Model
Sketch Portrait
Upload a reference photo and click Generate. You can generate free without an account — signing up unlocks downloads.
Example: before → after. Upload your image to start.
How to use the Sketch Portrait template
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A head-and-shoulders portrait against a plain background; a busy background turns into distracting scribble.
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Click Generate — the AI re-renders your photo using the template prompt shown below. It runs without an account, on Shotari Basic.
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The result appears right here. Re-run any time — each generation differs slightly. Downloading needs an account.
What this template does
Redraws the photo as a graphite pencil portrait — hand-drawn hatching and shading, black and white throughout, with no colour left anywhere. The face and likeness are held fixed while everything else turns into drawn marks, so it reads as a portrait study rather than a photo with a filter on top.
Template prompt
Turn this photo into a detailed black-and-white pencil sketch portrait with hand-drawn graphite shading, preserving the person's exact face and likeness.
Frequently asked questions
Does it keep the background?
Only loosely. The prompt targets a portrait study, so backgrounds are simplified down to shading. If the background matters to the picture, crop tighter before uploading — or use a template that rebuilds the whole scene instead.
Can I get a coloured pencil version?
Not from this template — it specifies black-and-white graphite explicitly. Art School Portrait gives charcoal with pastel colour, and Watercolor Portrait gives full colour with visible paper texture.
Is this template free to use?
You can generate twice a day with no account at all. A free account adds 20 credits at signup plus 10 more daily. Downloading requires an account, and paid credits are what give you watermark-free output with full commercial rights; free-tier use is personal-use only.
Which model runs it, and what does it cost?
Shotari Basic by default, which costs 0 credits. You can switch to a premium model — Shotari Pro (2 credits), Seedream 5 Lite (3), GPT Image 2 (5), Nano Banana Pro (10) and others — but those bill paid credits, so they need a signed-in account with a paid balance. Without an account the job always runs on Shotari Basic and the page says so.