Painting & Doodle
Pencil Sketch
drawn in graphite on textured paper
In the catalogue
- Action
- Pencil Sketch
- Category
- Painting & Doodle
- Returns
- A restyled still image
- Subscription
- Not required
What this action does
drawn in graphite on textured paper. You give the app a single photograph and it returns a new still image of you in that style. This one does not move: it is a restyle rather than an animation, and the picture is rebuilt in the style rather than having a filter laid over it. Nothing is photographed and nothing is recovered, so the result is a new picture that resembles the one you supplied.
What photo works best
Graphite works in tone and line, so contrast in the original carries straight into the drawing. A head and shoulders portrait with light falling clearly across one side of the face gives the pencil something to shade. Sharp focus helps, because the linework is drawn from the edges the photograph actually contains. Keep the background simple. A flat, frontally lit picture with no shadow anywhere tends to come back as a thin outline with very little weight in it.
What to expect
One photograph goes in and a new still picture comes out, restyled rather than filtered: the model rebuilds the frame in the style instead of laying an effect over it. Run it twice if the first attempt gets a detail wrong, because the second version will not be identical.
If the result is not convincing, the fix is almost always the photograph rather than the settings. Reshoot it wider, get more light on the face, and move the arms clear of the body. The rest of what decides the result applies to every action here, and the limits apply to this one too.
Common questions
- What kind of photo works best for Pencil Sketch?
- Pencil Sketch rebuilds your photograph as a new still image, and the one frame you choose is the entire input. Whatever has to appear in the result has to be in the shot, so frame wide enough to take in everything the style touches, keep the subject sharp and clearly separated from what is behind them, and get even light onto the face and the hands.
- Does Pencil Sketch make a video?
- No. Pencil Sketch is a photo style, so it returns a new still image rather than a clip. The photograph is remade in the style rather than having an effect laid over it. The motion actions elsewhere in the library are the ones that produce video.
- Do I need a subscription to use Pencil Sketch?
- No. Pencil Sketch is not marked as a subscription only action in the app's catalogue. AI Video is free to download, and generating a result uses credits, which are bought as a pack or come with a subscription.
The right action for the photo beats the popular one
Every movement and every style in the library is written up the same way, so you can check whether the picture in your camera roll actually suits it before you spend a credit.
