Fenestra

Styles

Apply architectural drawing styles in Fenestra — turn any render, 3D view or sketch into marker, crayon, ink, pastel, stipple or loose pencil illustrations.

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Styles transform any image into a distinct visual language — from expressive hand-drawn illustrations to polished presentation looks — while keeping the composition and architectural character of the original. Apply them to renders, 3D model views, sketches and photos.

Applying a drawing style to an architectural render

Select your image

Create a new session and upload an image, browse assets, or pick a generation you've already created. Styles work on a wide range of inputs:

  • 3D model views
  • Existing renders
  • Interior and exterior designs
  • Sketches and line drawings
  • Photos of completed projects

A new Edit session with Upload Image / 3D and Browse Assets options

Open the Styles picker

Click the Style button in the prompt bar — the palette icon next to the model selector. This opens the Styles library, where you can browse the full Fenestra collection.

The Styles library open over a session, with All, Fenestra and Your Styles tabs

Choose a style

Click any style to apply it. Fenestra automatically switches to the right AI model for that style, so there's nothing else to configure.

The drawing collection includes:

  • Marker → bold, graphic images with the feeling of a hand-rendered architectural presentation.
  • Crayon → roughness, texture and a playful quality that works well for conceptual imagery.
  • Loose Ink → lighter, gestural linework for drawings that feel quick, open and exploratory.
  • Pastels → softer images with subtle colour, texture and atmosphere.
  • Expressive Ink → stronger marks, contrast and movement for images that need more visual energy.
  • Muted Ink → a calmer, more restrained interpretation with softer tones and understated linework.
  • Stipple → images built from fine dots and texture, influenced by printmaking and traditional architectural drawing.
  • Loose Pencil → the feeling of an early sketchbook study — informal, but detailed enough to communicate the design.

You'll also find styles like Watercolor, Illustration, Red Ink, Ochre Crayon, Concept Sketch and Cartoon in the library, with more added over time.

Loose ink illustration of a timber house at dusk

Generate

Click Edit to generate. A prompt is optional — the style does the heavy lifting — but you can add a short prompt to steer the scene.

Generating more than one image gives you variations of the style to choose from, and the same input can feel completely different depending on the style: a polished interior render can become a soft pastel illustration, a façade study an expressive ink drawing.

Marker-style illustration of an interior scene with a person relaxing on a sofa

Compare

Use Compare in the bottom left to see your original alongside the styled result.

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After

Remove or switch styles

The active style appears on the Style button in the prompt bar. Click the × on the button to remove it, or open the picker again to switch to a different style. Selecting a style deactivates any active edit tool — styles apply to the whole image.

The same input can take on a completely different character with each style:

Aerial view of apartment blocks drawn in red and black marker

The same apartment blocks rendered in ochre crayon against a city skyline

When to use Styles

Not every architectural image needs to look polished or photorealistic. A loose drawing can make a proposal feel open for discussion, while marker, ink and pastel bring atmosphere and personality without making an image feel overly resolved.

Use Styles to:

  • Test different visual directions early in a project
  • Develop presentation imagery with a hand-drawn character
  • Create illustrations for competitions or social media
  • See an existing project from a completely different perspective

They also work well as part of a wider workflow: begin with a loose pencil or marker study, develop the idea through Edit, then create a higher-detail visual once the direction is established.

Next steps

  • Edit — Working with Images — turn sketches into photorealistic renders and refine details.
  • Enhance — upscale a styled illustration for print or presentation.
  • Video — animate any still image with cinematic camera movements.

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