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Turn your photo into an illustration, cartoon or painting

Give a familiar face, a favorite pet or a travel photo a different look. Choose from 12 styles, from bold ink outlines and hand-drawn anime to luminous watercolor and textured oil painting. Create in your browser without installing an app.

Turn your photo into an illustration, cartoon or painting

More than a photo filter

This AI tool redraws your photo with the linework, colors and texture of your chosen style. It aims to carry over distinctive features and poses while creating a new image. Fine details and backgrounds may change, particularly in more stylized looks.

More than a photo filter

One photo, 12 ways to make it art

Compare the examples to find your look: flat cartoon colors, transparent paint, detailed ink strokes or a dramatic sunset silhouette.

Cozy illustration

Cozy illustration

Dot-like eyes, rosy cheeks and gentle warm colors create a simple, affectionate portrait of people or pets.

Cartoon

Cartoon

Turn a photo into a colorful 2D cartoon with rounded shapes, lively eyes, clean contours and simple cel shading.

3D cartoon

3D cartoon

Expressive eyes, rounded character shapes and soft lighting create an animated-film look. The result is a still image, not a 3D model.

Watercolor

Watercolor

Transparent washes, soft pigment blooms and white paper bring an airy painted look to portraits, flowers and scenery.

Ghibli-inspired

Ghibli-inspired

Delicate character lines and softly painted surroundings give everyday photos a nostalgic hand-drawn anime feel.

Bold outline

Bold outline

Thick black brush lines, loose color patches and open white space give portraits and pets a playful graphic look.

Pen sketch

Pen sketch

Fine black ink and cross-hatching create light and shade. Unlike a coloring page, this drawing uses lines to build tonal depth.

Oil painting

Oil painting

Reinterpret your photo through layered color, visible brushwork and selective thick-paint accents, from portraits to landscapes.

Ink wash

Ink wash

Flowing brush contours, deep black accents, diluted ink and restrained color reinterpret your scene with generous paper-white space.

Coloring page

Coloring page

Turn a photo into black outlines on white, with simplified details and open areas designed for coloring.

Sunset silhouette

Sunset silhouette

Reduce subjects to dark silhouettes against an orange-to-violet sunset sky. Poses and profiles carry the image instead of facial details.

Warli-inspired art

Warli-inspired art

Ivory outlines on an ochre-brown ground combine recognizable subjects with geometric and botanical motifs inspired by Warli art.

How to turn a photo into an illustration

Pick a photo and a style. You do not need to write a long prompt.

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Upload one photo

Choose a portrait, pet or landscape image in JPG, JPEG, PNG or WebP format, up to 10MB.

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Choose a style and generate

Select a visual preset and add optional notes. Check the model, output settings and displayed credit cost before generating.

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Check and download

Review faces, hands and important markings. Download a result you like, or change the style and generate another version.

Find a style that suits your photo

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Cartoons, drawings and paintings together

Explore several ways to redraw the same photo without moving between separate tools for every art style.

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Room for your preferences

Use optional notes to ask for details such as distinctive curls, coat markings or a quieter background.

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Create in your browser

Use a compatible photo on your phone or computer. There is no app to install.

Illustrate the photos that matter to you

Choose a look for a profile picture, a shared memory or a favorite subject.

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Portraits for profile pictures

Try bold outlines or a cartoon portrait for your social profile. Adjust the finished image to the size and crop required by your platform.

Portraits for profile pictures
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Family and couple keepsakes

Try a cozy illustration or hand-drawn anime look for a meaningful photo. Review the people, expressions and hands in group images.

Family and couple keepsakes
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Pet portraits and painted scenery

Explore your pet’s features in different styles, turn flowers into watercolor, or give a travel landscape the texture of oil paint.

Pet portraits and painted scenery

See your photo in a different art style

Upload one image and start with the look that catches your eye.

Photo to illustration FAQ

Upload one photo, select an art style and generate. Each style already has its drawing instructions, so a long prompt is unnecessary. You can add your preferences in the optional notes field.

Generation requires sign-in and credits. Free credits from check-in rewards can be used if you have enough for the selected settings. The credit cost depends on the model and output settings; check the amount shown on the generate button.

Yes. Use your browser without installing an app. Upload one JPG, JPEG, PNG or WebP image up to 10MB. Convert HEIC photos to a supported format first.

Yes. You can try different styles on animals, flowers and scenery as well as people. Results aim to carry over distinctive shapes, markings and colors, but detail accuracy varies with the source image and selected model.

The instructions aim to preserve recognizable features, poses and relationships, but exact reproduction is not guaranteed. Cartoons deliberately change proportions; sunset silhouettes omit facial details and replace the background. Check the result before saving.

Coloring pages use outlines and white areas left for coloring. Pen sketches use hatching and denser ink strokes to create shade and depth as a finished black-and-white drawing. Review fine lines in either result.

No. It generates a still image with the appearance of a 3D animated scene. It does not export an editable 3D model or an animated video.

Image downloads for free users include a watermark. Watermark-free downloads depend on paid access. Check the options available in the download panel.

Yes. Change the style and generate again. Each generation uses one selected style; increasing the output count produces more images in that style. Each generation uses credits according to its settings.