Describe your story and get a full-screen vertical 9:16 graphic composed for the format — thumb-stopping visuals with room left for stickers, polls, and text. Works for Stories, Reels covers, and TikTok. Free every day, no sign-up.
What is the AI Instagram Story Maker?
The AI Instagram Story Maker generates vertical 9:16 graphics — the exact full-screen ratio of Instagram Stories — from a text description. Tell it what the story announces and how it should feel, and the AI composes a design built for the format: strong vertical composition, a thumb-stopping focal point, cohesive colors, and deliberate breathing room where Instagram's interface and your stickers will sit. Because it generates at true story ratio, nothing gets awkwardly cropped or letterboxed the way repurposed square posts do.
Who should use the AI Instagram Story Maker?
Businesses running story promotions — flash sales, countdowns, new product drops — use it to make each frame look designed rather than dashed off. Creators build branded frames for Q&As, polls, and announcement stories. Event organizers make story invitations that get shared. Since 9:16 is the universal vertical format, everything also works as Reels covers, TikTok backgrounds, YouTube Shorts frames, and Snapchat content — one generation covers your whole vertical presence. Anyone who's tried to stretch a square graphic into a story knows exactly why a native vertical tool matters.
How to get the best results
Design for thumbs and interface: ask for 'space at the top for text' or 'clean center area for a poll sticker' so Instagram's UI and your interactive elements don't fight the artwork. Describe the announcement, the mood, and your brand colors — 'new drop teaser, dark and premium, charcoal with gold accents'. For multi-frame stories, generate several takes from the same base description so the sequence feels cohesive. Vertical compositions love strong top-to-bottom flow: gradients, tall subjects, and rising elements all read beautifully at full-screen phone size.