Choose an art style

Where to choose

On the home page, look at the row under the input box. The button in the middle is the art style button. Before you choose, it says “Choose art style”. After you choose, it shows the name of that art style. The input box on the landing page, when you are not logged in, has the same button.

If you wrote a story but have not chosen an art style yet, the art style button outline will gently “breathe”. If you click send then, it will not send. Instead, it will remind you next to the art style button: “Choose an art style first”.

The art style picker

Click the art style button to open the art style picker:

• A large sample image at the top, with the art style name and a short description in the lower left;
• A row of thumbnails below: first is “Copy a style”, then your own art styles, then official art styles;
• Click a thumbnail, and the large image switches to that set. Move your mouse over the large image to see a little shine. You can also switch with the ← → keys.

It only counts as chosen when you click “Use this set”. Clicking “Cancel”, clicking outside the window, or pressing Esc all mean you have not chosen one.

On mobile, it slides up from the bottom and almost fills the whole screen. Swipe the large image left or right to switch art styles. The thumbnail strip below moves with it, and the thumbnail in the center is the selected one.

The six official sets

1. Black-and-white manga: ink lines and screen tones, with clear blacks and whites. Good for action, mystery, and school stories.
2. Polished Korean webtoon: semi-realistic, good-looking, with soft and clear lighting. Good for city stories, romance, and revenge.
3. Chinese fantasy: ancient-style painterly art with rich lighting. Good for fantasy, cultivation, and wuxia.
4. Japanese anime: flat colors with two levels of shadow, like an anime screenshot. Good for school stories, everyday life, and adventure.
5. Cute chibi comic: two- or three-heads-tall characters, with exaggerated expressions. Good for comedy, everyday life, and four-panel comics.
6. Cozy picture book: hand-painted watercolor, with warm colors and soft light. Good for family stories, growing up, and fairy tales.

You can see these six sets even if you are not logged in.

After you log in, your own art styles (“my art styles”) are listed before the official ones, with the most recently saved first. If you want your own art style, see “Clone art style”.

Original and fan comic remember separately

The home page has two modes: “Original” and “Fan comic”. The two modes remember art styles separately. The art style you choose in original mode will not carry over to fan comic mode. If you have not chosen one in fan comic mode yet, it will follow the original mode’s art style first.

When you make a fan comic and use a source pack, Wapopo uses the source art style in the pack by default. If you choose an art style yourself in fan comic mode once, Wapopo will not switch it back for you after that.

Why it can’t be changed once set

The art style is set when the comic is created. After that, the story element images, cover, and every panel are all drawn in that style.

If you changed the art style halfway through, the images from earlier would not match the images that come later. The same person might look like Japanese anime in one part and watercolor in another. So one comic has only one art style: you can see it in “Project settings”, with “Can’t be changed once set” next to it. If you want to switch, start a new comic with the new art style.

Choosing an art style itself does not cost credits.