Turn your photo into art with AI: pencil sketch, pop art, string art, neon, a 3D point cloud, a spiral portrait or Van Gogh brush strokes. Download the moving version as a video too. Everything happens in your browser.
Turn a photo into art with AI: pencil sketch, pop art, string art, 3D point cloud
AI Art is a free online tool that redraws your photo instead of just filtering it. AI separates the person in your photo and estimates the depth of the scene; the effects use them to turn your photo into a 3D point cloud, a spiral made of one single line, blowing dust or brush strokes. Everything happens in your browser, your photo is not uploaded.
Step-by-step guides: turn a photo into a pencil sketch, pop art portrait, string art portrait.
Which effects are there?
- 3D point cloud — with the depth the AI estimates, the photo becomes a 3D-scanned point cloud; on video the camera turns around it. Photo colours, ice blue, white and amber.
- Single-line spiral portrait — the photo is drawn by one spiral line from the centre out, thicker where it is dark. AI puts the centre of the spiral on the person.
- Disintegrate — the person crumbles into particles that blow away, and the gap is filled with the background. On video it dissolves from start to end; with an embers-and-ash option.
- Brush flow and Van Gogh swirl — an oil painting made of thousands of brush strokes that follow the photo's own directions.
- Pencil sketch — turns the photo into a graphite, coloured-pencil or charcoal sketch with hatching and paper grain.
- Line art — reduces the photo to clean ink outlines; with AI only the person is drawn.
- Pop art — an Andy Warhol style 2×2 or 3×3 colour portrait; AI separates the person and every panel gets its own colours.
- String art — the portrait drawn by one thread stretched between nails on a circle; on video it is woven thread by thread.
- Watercolour — pigment patches, dried edges and paper grain; the background bleeds into the paper.
- Neon outline — a glowing neon tube around the person and over the face that flickers on video.
How to use it
- Add your photo (JPG, PNG, WEBP, iPhone HEIC).
- Pick an effect; the AI takes a few seconds to get ready the first time.
- Tune it with the sliders.
- Download the image, or the moving version as a 15-second video.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn a photo into a 3D point cloud?
Add the photo and pick 3D point cloud. The AI estimates the depth and the photo becomes 3D points; use Download video to get the turning version for Reels.
How do I make a disintegration effect?
Pick Disintegrate. On a photo set how far it has dissolved with the slider; on video the person turns to dust from start to end.
How do I turn a photo into a pencil sketch?
Add the photo and pick Pencil sketch, Coloured pencil or Charcoal in the Drawing tab; tune the darkness and hatching with the sliders.
How do I make a pop art portrait?
Pick Pop art 2×2 or 3×3 in the Paint & Pop tab. AI separates the person from the background and every panel comes out in different Warhol-style colours.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The AI models and the effects run in your browser on your device; the photo is never sent anywhere.
Developed by: otto.