Transform photos into detailed pencil sketch portraits with AI
Convert any photo into a high-quality hand-drawn style pencil sketch using advanced AI. Upload a portrait, full body shot, or scene and get back a detailed line drawing — perfect for artistic portraits, coloring book pages, or unique visual content.
See It in Action
Real examples generated by the API. See the quality for yourself.
Left: original photo — Right: AI-generated pencil sketch portrait
Features
AI Pencil Sketch
Advanced deep learning model that converts photos into detailed, realistic pencil sketch line drawings.
Fast Processing
Get pencil sketch results in seconds with our optimized cloud inference pipeline.
Flexible Input
Upload a file via multipart or pass a public image URL — both work seamlessly.
Works on Any Photo
Portraits, full body shots, scenes with backgrounds — the model handles them all with fine detail.
Preserves Details
Captures facial features, hair, clothing patterns, and architectural elements in the line drawing.
Cloud-Based
No GPU needed on your end. Fully managed cloud infrastructure handles the processing.
API Reference
1 endpoint, simple integration. Here's everything you need.
Supported Content Types
https://phototoportrait.p.rapidapi.com/photo-to-portraitConvert a photo into a detailed pencil sketch line drawing using AI. Returns a JSON response with a CDN URL to the result image, along with image dimensions and file size.
imagefilerequiredImage file (JPEG, PNG, WebP) — use with multipart/form-data
urlstringrequiredPublic URL of the image to process — use with application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Send either image (file upload) or url (form-encoded), not both.
{
"image_url": "https://images.ai-engine.net/photo-to-portrait-api/051583c1-...jpg",
"width": 1037,
"height": 1555,
"size_bytes": 176447
}Response
Returns JSON with a CDN URL to the pencil sketch image, along with image width, height, and size in bytes.
Quick Start
Copy-paste code to get started in seconds. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your RapidAPI key.
# File upload
curl -X POST "https://phototoportrait.p.rapidapi.com/photo-to-portrait" \
-H "x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "x-rapidapi-host: phototoportrait.p.rapidapi.com" \
-F "image=@photo.jpg"
# URL input
curl -X POST "https://phototoportrait.p.rapidapi.com/photo-to-portrait" \
-H "x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "x-rapidapi-host: phototoportrait.p.rapidapi.com" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "url=https://example.com/photo.jpg"Pricing
Start free, scale as you grow. All plans include full API access with no credit card required for the free tier.
Basic
100 requests/mo
- Full API access
- All endpoints
- Standard support
Pro
10,000 requests/mo
- Full API access
- All endpoints
- Standard support
Ultra
50,000 requests/mo
- Full API access
- All endpoints
- Standard support
Mega
200,000 requests/mo
- Full API access
- All endpoints
- Standard support
Start Using Photo to Portrait Today
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