Applications that will transform your photos into drawings

To turn your photos into drawings you don't need to know how to draw, as there are several apps available for Android and iOS that make the image look like it was made by hand.

The apps have different editing styles, from cartoons to works of art. We have separated 4 of them to choose the one that best meets your needs.

1. Deep Art Effects

Deep Art Effects transforms your photos and selfies into works of art, and offers more than 40 art styles in photo filters. The applied effects can have their intensity changed according to the user's desire.

The tool's developers were inspired by big names in painting to create the filters. Such as Van Gogh, Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt and Dalí. It's as if it could still be painted by them.

The result is saved in HD, Full HD or Ultra HD resolution. No photos are stored on the app's servers, guaranteeing complete user privacy.

Deep Art Effects is available for Android and iOS.

2. PicsArt Photo Editor

PicsArt Photo Editor is a photo editor, one of the best known on the market. To transform your photo into a drawing, the application features the Effects feature, just choose Artistic and select one of the various transformations available.

Your photo can be “transformed” into an oil painting or a pencil drawing, and if you want you can apply the style of comics, sketches, posters and much more.

If you prefer, you can customize the effect, changing each mask applied, the percentage of reality you want to maintain and the blurred style.

And if you want, you can improve the result, just use tools like cutting, cloning, adding text, frames, backgrounds, stickers, among other resources. Therefore, it is a great choice for anyone who wants to edit their images in a fun or artistic way.

PicsArt is available for Android and iOS.

3. Varnist

Varnist is one of the most used to transform photos into drawings, as it offers different styles of filters in one application.

The app has options such as lines based on works by famous painters, such as Picasso and Renoir. It also has filters inspired by drawing techniques such as manga or sketching and natural phenomena, such as fire and light.

And it also has mosaic or stained glass effects, textures to give a psychedelic tone to the image and much more.

Varnist is available for Android.

4.Cartoon Photo

Do you like comics? Or an illustration that could be part of a book? Cartoon Photo can do this for you.

The app has tools that can transform your images into drawings, sketches, oil paintings, and several other styles.

Filters can be applied to photos that have already been taken and you can also take the photo immediately. Just use the back or front camera of your cell phone, choose your favorite, and take a photo.

Cartoon Photo is available for Android.