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Photo to Line Art
Make photographic hatching or simplified blue-ink drawings. Your photo stays in your browser.
Free to use. No account or watermark.
Original
Line art
Try cross-hatching to add depth to the shadows.
Photo to line art with hatching
This free image-to-line-art converter uses parallel and crossed strokes to describe light and shade. Choose detailed hatching to retain photographic texture, or illustrative hatching for broader shapes and white highlights. Adjust line density, stroke width and contrast beside the original photo. Images are processed locally, and the output is a watermark-free PNG with a longest side up to 2000 pixels. This is a hatching generator, not an outline tracer, single-line drawing tool or SVG converter.
Two ways to draw light
The same photograph, rendered with both modes in this tool.
From photo to paper
Find your strokes
Pick a direction, then adjust density, width and contrast.
Save your artwork
Download a PNG for a post, a card or a print.
Made by hand
Discover original line drawings by an independent artist. Handmade works are separate from the images generated above.
The artist’s collection and purchase details are being prepared.
Browse artworks →Before you download
Is this an outline converter?
This tool creates hatching: parallel or crossed strokes describe light and shadow. It does not trace outlines.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Image processing happens in your browser. Your photos are not sent to a server.
What size is the download?
PNG downloads have a longest side up to 2000 pixels. Smaller originals are not enlarged.
Can I buy a handmade artwork?
Our artist section is separate from the converter. Purchase links will appear when the artist’s shop is available.