About 30 seconds a caricature
Upload, pick the settings and press Make Caricature. Most runs finish in about half a minute, so this caricature generator lets you try several styles on one photo in minutes.
AI caricature from photo
AI Caricature Maker from Photo: Faces Stay Recognizable
Image2Layer's caricature maker turns a photo of you, a couple or friends into a funny drawing that still looks like you, free to try. 6 styles, 3 exaggeration levels and 6 scenes; a run takes about 30 seconds.
- Free to try
- 6 styles, 6 scenes
- Faces stay recognizable
- PNG in about 30 seconds
1. Upload an image
Sexual or explicit content isn't allowed. Images and results that contain it are blocked automatically.
No image handy? See a sample
2. Pick a caricature style
Faces stay recognizable, with playful exaggeration.
3. Make Caricature
10 credits per photo · Failed runs never use credits
Real result of this tool
Upload your own image to get a PNG.
One photo, many scenes
What the Caricature Maker Does
A caricature maker turns an ordinary photo into a playful drawing with a big head, a big smile and a few fun details, while the person stays easy to recognize. It makes caricatures from photos of yourself, a couple or a few friends: pick a style and how far to exaggerate, and the AI draws it in one run, with no drawing skills and no prompt to write.
A scene sets the stage: keep your own background, go plain, or put everyone at work, at a birthday, at a wedding or in a stadium. The tabs show one photo in three scenes. For a painted portrait with no exaggeration, use photo to painting. To edit each part of a finished caricature, press Split into layers and open it in image to layers.
- Six drawing styles
- Light, Medium or Strong
- Bigger head, bigger smile
- Faces stay recognizable
- Six scenes, from work to wedding
- Couples and small groups
CaricatureWhy Use This AI Caricature Generator
Six reasons to make caricatures from photos here instead of by hand.
It still looks like you
An AI caricature keeps the face shape, hairstyle, glasses, beard and skin tone, so friends know who it is at a glance. Outfits only change when a scene calls for it.
Playful, never mean
The humor comes from the expression, the pose, the hair and the props. Noses, lips and eye shapes are not exaggerated, so the joke is never about where someone comes from.
Six styles, three levels
Classic sketch, Cartoon, 3D cartoon, Comic book, Watercolor and Chibi, each at Light, Medium or Strong exaggeration.
A scene for every occasion
At work adds the outfit and tools of a job, while Birthday, Wedding and Sports fan put a party, a celebration or a stadium around you.
10 credits, failed runs free
Each caricature costs 10 credits. Credit packs need no subscription, and a run that fails never uses credits.
How to Make Caricatures from Photos in 3 Steps
Three steps from photo to caricature, with no drawing skills and no prompt to write.
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Photo to Caricature That Still Looks Like You
Three things this caricature generator does on example photos. Move the lens, switch the tabs or watch the divider.
Move to see the photoFaces, Glasses and Hairstyles Stay Recognizable
Each face shape, hairstyle, pair of glasses and skin tone is kept, and with Keep the scene the colors of the clothes stay too. This bookseller with a silver bob and red glasses was drawn in Comic book style at Light, so the drawing lines up closely with her photo. Move the lens across it to see the photo underneath. Want a new haircut on the photo itself, with no drawing? Try the AI hairstyle changer.
Draw a portrait
CaricatureLight, Medium or Strong: Set How Funny It Gets
Exaggeration plays with the head size, the smile, the hair and the accessories, never with the shape of a nose, lips or eyes. Light gives a slightly larger head and a slightly bigger smile, Medium the classic big head on a smaller body, and Strong a very big head on a small body with bold, playful hair. Switch the tabs to see one photo at all three levels in Cartoon style on a plain background.
Choose a level
BeforeCaricatureCouples and Small Groups in One Caricature
The caricature generator draws everyone in the photo, each one recognizable, so a couple, a pair of friends or a small team works in a single run. These three friends at a picnic table became 3D cartoon characters with the park kept around them. The tool takes one photo per run, so put the whole group in one picture. To change a whole picture from a description instead, use image to image.
Draw a groupCaricature Maker Before and After
Six caricatures from photos made for this page, one for each style, drawn with the settings in each note. Hover a card to wipe between them, or open it to compare closely.
Wedding caricature
An engaged couple in a park, redrawn as a street artist sketch in a wedding scene with flowers and soft lights.
Birthday caricature
Strong and the Birthday scene gave him a very big head, a huge grin, balloons and a cake, with his glasses kept.
At work: firefighter
A casual photo and the note "a firefighter" with At work became a comic book hero in full gear beside a fire truck.
Basketball fan in 3D
The Sports fan scene and the note "basketball" put her on a basketball court in front of a cheering crowd, with no real team logos.
Gardener in watercolor
Light kept it gentle: a slightly larger head and a bigger smile among her tomato plants, in soft washes and ink lines.
Chibi avatar
A tiny body, a big head and big eyes on a plain light background, ready for a profile picture.
Tips for a Better AI Caricature
Four habits for an AI caricature people recognize and want to keep.
Start with a clear, front-facing photo
A sharp photo in soft, even light with the face toward the camera gives the closest likeness. Glasses, a beard or a favorite hat come through when the photo shows them. Uploads are scaled to 2048 pixels on the longest side, and the caricature keeps the shape of your photo, so crop it first.
Put the whole group in one picture
Each run takes one photo, and the caricature maker draws everyone in it. For a couple or a team, use a photo with every face visible and not too small. A small group works better than a crowd.
Name the job, add one prop
With At work, type the job in the notes: a nurse, a chef, a pilot. Without it, the AI guesses the job from the photo. One short prop or theme, such as holding a guitar, works better than a long list. The drawing comes back without lettering, so add names or a greeting in your card app.
