Upload a photo and the AI redraws it as a modern TV anime key frame: crisp cel shading, bold clean outlines, vivid colour, glossy hair and bright eyes. You stay recognisable.
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Photo to Anime is a tool that turns a real photo into a modern anime-style drawing in one step. Upload a picture, keep the "Modern anime" style that this page preselects, and press Restyle photo. The AI redraws it with cel shading, bold outlines, vivid colours, detailed hair and expressive eyes, while keeping each person's face shape, hairstyle, skin tone, age, expression and pose, and the layout of the scene. You get a JPG in My Videos.
Modern animeSign in and add one JPG, PNG or WEBP up to 15 MB: a selfie, a friends photo, a pet or a street.
Standard is 30 credits. Pro is 57 credits and keeps more fine detail.
Press Restyle photo. The anime picture is saved in My Videos, where you can download it.
The photo is redrawn from scratch as an anime key frame, so lines, shading and colour are drawn, not traced over the original pixels.
Face shape, hairstyle, skin tone, age and expression are part of the instructions, so the anime version still reads as the same person.
Clothing colours, the pose and the background layout stay, so your red jacket on a train platform becomes a red jacket on an anime train platform.
Pro uses a high-detail editor at a higher resolution, which keeps sharp outlines on hair strands, jewellery and patterned clothes.
In the same form you can switch to a softer hand-painted anime film look, a comic book panel or pixel art for the same photo.
A hand-drawn portrait takes an artist days. For a quick avatar, card or post, the AI redraws your photo in the style you pick.
| Feature | AI Photo Style | Commissioning a drawn portrait |
|---|---|---|
| Input | One photo and a style from the menu | Reference photos and a written brief to an artist |
| Styles | Eight looks, from anime film to pixel art | Whatever the artist you hire draws |
| Trying options | Run the same photo in another style for 30 credits | Each extra version is a new request and a new fee |
| Turnaround | A JPG in My Videos, usually within minutes | Days to weeks |
| Likeness | Keeps face, pose and framing from the photo | Depends on the artist and rounds of feedback |
| Price | 30 credits on Standard, 57 on Pro | An artist's rate per portrait |
Get an anime version of yourself for a Discord, gaming or social profile that people still recognise.
A rainy crossing, a night market or a train window view becomes a background that looks drawn for a series.
Turn a group photo from a trip or a party into an anime frame everyone can save.
See yourself, your friends or your room drawn in the style of the shows you watch.
Make an anime avatar or channel picture from a real photo, without commissioning a drawing.
Turn reference photos of places into anime-style scenes for character sheets or story boards.
Post photo-to-anime transformations of your own pictures as reveal posts and trend content.
Yes. Upload a photo, keep the "Modern anime" style and press Restyle photo; the AI redraws it as an anime frame with your face, pose and background.
30 credits per photo in Standard and 57 credits in Pro.
Mostly, yes. The AI keeps your face shape, hairstyle, skin tone, age and expression, though anime simplifies features, so small details like freckles may soften.
Yes. Pets keep their colours and markings, and streets, rooms and landscapes are redrawn as anime backgrounds.
Modern anime uses crisp cel shading, bold outlines and vivid colour. The hand-painted anime film style is softer, with watercolour backgrounds and warm light.
Yes. Download the result and upload it to Photo to Video to animate it for 5 or 10 seconds.
JPG, PNG or WEBP up to 15 MB. The result is a JPG.
Not in this step: the AI is told to add no text, logos or watermarks. Add text afterwards in any image or video editor.
Yes. Sign in with Google or email; each job costs credits from your balance, and the result is saved in My Videos.
If a job can't finish, the credits it used go back to your balance automatically.
Turn a photo into an anime film still, a 3D cartoon, a comic or a painting. from 30 credits, and the result is saved in My Videos.
