AI Merchandise Design - From Idea to Shelf with Brand-Ready Concepts

Merchandise is a powerful extension of your brand identity, helping you engage audiences, build loyalty, and generate additional revenue. However, many marketers and designers struggle to create appealing merchandise concepts that meet quality standards—especially if they lack in-house design resources. Even when you find a manufacturer, their design capabilities often fall short of your creative vision. This gap between idea and execution slows product launches and compromises brand impact. A fast, reliable AI solution can bridge that gap, producing high-quality, on-brand merchandise designs in hours instead of weeks.

This use case is ideal for:

Marketing managers and brand strategists
Independent creators and influencers
Product designers
E-commerce business owners
Event organizers

This use case is ideal for:

Marketing managers and brand strategists
Independent creators and influencers
Product designers
E-commerce business owners
Event organizers

This use case is ideal for:

Marketing managers and brand strategists
Independent creators and influencers
Product designers
E-commerce business owners
Event organizers

🪄Solution

To quickly generate consistent, high-quality merchandise visuals:

Upload Your IP Character Image to Xingliu (e.g., your brand mascot or core visual).

Generate Character Variations: Use the prompt:

Maintain consistency in the character's appearance and generate 10 different full-body emoji designs for this character, with varied poses and exaggerated expressions, using a 4:3 image ratio.

Select Your Favorites from the generated options.

Create Merchandise Extensions: Use the prompt:

Based on this new merchandise IP character, create 10 different merchandise design extensions for it. Maintain consistency in the character and clothing

Export Final Designs and send them directly to your manufacturer for production.

To quickly generate consistent, high-quality merchandise visuals:

Upload Your IP Character Image to Xingliu (e.g., your brand mascot or core visual).

Generate Character Variations: Use the prompt:

Maintain consistency in the character's appearance and generate 10 different full-body emoji designs for this character, with varied poses and exaggerated expressions, using a 4:3 image ratio.

Select Your Favorites from the generated options.

Create Merchandise Extensions: Use the prompt:

Based on this new merchandise IP character, create 10 different merchandise design extensions for it. Maintain consistency in the character and clothing

Export Final Designs and send them directly to your manufacturer for production.

To quickly generate consistent, high-quality merchandise visuals:

Upload Your IP Character Image to Xingliu (e.g., your brand mascot or core visual).

Generate Character Variations: Use the prompt:

Maintain consistency in the character's appearance and generate 10 different full-body emoji designs for this character, with varied poses and exaggerated expressions, using a 4:3 image ratio.

Select Your Favorites from the generated options.

Create Merchandise Extensions: Use the prompt:

Based on this new merchandise IP character, create 10 different merchandise design extensions for it. Maintain consistency in the character and clothing

Export Final Designs and send them directly to your manufacturer for production.

💡Tips

Define your art style clearly (e.g., kawaii, minimalist, retro, comic-book style).
Provide reference images for colors, patterns, or clothing.
Specify product types early (e.g., mugs, T-shirts, stickers) so the AI considers them in design.
Iterate—small tweaks in prompts can yield much better results.

Define your art style clearly (e.g., kawaii, minimalist, retro, comic-book style).
Provide reference images for colors, patterns, or clothing.
Specify product types early (e.g., mugs, T-shirts, stickers) so the AI considers them in design.
Iterate—small tweaks in prompts can yield much better results.

Define your art style clearly (e.g., kawaii, minimalist, retro, comic-book style).
Provide reference images for colors, patterns, or clothing.
Specify product types early (e.g., mugs, T-shirts, stickers) so the AI considers them in design.
Iterate—small tweaks in prompts can yield much better results.

🔆Highlights:

Rapid design generation.
Consistent character appearance across all products.

⚠️ Limitations

Free usage limits may restrict the number of generations.
Requires prompt refinement for best output.
May still need manual touch-ups before production.

🔆Highlights:

Rapid design generation.
Consistent character appearance across all products.

⚠️ Limitations

Free usage limits may restrict the number of generations.
Requires prompt refinement for best output.
May still need manual touch-ups before production.

🔆Highlights:

Rapid design generation.
Consistent character appearance across all products.

⚠️ Limitations

Free usage limits may restrict the number of generations.
Requires prompt refinement for best output.
May still need manual touch-ups before production.

✨Result Examples

AI-generated merchandise collection featuring red panda mascot character on various products including phone case, laptop sleeve, tumbler, plush toy, keychain, t-shirt, and other branded items with consistent blue and red design theme

🏷️Alternative Solutions

Figma + AI Plugins

Using Figma’s AI-powered plugins, you can generate and refine illustrations directly in your design workflow. This is great for teams who want to integrate AI outputs with manual tweaks, ensuring brand guidelines are followed while speeding up the creative process.

Figma + AI Plugins