Turn a photo into a sketch
Nine styles, line density adjustable. Local processing, nothing uploaded.
Drop a photo in and the line art appears. Nine different pens to try.
Each of the nine has its own temperament. Coloured pencil keeps a hint of the original colour, with stroke spacing 2–16 setting how dense the hatching runs. Graphic pen gives hard black-and-white lines only, spacing 2–20. Photocopy is the high-contrast look of a copier, with detail 1–12 and darkness 0–100. Charcoal rides on a thickness of 0.5–3. Beyond those there are chalk & charcoal, conté crayon, sumi-e, crosshatch and ink outlines. For clean line art, lean on graphic pen and ink outlines; for a hand-drawn feel, charcoal and conté crayon. To be clear: this is a filter algorithm, not AI repainting — the people and objects in the frame are never altered. It all runs in your own browser; the image is never uploaded.
Key features
Nine pen styles
Coloured pencil, graphic pen, photocopy, charcoal, chalk & charcoal, conté crayon, sumi-e, crosshatch, ink outlines.
Line density adjustable
Coloured pencil spacing 2–16, graphic pen 2–20 — wider spacing, sparser lines.
Photocopy has two dials
Detail 1–12 decides how much structure survives, darkness 0–100 how hard the blacks land.
Runs locally
The image is never uploaded. Close the tab and nothing is left.
How to use
- 1 Add a photoDrag it into the box, or press Ctrl+V to paste.
- 2 Pick a penGraphic pen for clean line art, charcoal for a hand-drawn feel — previewed live.
- 3 Set line densityDrag the spacing slider — wider means sparser. Charcoal uses thickness instead.
- 4 DownloadSave it, or carry on to compress the file size.
FAQ
- How many sketch styles are there?
- Nine: coloured pencil, graphic pen, photocopy, charcoal, chalk & charcoal, conté crayon, sumi-e, crosshatch and ink outlines. The first four see the most use; the rest lean artistic.
- The lines are too dense or too sparse — what now?
- Every style has its own slider. Coloured pencil takes stroke spacing 2–16 and graphic pen 2–20, where a bigger number spaces the lines further apart; charcoal uses thickness 0.5–3; photocopy adds detail 1–12 and darkness 0–100.
- Is this AI-generated?
- No. It is a filter algorithm that turns pixels into lines by fixed rules; the people and objects in the frame are never altered and nothing is invented. For AI repainting, see the AI tools.
- Is it free? Is my image uploaded?
- Free, no sign-up, no usage limit. Nothing is uploaded either — it all runs in your own browser.
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Runs fully in your browser · no install · no signup · images never uploaded