How to keep a photo's pose in an illustration

Luca Mussari
October 1, 2026 · 1 min read

You already like the pose. You need it to look illustrated. Use Turn photo into illustrations.
Upload a photo that has one subject
A person, an animal, a product. Decent light, not a tiny crop. Group shots and heavy filters make the conversion harder.
Match the style to the rest of the site
If the product already uses flat UI illustration, do not output a 3D clay portrait next to it. Pick the style the site already speaks. A mismatch shows up first on landing pages, where the illustration sits next to real UI.
Edit after the conversion
The photo is the starting point. Recolor, crop, simplify. Edit in the same workspace so you do not throw away the pose you already liked. If you only needed lines, turn the image into line art instead.




