Bring Your Own Art (BYOA): uploading your existing designs

Not every piece needs to be AI-generated. If you already have artwork, your own illustrations, scanned originals, files from another tool, or stock you’re licensed to resell, BYOA mode runs it through the same Elistit pipeline (upscale → process → listing → optional Etsy draft) without generating anything new.

Where to find it

Go to Create → Bring Your Own Art at /create/byoa, or click the BYOA toggle from any wall art / poster / clipart launch screen.

Supported product types

Type	Supported?	Credits (flat)
Wall Art	Yes	2
Poster	Yes	1
Clipart	Yes	5
Greeting Card	Not in BYOA	N/A
SVG	Not in BYOA	N/A
Custom	Use Custom Product instead	N/A

BYOA pricing is flat: no model picker, no per-image credit menu, no tier selection. The quality settings are fixed internally to “creator”.

File requirements

Wall art / poster

One image, PNG or JPG.
Aspect ratio must match the format: wall art is 3:4 or 4:3, poster is 2:3 or 3:2. See the aspect ratio guide.
Minimum recommended resolution: 1024px on the short side. Smaller images still work but the upscale has less to work with.

Clipart

1-30 images, PNG only (transparent or opaque).
Each image runs through the upscale chain separately.
Transparency declaration: the upload form asks “does your art already have a transparent background?” Tick it if yes. Untick if no.
If you tick “no transparency”, Elistit runs background removal before upscale.
The form auto-detects transparency by probing corner pixels, usually right, but you can override.

What runs after upload

Wall art and poster (BYOA)

Project launches at status GENERATED (no generation step ran).
Upscale: single-shot ×10 print upscale.
Local SmartCrop → ratio variants at 300 DPI (wall art) or print-ready poster (poster).
ZIP → Google Drive → listing writing → optional Etsy draft.

Clipart (BYOA)

Project launches at status PROCESSING.
If you declared no transparency, a background-removal pass runs first.
A 4× alpha-aware upscale.
300 DPI metadata stamp.
Awaiting approval gate (same as AI clipart).
ZIP → Drive → listing → Etsy draft.

What BYOA does not do

No idea/brief/prompt generation, you provided the art, Elistit doesn’t try to “improve” it.
No mockup generation by default. You can run the standalone mockup tool afterward.
No image regeneration, if you don’t like the upscale result, the credits are spent.

Approving a clipart batch: same approval gate applies to BYOA clipart.
Aspect ratios: your file must match before the SmartCrop step.