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Colored Pencil Drawing

Turn a Photo into a Colored Pencil Drawing

Pencil lines trace every edge while the photo’s colors fill them in, softly, like a drawing done with a box of colored pencils.

Image to ASCII Turn any photo into ASCII art — copy it as text or save as PNG.
Image to Pixel Art Make 8-bit pixel art from a photo with retro palettes like PICO-8 and Game Boy.
Glitch Effect RGB split, slice shifts, scanlines and static — a GPU glitch effect for any image.
Halftone Effect Turn photos into print-style halftone dots, squares or diamonds in two colors.
Duotone Effect Map a photo onto two colors — the Spotify-style duotone look.
Pixel Sorting Glitch-art pixel sorting: melt bright or dark pixels into long streaks.
Fluted Glass Effect Reeded glass refraction: look at any photo through ribbed glass.
Shatter Effect Break a photo into flying blocks that scatter away from an intact center.
Photo to Pencil Sketch Turn a photo into a graphite pencil drawing with adjustable line weight.
Photo to Watercolor Soft watercolor washes with ink edges and paper texture from any photo.
Tilt-Shift Effect Miniature-world tilt-shift blur with a movable focus band.
Motion Blur Effect Directional motion blur for speed, panning and dynamic shots.
Film Grain Effect Analog film grain and a soft vignette for a 35mm look.
Chromatic Aberration Split red, green and blue channels for a lens-fringe or 3D-glasses look.
Light Leak Effect Warm analog light leaks and flares in any two colors.
Neon Glow Effect Trace the edges of a photo with glowing neon lines on a dark background.
Paper Cut Effect Layered paper-craft look with cut-out shapes and soft shadows.
Posterize Effect Reduce a photo to a few flat tones for a bold poster look.
Glow Effect Bloom glow: bright areas softly radiate light.
Lens Blur (Bokeh) Dreamy lens blur where bright spots bloom into bokeh.
Zoom Blur Effect Radial zoom or spin blur that rushes toward a point.
Glass Tiles Effect See a photo through hexagonal or square glass blocks with refraction.
Torn Paper Effect Rip a photo into torn paper pieces with white edges and shadows.
Hexagon Mosaic Pixelate a photo into a honeycomb of flat-colored hexagons.
Swirl Effect Twist a photo into a whirlpool around its center.
Water Ripple Effect Concentric water ripples spreading across a photo.
Bulge & Pinch Effect Magnify the center of a photo like a fisheye — or pinch it in.
Vignette Effect Darken — or tint — the corners to focus attention on the center.
Emboss Effect Raised relief look: turn a photo into an embossed grey surface.
Blur Image Blur a whole image smoothly — clean edges, any strength.
Sharpen Image Make soft photos crisper with an adjustable sharpening filter.
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More image effects

All effects
Photo to Pencil Sketch example Photo to Pencil Sketch Turn a photo into a graphite pencil drawing with adjustable line weight. Photo to Watercolor example Photo to Watercolor Soft watercolor washes with ink edges and paper texture from any photo. Posterize Effect example Posterize Effect Reduce a photo to a few flat tones for a bold poster look.

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Colored Pencil Drawing — how it works

Turn a photo into a colored pencil drawing that keeps its colors.

Lines plus color

The effect draws the edges of your photo as pencil strokes, then blends the original colors back in underneath them. You get the structure of a sketch with the palette of the photo — lighter and softer than the original, like colored pencil on white paper.

Line weight and texture

Line weight controls how thick the strokes are: thin for delicate illustrations, heavy for a crayon or marker feel. Paper texture adds grain so the result looks drawn on real paper rather than printed.

Great for

Pet portraits, travel photos, food and architecture, greeting cards and children’s-book style illustrations. For a black-and-white sketch use Photo to Pencil Sketch instead.

Frequently Asked Questions

No — it is a classic filter that runs instantly in your browser. For AI art styles, Image Flow has Style Transfer.

No, it is processed on your device.

Your photo’s full resolution, up to 4096 px on the long side.