Turn a photo into an AI doodle: a black ink portrait in loose, wobbly lines on white, with the face and hairstyle still recognizable.
Turn a photo into an AI doodle: a black ink portrait in loose, wobbly lines on white, with the face and hairstyle still recognizable.
One reference photo and the doodle generated from it, drawn in loose black ink lines. The result uses the template's fixed 3:4 ratio on a white background.
The recipe asks the model to keep the person's face and hairstyle recognizable. Compare the eyebrow direction, the mouth curve and the face outline with the original. They decide whether the portrait keeps a recognizable facial expression.
Photographic detail becomes wobbly ink lines with minimal shading on a plain white background. Hair and accessories shrink to a few strokes, so glasses can touch an eyebrow and earrings can become stray marks. The irregular line is part of the style, not a defect.
Review the expression in the eyes and mouth first. The result is a raster image, not vector strokes, and the white background is not transparent; if you remove it elsewhere, check the thin lines on light and dark layouts. If the first result misses the expression you need, run the same photo again or choose a sharper source; each run is a new 45-credit generation.
Three common uses. The doodle portrait is the image; names, dates and messages stay as real text in your own layout.
3:4 · Note
A doodle portrait can make a thank-you note feel personal without competing with the words. Pick a photo the recipient associates with you, and set the drawing beside a short message in a layout app. Leave white space so the loose lines never touch the text. The template makes the illustration, not the typeset note or a stationery file.
3:4 · Team
Generate one doodle per person from portraits with a similar crop, then review the set together. The template does not promise matching line weight or framing across requests, so pick the candidates that sit well side by side. Keep names and roles as editable text, and let each person approve their own doodle.
3:4 · Avatar
Review lines at avatar size before you publish: eyes can merge with the fringe and a faint mouth can disappear. Keep the full image and make a separate crop for the account. Reuse one accepted master across placements, and choose a calmer candidate if the expression turns ambiguous at the smallest size. Name the files so the master and each crop stay easy to tell apart.
Upload a portrait, check the fixed output, then review the lines at full size before you download.
Add one JPG, PNG or WebP image up to 20 MB. Choose a single person whose face and hairstyle stand out from the background, rather than a group photo. Use a photo you own or have permission to edit.
There is no style, ratio or size selector; the panel shows the fixed output, one 3:4 PNG at HD from Nano Banana Pro on a plain white background. Crop your photo first if the framing matters.
Each AI doodle result costs 45 credits, shown on Generate before you confirm. When the doodle is done, compare expression with the source and review the lines at full size, including thin strokes around the eyes and hair, then download it.
Loose black ink lines on a plain white background.
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Upload one portrait where the face and hairstyle stand out from the background. The recipe asks the model to keep the face and hairstyle recognizable, so the eyebrow direction, the mouth curve and the face outline in the source decide how the doodle reads.
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A doodle portrait keeps only what a few loose lines can say: the outline of the face and hair, the eyes and the mouth, with almost no shading. Small accessories may collapse into a stroke or a stray mark, and the wobble in the line is intended.
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The white background is not transparent and the lines are pixels, not vector strokes. Check thin strokes around the eyes and hair if you remove the background elsewhere or shrink the doodle into a small avatar.
Other ways to draw a portrait from the same photo.
An AI doodle is generated artwork in a loose, informal line style. This template turns a portrait into a doodle portrait: wobbly black ink lines with little shading on a white page, while the source supplies the person and the expression. It creates a raster image, not a drawing tool or a set of editable pen strokes.
Use one clear portrait where the face and hairstyle are easy to separate from the background. A busy background, strong shadows or a hand over the mouth leave the loose-line style little to work from, and a group photo gives no way to choose a face. Keep room around the hair and chin if you crop, and use a photo you own or may edit. JPG, PNG and WebP are accepted, up to 20 MB.
No. The output remains an image file even though it looks like pen lines. You cannot edit individual strokes as vector paths in this template. If a production project needs clean vector geometry, create or trace that artwork separately and check it at the required size.
No. A white background is a visible color treatment; transparency is an alpha-channel property. Use a separate background-removal task when a transparent result is required, then inspect fine lines and pale areas against a contrasting background. Do not assume every white region can be removed without affecting the drawing.
Check the eyebrow direction, mouth curve, face outline, and important hair or glasses shapes at the actual avatar size. The loose line style is intentional, but accidental connections or a changed expression can make the portrait less recognizable. Keep the original reference nearby during review, and view the doodle at the smallest size where it will appear, because thin lines are the first detail to disappear.
Not with this template; the loose doodle line is the whole point of it. For soft graphite shading, use Photo to Sketch; for dense, precise ink hatching, use Ink Drawing; for clean outlines with flat color, use AI Cartoon Generator.
45 credits per run for one 3:4 PNG at HD on a white background, made with Nano Banana Pro. The amount appears on the Generate button before you confirm.
Upload one clear portrait, review the credit estimate, and compare the finished doodle with your original before using it.