Vaporwave photo widget

What a vaporwave 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 vaporwave style shapes it

Vaporwave widgets use a pink-to-purple sunset gradient, teal highlights and wide retro type. The look comes from 1980s graphics remembered through early internet art.

• Photos: Tint photos pink or purple; palm trees and sunsets are the classic subjects.
• Text: Use wide capitals in white with a pink or teal label underneath.

Vaporwave photo widget recipe

Vaporwave color palette

• Twilight #2B1055Background
• Haze blue #7597DESurface and tracks
• White #FFFFFFText
• Lavender #E0C3FCLabels
• Bubblegum #FF71CEAccent

How to make a vaporwave photo widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to gradient #2B1055 to #7597DE at 45° and the corner radius to 14.
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 6. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
4. Add a Text caption at size 24 in #FFFFFF using Righteous.
5. Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #E0C3FC, with a short rule in #FF71CE between them.
6. Add the vaporwave ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a pink half sun (circle) rising from the bottom right, cut by four thin horizontal bars in the background color.
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 vaporwave photo widgets

• Set the background to a gradient from purple to blue at an angle.
• Use pink and teal as the only accents.
• 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 dark grey text; white reads best on the gradient.
• Do not add extra colors beyond pink, purple and teal.

Questions about the vaporwave photo widget

What size is a vaporwave 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?

Twilight (#2B1055) for the background, White (#FFFFFF) for the main text, Lavender (#E0C3FC) for labels and Bubblegum (#FF71CE) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

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

What else is this style called?

People also search for synthwave photo widget, retrowave photo widget, 80s photo widget, outrun photo widget. They describe the same look as this vaporwave photo widget.

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