AI Generated Emby Category Cartoon Icons and the requests I used to get them

[FatherSaint 25]

Moderators: This may or may not be seen as helpful. It would be to ME, but maybe not suitable here. No worries if you need to delete this.

I'm late to the party, I know, but I wanted a little something different for the main Emby screen. I am the farthest from being an artist that you can get, so I had to rely on AI. I know there is a free level of ChatGPT, but at least for me I could only do one-at-a-time to avoid an error about the network. I paid the $20 for one month to try these out. I found that ChatGPT required a significant amount of 'hand-holding' to give me the images that I wanted. I also tried MS Co-Pilot with the same requests and had preferable results, at least to MY eyes.

The requests can easily be tweaked to get exactly what you want. I used this page to select the colors, trying to get as close to Emby Green as I could.

 

These are the tweaked and adjusted requests that I made to get exactly the icons that I wanted. Again, you can easily adjust any part of this for your own use:

ICONS -WITHOUT- EMBY LOGO - GREEN

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for Emby MOVIES category. Use ONLY the word MOVIES. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. Do not include the word Emby. The category name of MOVIES should be located at the bottom. The size should be 640 x 360.

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for the Emby TV SHOWS category. Use ONLY the words TV SHOWS. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. Do not include the word Emby. The category name of TV SHOWS should be located at the bottom. The size should be 640 x 360.

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for the Emby COLLECTIONS category. Use ONLY the word COLLECTIONS. Use random movie posters to indicate that it is a collection. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. The category name of COLLECTIONS should be located at the bottom. Do not include the word Emby. Use a shark, cowboy on a horse and a soldier. The size should be 640 x 360.

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for the Emby MUSIC VIDEOS category. Use ONLY the word MUSIC VIDEOS. Use cartoon musicians. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. The category name of MUSIC VIDEOS should be located at the bottom. Do not include the word Emby. The size should be 640 x 360.

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for the Emby CHRISTMAS MUSIC category. Use ONLY the word CHRISTMAS MUSIC. Use Santa and some Musical instruments. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. The category name of CHRISTMAS MUSIC should be located at the bottom. Do not include the word Emby. The size should be 640 x 360.

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for the Emby INTERNET VIDEOS category. Use ONLY the word INTERNET VIDEOS. Use cats, dogs and horses. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. The category name of INTERNET VIDEOS should be located at the bottom. Do not include the word Emby. The size should be 640 x 360.

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for the Emby HOME VIDEO category. Use ONLY the word HOME VIDEO. Use a family of mother, father and son. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. The category name of HOME VIDEO should be located at the bottom. Do not include the word Emby. The size should be 640 x 360.

Please make me a colorful cartoonish icon for the Emby PLAYLISTS category. Use ONLY the word PLAYLISTS. Use a Musical Note image, a Movie image, a TV Show image and a generic image of a person. Use Hex code #2DB131 for the background and hex code #FFFFFF for the text. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. The category name of PLAYLISTS should be located at the bottom. Do not include the word Emby. The size should be 640 x 360.
 

 

Edited August 4, 2025 by FatherSaint

[Luke 42077]

Looks fun. Thanks for sharing.

[FatherSaint 25]

Thanks! I started out with a blue background, but the word Emby and even just the Emby logo seemed to mess up the placement of objects in panel. Then I realized that if I got something close to Emby green, that would maybe give a sense of continuity.

UPDATE

According to Paintshop Pro 2023, the actual Emby green is Hex Code #52b54b

Edited August 5, 2025 by FatherSaint
To provide the proper hex code for the Emby Logo green

[FatherSaint 25]

I changed the colors a few times and ended up with BLACK and no text identification on the category icons because Emby already does that...

EDIT: I used Co-Pilot with a request like this:

Please make me a colorful 3D cartoonish icon for Emby MOVIES category. DO NOT use the word MOVIES to identify the icon. Use Hex code #000000 for the background, apply a glow effect, make the image look 3D. DO NOT USE the Emby logo. Do not include the word Emby. The size should be 640 x 360, widescreen format. Center the image on the background.

Edited August 16, 2025 by FatherSaint