Dia de Muertos 2026 poster at 3:4: Ideogram 4.5 drafts, then finals

A Dia de Muertos poster (November 1 and 2) with a title in the image can be drafted at low quality and finished at high on Ideogram 4.5: six drafts at $0.0375 and two finals at $0.275 cost $0.775 on Sume. Ideogram 4.5 lists 3:4, so the poster ratio needs no crop.

The risk is not cost but accuracy: the title carries accented letters and the imagery carries cultural meaning. Proof the text letter by letter and have someone from the community review the artwork before print. Prices are from the Sume catalog (read 2026-10-03).

Drafts then finals

Ideogram 4.5 bills by quality, not size, so 1K and 2K cost the same; quality moves the price from low to high by a factor of more than seven.

Prompting for text and meaning

Quote the exact title, with its accents, once in the prompt and keep it to one or two short lines: "Día de Muertos" and a date line. Describe the motifs you want (marigolds, papel picado, candles) in plain words rather than names of styles, and avoid asking for sacred or personal imagery you cannot vouch for.

Check the title at full size for dropped or swapped accents before spending on the finals. If an accent is wrong, a low draft retake costs $0.0375, which is cheaper than a high final that repeats the mistake.

• Do not send output_format: the Ideogram 4.5 row lists none and a value returns 400.
• Pick aspect_ratio: "3:4"; an edit without a ratio keeps the source image's shape.
• For print, finish the text in a layout tool and use the image as the artwork layer.

The draft call

Change quality to high for the finals.

{
  "model": "ideogram/ideogram-v4.5",
  "prompt": "Poster with orange marigolds, papel picado and candles at night, the title \"Día de Muertos\" at the top, clean layout",
  "aspect_ratio": "3:4",
  "quality": "low"
}