance.

Brutalist photo widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 200, background #FBFAF4, corner radius 0, outline 4 pt #111111
Layoutphoto on the left, caption on the right
Image190 × 160, corner radius 0, crop to fill, 3 pt outline
Textplace label, size 12, color #55534C
Textcaption in two lines, Bebas Neue, size 24, color #111111
Shaperule 28 × 3 in #FF6B2C
Textdate, size 12, color #55534C
Ornamenta strip of black diagonal hazard stripes, 10 points tall, along the bottom edge
FontBebas Neue (import the font file), or the built-in Condensed
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Brutalist color palette

How to make a brutalist photo widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #FBFAF4 and the corner radius to 0. Add a 4-point outline.
  2. Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
  3. Set the image corner radius to 0 and add a thin outline. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
  4. Add a Text caption at size 24 in #111111 using Bebas Neue.
  5. Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #55534C, with a short rule in #FF6B2C between them.
  6. Add the brutalist ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a strip of black diagonal hazard stripes, 10 points tall, along the bottom edge.
  7. 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 brutalist photo widgets

Ready-made Brutalist templates

WidgetCraft includes a Brutalist template pack you can import and edit instead of starting from a blank canvas.

Focus terminalFocus terminal12 editable layersHard deadlineHard deadline16 editable layersIdea clickerIdea clicker20 editable layers

Questions about the brutalist photo widget

What size is a brutalist 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?

Concrete white (#FBFAF4) for the background, Black (#111111) for the main text, Soot (#55534C) for labels and Hazard orange (#FF6B2C) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the brutalist styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for brutalism photo widget, bold photo widget, raw photo widget. They describe the same look as this brutalist photo widget.

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