How to Turn a Photo Into a Drawing
Did you know that turning a photo into a drawing or sketch can convey more emotion and warmth than a photo alone? This is because while photos and realistic paintings capture a subject accurately, sketches are done quickly and freely to capture a specific mood. They use minimal lines to convey the most important details first. Sketching from photos is common for artists, but you can also turn a picture into a sketch by using one of the Photo Editor’s many Sketcher Effects. In this article, we’ll show you how to turn any photo into a drawing in just one click.
Meet BeFunky's Drawing Filters
There are several ways to convert your photo into a sketch. Among BeFunky’s Sketcher effects, you’ll find several varieties of colorful sketch filters as well as different methods and mediums like charcoal, color pencil, and cross-hatching. Which effect you choose depends on what look you’re going for. It’s easy to revert your image back to its original state, so don’t worry about trying out each one of them to decide which Sketcher effect works best for your photo!
Charcoal
Turn your photos into charcoal drawings with Charcoal GFX. This effect results in thick outlines and grainy shading to mimic the look of sketched charcoal. You can adjust the smoothness and pencil size for more or less grain and detail.
Sketcher
The Sketcher GFX tool creates sketches from your photos with thick outlines, high contrast, and fine detail. Try it with landscapes and architecture as well as portraits! You can use this tool to create your own coloring book.
Color Sketch
Turn your images into color sketches in just one click! Color Sketch GFX produces beautiful, colorful results that evoke plenty of emotion. These make great holiday cards or thank you cards, and are also perfect for creating comics.
Cross Hatch
Cross Hatch GFX is perfect for capturing all the nuances of dark and light in a photo. Converting your photo into a cross-hatched drawing creates many overlapping fine lines that make it look completely done by hand.
How to Turn Your Photo Into a Drawing Online
Turning a photo into a drawing online is simple with the BeFunky Photo Editor. Just upload your photo, click on the effect you’d like to use, and you’ve got a beautiful line drawing that’s ready to go. You also have the option to adjust the variations and fidelity of your sketch filters so that the results are unique and true to your vision every time. You can use these sketches for gifting, hanging up on a wall, uploading to social media, or simply enjoying. In the tutorial below, you can learn exactly how to use BeFunky’s Sketcher effects, including how to customize them to your liking.
Step 1: Open Your Photo
First, open the Sketcher effects in the Photo Editor and upload a photo of your choice. You can find the Sketcher effects in the Artsy tab.
Step 2: Choose a Drawing Effect
When turning your photo into a drawing, you have several options to choose from. If you’re not sure which to use, you can try them all out to see which you like best!
Here, we’re using Color Sketch GFX. This charming effect looks like it’s been hastily drawn with a color pencil. If you’re satisfied with the results, you can end here and skip to Step 4 to save your drawing. Otherwise, click on the Settings icon to make some changes!
Step 3: Customize It!
All Sketcher GFX effects allow you to adjust their Fidelity and Variation. Fidelity affects how true the results are to the original image, while Variation creates slight differences in style. In the case of Color Sketch, you can also adjust the Smoothness.
Different combinations of sliders all result in unique drawings. Don’t forget to click Apply to save your changes!
Step 4: Save Your Drawing
Believe it or not, it’s already time to save your new sketch. Just click the Save button at the top of the canvas. High-quality PNGs work best for your digital needs, while PDFs are better for printing. You can also choose JPEG if you prefer to save hard drive space.
And that’s it! You’ve successfully turned your photo into a beautiful hand-drawn sketch.
Turn Any Photo Into a Drawing Today
Create heartfelt gifts, add art to your home, or spruce up your social media profile today just by turning a picture into a sketch. Try our drawing effects for yourself today!
And be sure to check out the BeFunky mobile app to turn photos into drawings right from your iPhone or Android device. Just upload your image directly from your camera roll and you’re ready to turn any picture into a line drawing!
