Visual Style
Create, extract, and apply portable visual design systems
What You Can Do
You can create custom visual design systems from scratch by describing mood and references, extract design styles from existing websites or brand guides, and apply those styles consistently across multiple platforms and tools. This skill generates portable visual-style.md files that any AI tool can read and implement, eliminating the need to re-explain your design language for each new project.
Features
Example Output
Example 1: Creating a Visual Style
## Visual Style: Retro Gaming
- **Primary Colors**: #FF006E, #00D9FF
- **Typography**: Display: Arcade (bold), Body: Courier (regular)
- **Layout**: 8x8 grid, pixelated edges
- **Motion**: Snappy 200ms transitions, CRT flicker effect
Example 2: Extracted Style from Website
## Visual Style: Tech Startup Minimal
- **Primary**: #1E1E1E (dark), #00D4FF (accent)
- **Typography**: Display: Inter Bold 48px, Body: Inter Regular 16px
- **Layout**: 12-column grid, generous whitespace
- **Motion**: Smooth 400ms easing, fade-in on scroll
Example 3: Applied to HeyGen Video Generated video uses extracted style's color palette throughout slides, applies typography rules to text overlays, and implements motion timing for scene transitions.
What's Included
- visual-style.md SKILL.md instruction file:
- minimal.visual-style.md template (lightweight starter):
- full.visual-style.md template (comprehensive design system):
- Pre-built visual style gallery (Swiss, Saul Bass, Game Boy, and more):
- HTML swatch generator for color previewing:
Who It's For
- Brand strategists building reusable design systems for teams
- Video creators applying consistent visual branding across HeyGen videos
- UI/UX designers documenting and sharing design language
- Content creators establishing visual consistency across multiple platforms
- Product managers defining portable design specs for stakeholder alignment
Best For
- Extracting visual identity from competitor websites or brand guidelines
- Creating mood-driven design systems from reference images or vibes
- Applying consistent branding to multi-scene HeyGen videos
- Building design systems that work across Figma, HTML, and other tools
- Sharing portable style guides with distributed teams or AI tools
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