Turn a photo into a drawing: a portrait, a pet, a band shot, or a place. This page opens Solmi's Image to Image tool with a sketch prompt already written. Upload your photo and generate, and the AI redraws it as a graphite pencil sketch on white paper with clean outlines and soft shading, keeping the same people, pose, and composition. Change "a graphite pencil sketch" at the start of the prompt to a charcoal drawing, ink line art, a colored pencil drawing, or a quick loose sketch for a different look.
Choose a sharp photo with one clear subject and a background that is not too busy; the AI draws what it sees, so clutter turns into extra lines. Upload it and generate with the prompt as it is for a classic pencil portrait. To change the medium, rewrite the start: "a charcoal drawing with heavy, smudged shadows", "clean black ink line art with no shading" for outlines you can color in or trace, or "a colored pencil drawing". You can also ask for paper texture or unfinished, sketchy edges. Each run returns one image; run it again for a different take.
A drawn version of a band photo or a portrait stands apart from the photos everyone else posts: use it for a single's artwork, a gig flyer, a lyric video background, or merch. To give the drawing motion, Image to Video animates a photo, illustration, or sketch into a short clip. For a whole music video, download the sketch, open Solmi's AI music video generator, attach your song, and add the image under Images with Upload a photo. Tagged Character, a drawn portrait leads the video as the lead singer; tagged Vibe, it only sets the look. Name the style in your prompt, such as pencil sketch or hand-drawn, so the frames keep it.
Upload the photo, keep or change the drawing style at the start of the prompt, pick Standard or Best, and generate. Download the sketch, or run it again for another version.
Yes. Replace "a graphite pencil sketch on white paper" with "clean black ink line art on white paper, no shading". That gives you outlines you can color in, trace, or use as a stencil.
The prompt asks to keep the same people, pose, expression, and composition, and most runs stay close. Drawing styles simplify faces, so small details can change, and a loose or heavily stylized sketch changes more than a detailed pencil portrait. If a run drifts, generate again or use the Best tier, which follows instructions most closely.
Each sketch costs 9 credits on Standard and 41 on Best, shown before you generate. A new web account starts with 20 credits, enough for two Standard sketches. Credits are refunded if a generation fails.