Enlarge or cut out afterwards
Each caricature is a PNG of about 1,200 pixels. For a larger print, run it through the image upscaler. For a sticker or a mug, choose Plain and lift the figure out with cut out image.
Caricature Maker vs Photoshop and a Caricature Artist
Three ways to get a caricature from photos, side by side.
- Time per caricatureImage2Layer:About 30 secondsPhotoshop by hand:Hours of drawing or warpingCaricature artist:Days for a commission, minutes at an event
- CostImage2Layer:10 credits a caricaturePhotoshop by hand:A Photoshop subscriptionCaricature artist:A fee per face, more for groups
- Skill neededImage2Layer:None: upload and press Make CaricaturePhotoshop by hand:Drawing skills and practiceCaricature artist:None, the artist draws it
- ChoicesImage2Layer:6 styles, 3 levels, 6 scenesPhotoshop by hand:Whatever you can drawCaricature artist:The artist's own style
- What you getImage2Layer:A PNG of about 1,200 pxPhotoshop by hand:A file at any size you chooseCaricature artist:A drawing on paper or a file
- Where it runsImage2Layer:In your browser, also on a phonePhotoshop by hand:A desktop appCaricature artist:At an event, or you send photos
Photoshop is a trademark of Adobe. Image2Layer is not affiliated with Adobe or with any caricature artist.
Who Uses an AI Caricature Maker
Where an AI caricature fits: gifts, teams, profile pictures and parties.
Weddings and anniversaries
Use the caricature maker for a wedding save the date, a guest book sign or an anniversary card, with the Wedding scene around the couple.
Birthdays
A caricature maker for a birthday party: invitations and cards with balloons, a cake and confetti from the Birthday scene.
Teams and farewells
Draw each colleague with At work for a team page, a farewell card or a welcome post. An AI work caricature keeps it light and friendly.
Profile pictures
A caricature avatar in Chibi or 3D cartoon for social media, a stream or a work chat. Join the AI caricature trend with a drawing made from your own photo.
Sports fans
Put yourself in a stadium with Sports fan for game day posts, a league avatar or a gift for the biggest fan you know.
Designs and prints
Use caricatures from photos on posters and invitations, make a matching poster with the AI poster generator, or turn one into editable layers with image to PSD.
Caricature Maker FAQ
Answers about likeness, styles, scenes, price and privacy.
Yes. Upload a photo above, pick a style, an exaggeration level and a scene, and press Make Caricature. About 30 seconds later this caricature generator from photo shows the drawing next to your picture, and Download PNG saves it.
Upload a clear photo of yourself, choose a style and a level, and run it. The caricature maker draws you with a bigger head and a bigger smile while your face, hairstyle, glasses and skin tone stay recognizable. Light stays closest to the photo; Strong is the funniest.
Yes. Open this page in your phone browser, upload a selfie from your camera roll and download the PNG: photo to caricature online, with no app to install. Hold the phone at eye level in soft light, without beauty filters, for the closest likeness.
Usually, yes. Face shape, eyes, nose, hairstyle, glasses, facial hair and skin tone are kept, and so are the colors of the clothes unless you pick At work, Wedding or Sports fan, which dress you for the scene. AI can still change small details, so compare faces with the slider and run it again if one is off.
No. The exaggeration plays with the head size, the smile, the hair and the accessories, while the shape of the nose, lips and eyes and the skin tone stay true to each person. That keeps every caricature playful and respectful, at every level.
They set how far the drawing goes. Light gives a slightly larger head and a slightly bigger smile, Medium the classic big head on a smaller body with your hair and any glasses or accessories you wear played up, and Strong a very big head on a small body: a photo to funny caricature.
Six: Classic sketch, Cartoon, 3D cartoon, Comic book, Watercolor and Chibi. Classic sketch is a caricature sketch with pencil lines and light marker color, Cartoon has bold outlines and flat colors, so it also works as a cartoon caricature maker, and Chibi gives a tiny body with big eyes.
Choose the At work scene and type your job in the notes, such as a nurse, a chef or a pilot. You are drawn with the outfit and tools of that job in a fitting workplace. Without a job in the notes, the AI guesses from the photo and may pick the wrong one.
Yes. Choose the Wedding scene and the couple is drawn in a festive scene with flowers and soft lights, usually dressed for the occasion. Use a photo where both faces are clear and not too small.
Yes, when everyone is in the same photo. The caricature generator draws every person in the picture, each one recognizable, so a couple or a small group of friends works well. The tool takes one photo per run, so it cannot merge separate photos into one drawing.
Yes, once. Each account gets one free run across Image2Layer's AI tools: sign in, press Try it free and you get a watermarked result with no credits needed. After that each caricature costs 10 credits, and a run that fails never uses credits.
Yes: every caricature from a run paid with credits has no watermark. Only the free trial result carries one, and it disappears as soon as you buy any plan or credit pack.
Each AI caricature comes back as a PNG of about 1,200 pixels on the longest side, in the shape of your photo. That suits avatars, cards and small prints. For a bigger print, enlarge it with the image upscaler first.
No. The style, the level and the scene already tell the AI what to draw, so it works like a photo to caricature converter. The notes box is optional, for a job or one prop, such as holding a guitar.
Only with their permission. Use photos of yourself or of people who agreed, keep it friendly, and do not upload public figures. Your uploads and results are visible only to your account, and every upload passes our content checks.
More Tools After the Caricature Generator
More image tools for the next step after a caricature.
Keep Editing Your AI Caricature
Four tools for what usually comes next.
Six styles, six scenes
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