Image Treatment Comparison

How should mixed-aspect art (Tales = vertical, others = horizontal) look in the same grid?

Cover crop · everything cropped to 1:1

Uniform grid. Art is cropped to fill. Watch how Tales of Japan loses top/bottom.

Wildlife
Wildlife
BoldMythicalColor-denseBeast
Tales of Japan
Tales of Japan
Ukiyo-eMistyPhoenixTradition
Calming Nature
Calming Nature
SoftBotanicalBirdSoothe
Midnight Cities
Midnight Cities
SkylineNeonDuskUrban

Brand-color letterbox · full art on a curated background

Wildlife → forest green · Tales → sumi ink · Calming → sage · Cities → midnight navy.

Wildlife
Wildlife
BoldMythicalColor-denseBeast
Tales of Japan
Tales of Japan
Ukiyo-eMistyPhoenixTradition
Calming Nature
Calming Nature
SoftBotanicalBirdSoothe
Midnight Cities
Midnight Cities
SkylineNeonDuskUrban

Blurred-art letterbox · color from the art itself

Background is a blurred copy of the same art. Auto-themed. Apple Music style.

Wildlife
Wildlife
BoldMythicalColor-denseBeast
Tales of Japan
Tales of Japan
Ukiyo-eMistyPhoenixTradition
Calming Nature
Calming Nature
SoftBotanicalBirdSoothe
Midnight Cities
Midnight Cities
SkylineNeonDuskUrban

Match aspect · honest to the art, breaks the grid

Horizontal cards are 4:3 (wider). Vertical cards are 3:4 (taller). No crop, no letterbox.

Wildlife
Wildlife
BoldMythicalColor-denseBeast
Tales of Japan
Tales of Japan
Ukiyo-eMistyPhoenixTradition
Calming Nature
Calming Nature
SoftBotanicalBirdSoothe
Midnight Cities
Midnight Cities
SkylineNeonDuskUrban