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Neo-brutalist photo widget
A neo-brutalist photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Bright flat color, thick black outlines and hard offset shadows. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.
What a neo-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 neo-brutalist style shapes it
Neo-brutalism is the playful cousin of brutalism: saturated yellow, pink or mint cards with thick black outlines and a solid black shadow shifted down and right.
- Photos: Give photos a thick black outline and the same offset shadow.
- Text: Use a bold grotesque sans in black; no grey text at all.
Neo-brutalist photo widget recipe
| Layer | Settings |
|---|---|
| Canvas | 360 × 200, background #FFD43B, corner radius 10, outline 3 pt #000000, shadow #000000 offset 6/6 with radius 0 |
| Layout | caption on the left, photo on the right |
| Image | 190 × 160, corner radius 2, crop to fill, 2 pt outline |
| Text | place label, size 12, color #4A4A4A |
| Text | caption in two lines, Space Grotesk, size 24, color #000000 |
| Shape | rule 28 × 3 in #FF6B6B |
| Text | date, size 12, color #4A4A4A |
| Ornament | a coral square in the top right and a blue circle in the bottom right, each with a 3-point black outline |
| Font | Space Grotesk (import the font file), or the built-in Sans |
| Home screen size | 4 × 2 cells |
Neo-brutalist color palette
- Lemon
#FFD43BBackground - Butter
#FFF3BFSurface and tracks - Black
#000000Text - Charcoal
#4A4A4ALabels - Coral
#FF6B6BAccent
How to make a neo-brutalist photo widget in WidgetCraft
- Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #FFD43B and the corner radius to 10. Add a 3-point outline.
- Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
- Set the image corner radius to 2 and add a thin outline. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
- Add a Text caption at size 24 in #000000 using Space Grotesk.
- Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #4A4A4A, with a short rule in #FF6B6B between them.
- Add the neo-brutalist ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a coral square in the top right and a blue circle in the bottom right, each with a 3-point black outline.
- 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 neo-brutalist photo widgets
- Add a solid black shadow offset 6 points right and down, radius 0.
- Outline everything at 3 points.
- 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 soft or blurred shadows.
- Do not use pastel or muted color.
Questions about the neo-brutalist photo widget
What size is a neo-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?
Lemon (#FFD43B) for the background, Black (#000000) for the main text, Charcoal (#4A4A4A) for labels and Coral (#FF6B6B) as the accent.
Is it free to make?
Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the neo-brutalist styling is free too.
What else is this style called?
People also search for neobrutalism photo widget, neo brutalism photo widget, bold outline photo widget. They describe the same look as this neo-brutalist photo widget.
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