Is the AI sketch generator free?

Plans start at $19 a month. A sketch from a photo costs 2 credits in the image editor, so the Creator plan's 500 credits make about 250 sketches.

How do I turn a photo into a sketch?

Open the image editor and upload your photo. Start the prompt with the medium, like a graphite pencil sketch on white paper, then list what to keep: the face, the hair, the clothes and where everything sits. Each edit makes one drawing; run it again for another and download the best one.

Which sketch styles can it make?

Any medium you can describe. This page shows pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, line art, and pen and watercolor. The image editor has no style presets; the prompt sets the medium, so pick one above or copy one from this page and change the words.

Can I turn a photo into a line drawing or a coloring page?

Yes. Ask for thin, even black outlines only, with no shading, no hatching and no fill. The line art on this page used exactly that prompt. Print it, or use it as a stencil or tattoo reference.

Can it turn my sketch into a realistic image?

Yes. Upload a photo or scan of your drawing to the image editor and describe what it should become: the materials, the colors and the light. Ask it to keep every line where it is: the angle and proportions hold, and small contours can shift.

Can I make a sketch from text, without a photo?

Yes. Describe the subject and the medium in image generation, like an architect's ink sketch of a cabin among pine trees. You get up to four versions per run.

Does it work on pets, houses and landscapes?

Yes. Anything in a photo can be drawn: a pet, a house, a street or a view. Say what the drawing should leave out, and a busy background can stay blank paper.

Can I print my sketch? Do I get a vector file?

You download a PNG. For a large print, run the editor's Upscale tool on it first. There is no SVG or vector export, so a line drawing stays an image file.

Can I use my sketches commercially?

Yes. Every paid plan includes commercial use, and images download without a watermark. Sceneform does not use your photos to train AI models.

AI sketch generator

Turn any photo into a sketch

Upload a photo and name the medium. You get the same picture drawn in pencil, charcoal, ink or clean outlines.

Sketch from text

Plans from $19 a month

The same woman as a graphite pencil sketch with soft hatching on white paper

Prompt · Pencil

Turn this photo into a graphite pencil sketch on white drawing paper: fine pencil lines, soft hatching for the shadows, light smudged shading on the face and clothes, and the paper left white where the light falls. Keep the person's face, expression, pose, clothes and background the same. No color, no text.

How to turn a photo into a sketchOne photo, one sentence

Add your photo
Open the image editor and upload a JPG, PNG or WebP. A sharp photo with light from one side gives the drawing its shadows.
Name the medium
Start the prompt with the medium and the marks: pencil hatching, charcoal smudges, ink cross-hatching or bare outlines.
Say what to keep
List the face, the hair, the clothes and anything the person holds, and say they stay where they are. Then download the drawing.

Open the image editor

The sentence that sets the medium

Pencil
Portraits to frame or give
Turn this photo into a graphite pencil sketch on white drawing paper: fine pencil lines, soft hatching for the shadows, light smudged shading on the face and clothes, and the paper left white where the light falls.
Charcoal
Moody, loose, dramatic light
Turn this photo into a charcoal drawing on warm grey paper: bold dark strokes, deep smudged shadows, soft edges and a few white chalk highlights where the light falls.
Ink
Prints, cards and tattoo references
Turn this photo into a pen and ink drawing on white paper: black fineliner lines with cross-hatching for the shadows and no grey tones.
Line art
Coloring pages and stencils
Turn this photo into a clean line drawing on white paper: thin, even black outlines only, with no shading, no hatching and no fill, like a page from a coloring book.

The same in all four

Keep the person's face, expression, pose, clothes and background the same.

Pets, houses and placesNot only faces

A pet on the windowsill or the house you grew up in. Say what to draw in detail and what to leave as blank paper.

The same cat as a soft graphite pencil drawing on the windowsill, with the fern and window only suggested and the room left as blank paper — Pet portrait in pencil
Turn this photo into a soft graphite pencil drawing of the cat on white paper: fine strokes that follow the fur, the stripes in darker pencil, and the white paws and chest left as bare paper. Draw the cat and the windowsill in full detail, and only suggest the fern and the window frame with a few light lines. Leave the rest of the room out, as blank paper. No color, no text.

A phone photo of a grey tabby cat with white paws on a sunny windowsill beside a potted fern, in a cluttered apartment — Pet portrait in pencil
Turn this photo into a soft graphite pencil drawing of the cat on white paper: fine strokes that follow the fur, the stripes in darker pencil, and the white paws and chest left as bare paper. Draw the cat and the windowsill in full detail, and only suggest the fern and the window frame with a few light lines. Leave the rest of the room out, as blank paper. No color, no text.

The same house as a pen and watercolor sketch with loose ink lines and light washes, its edges fading into white paper — House portrait in pen and watercolor
Turn this photo into a pen and watercolor sketch of the house: loose black ink lines over light washes of brick red, autumn orange and sky blue, with white paper showing through. Keep the house, the red door, the porch with the bicycle, the picket fence and the maple tree. Leave out the street and fade the edges into white paper. No text, no house number.

A phone photo of a red brick house with a red door, a porch with a bicycle, a white picket fence and an autumn maple tree — House portrait in pen and watercolor
Turn this photo into a pen and watercolor sketch of the house: loose black ink lines over light washes of brick red, autumn orange and sky blue, with white paper showing through. Keep the house, the red door, the porch with the bicycle, the picket fence and the maple tree. Leave out the street and fade the edges into white paper. No text, no house number.

Light from one side, so the drawing has shadows
A sharp photo, with the face or the pet in focus
Say what to leave out: a busy room can stay blank paper
Run it again and keep the one with the best likeness

Sketch to imageAlready drew it? Make it real

Upload a photo or scan of your drawing to the image editor and describe what it should become. The angle and proportions hold; small contours can shift. Show my lines lets you check.

A rough pencil sketch of a mid-century lounge armchair with a curved bent-wood frame, thick cushions and tapered legs — The drawing

The same armchair as a product photo: a light oak bent-wood frame and rust wool cushions on a warm grey background — The photo

Prompt

Turn this sketch into a realistic product photo of the armchair: a light oak bent-wood frame and cushions upholstered in rust-colored wool, on a plain warm grey studio background with soft shadows. Keep every line where it is: the same angle, the same proportions, the same curved arms and tapered legs. No text.

No photo?Describe the sketch instead

Write the subject and the medium in image generation. Fashion, buildings and plants all work.

Fashion sketch
A fashion design sketch of a long camel wool coat with wide lapels and a tie belt, worn by a tall figure in mid-stride, drawn in quick confident black marker lines with a light camel wash on the coat only and grey shadows, on white paper. Loose fashion illustration proportions, the face left as a simple oval. No text, no labels, no signature.
Architecture concept
An architect's concept sketch of a small timber cabin with a steep roof and a tall glass gable, standing on a slope among pine trees, drawn in fine black ink with light perspective construction lines and soft grey marker shading on white paper. No text, no labels, no signature.
Botanical study
A botanical study of a fig branch with three leaves, two whole figs and one fig cut in half, drawn in graphite pencil with careful tonal shading on warm off-white paper. No text, no labels, no signature.