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Grunge photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A grunge photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Faded black, distressed type and a single blood-red accent. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Grunge photo widget design preview: Faded black, distressed type and a single blood-red accent. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a grunge 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 grunge style shapes it

Grunge widgets look worn and handmade: faded black and charcoal, off-white typewriter text, strips of tape and one dark red accent. They suit goth, emo and alt home screens.

Photos: Use grainy black-and-white photos with high contrast.
Text: Use a typewriter font in bone white; capitals for labels.

Grunge photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #1A1818, corner radius 4
Layout	photo on the left, caption on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 0, crop to fill
Text	place label, size 12, color #8E8780
Text	caption in two lines, Special Elite, size 24, color #E9E4DA
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #B3212E
Text	date, size 12, color #8E8780
Ornament	a strip of grey "tape" (a 64 × 16 rectangle at 55% opacity, rotated 12°) across the top right corner, and two faint scratch lines
Font	Special Elite (import the font file), or the built-in Mono
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Grunge color palette

Faded black #1A1818Background
Charcoal #2A2626Surface and tracks
Bone #E9E4DAText
Ash #8E8780Labels
Blood red #B3212EAccent

How to make a grunge photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #1A1818 and the corner radius to 4.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 0. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #E9E4DA using Special Elite.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #8E8780, with a short rule in #B3212E between them.
Add the grunge ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a strip of grey "tape" (a 64 × 16 rectangle at 55% opacity, rotated 12°) across the top right corner, and two faint scratch lines.
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 grunge photo widgets

Add one strip of "tape" across a corner.
Use the red accent sparingly, once per widget.
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 use rounded, friendly fonts.
Do not use bright colors other than the red.

Questions about the grunge photo widget

What size is a grunge 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?

Faded black (#1A1818) for the background, Bone (#E9E4DA) for the main text, Ash (#8E8780) for labels and Blood red (#B3212E) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

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

What else is this style called?

People also search for grunge aesthetic photo widget, goth photo widget, emo photo widget, alt photo widget, punk photo widget. They describe the same look as this grunge photo widget.

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