AI Style Transfer
Restyle your photos with AI: cartoon, anime, oil painting, watercolor, pencil sketch, pixel art, comic book, 3D or your own style.
AI Style Transfer
Drag & drop or click to upload
Upload an image and select a style to transform
What AI Style Transfer can do
Apply one of nine style options to an uploaded image while keeping what is in it.
Nine Style Options
Choose Cartoon, Anime, Pencil Sketch, Oil Painting, Watercolor, Pixel Art, Comic Book, 3D Render or Custom. It is one place to try many looks on the same photo.
Keeps Subject and Composition
Style transfer changes the rendering, not the content. People, objects, framing and perspective from your upload stay in place while lines, colors and textures change.
Custom Style Instructions
Pick Custom to describe a style the list does not cover, such as a linocut print or a neon synthwave illustration. Your words become the style instruction.
Painting and Drawing Styles
Oil Painting, Watercolor and Pencil Sketch give photos a traditional art finish, from thick brushstrokes to soft washes and graphite shading. They suit portraits, gifts and wall prints.
Animation and Game Styles
Cartoon, Anime, Comic Book, 3D Render and Pixel Art cover illustrated looks, from halftone comic panels and animated-film renders to retro 8-bit graphics. They suit avatars and social posts.
2 Credits per Image
Every style costs 2 credits, shown before you generate. Credits are refunded to your balance automatically if a generation fails for any reason.
Ways people use style transfer
Reasons to restyle a photo instead of starting over.
Compare looks for a project
Run one photo through several styles to decide whether a poster, book cover or album art should feel painted, inked or animated.
Consistent social media series
Apply the same style to a set of photos so a feed, carousel or newsletter shares one unified illustrated look.
Visuals in a house style
Use one Custom instruction to restyle product or team photos in the same illustration style for a website, pitch deck or campaign.
Teaching art technique
Show students how the same scene changes as a watercolor, a pencil sketch or a comic, a practical way to discuss technique.
How to change the style of an image
Three steps to a restyled image.
Upload an Image
Add the photo or picture you want to restyle as a JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF or HEIC file, up to 10 MB.
Pick a Style
Select one of the eight presets, or choose Custom and write a short description of the style you want applied to your image.
Generate and Download
Generate for 2 credits and download the styled image. It is also saved in My Creations, which makes comparing styles easy.
Tips for better style transfer results
How to pick and describe a style that works.
Describe the medium in Custom
Strong Custom instructions name a medium and its traits, like ukiyo-e woodblock print with flat colors and bold outlines, rather than only a mood like dreamy.
Describe brushwork, not just a name
Instead of naming a famous painter, describe the brushwork, palette and texture you like. It gives the model concrete direction and keeps the look your own.
Match the style to the photo
Pixel Art and Cartoon simplify detail, so they suit bold subjects. Oil Painting and Pencil Sketch hold up better on detailed portraits and architecture.
Start from a well-exposed photo
Blur and darkness carry over into the new style. Restore faded faces with the Photo Enhancer or enlarge small images with the Image Upscaler first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about restyling images with AI
AI style transfer redraws an existing image in a different artistic style while keeping its content. You upload a picture, pick a style such as Watercolor or Comic Book, and get the restyled version.
Each styled image costs 2 credits, for presets and Custom alike. The cost is visible before you generate, and if a generation fails or is blocked during safety review, the credits are refunded automatically.
JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF and HEIC files up to 10 MB. Photos of people, pets, products, buildings and landscapes all work, as do drawings and earlier AI images you want to restyle.
No, there is no style reference upload. You pick a style from the list or describe one in words with Custom, which works well when you name the medium, colors and texture you want.
For a classic art look, try Oil Painting, Watercolor or Pencil Sketch. For illustrated results, use Cartoon, Anime, Comic Book or 3D Render, and choose Pixel Art for a retro game feel. Custom covers anything else.
Usually, yes. Subject, pose and composition are kept while lines, colors and textures change. Simplifying styles like Pixel Art and Cartoon drop small details, so tiny text or distant faces may not survive.
Yes, you own your results and may use them commercially according to the Terms of Service. Rights to the source image remain your responsibility, so restyling someone else's photo or artwork needs their permission.
Yes, they are private by default and saved to My Creations, where you can download them again whenever you need. Content moderation is applied, and NSFW or illegal content is blocked.
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