Portraiture Builder

Turn Your Headshot Into a Drawing Lesson

Choose a faithful portrait or expressive caricature, then build a personalized graphite drawing through ten progressive image edits.

Start with a headshot How it works
🎨 Written drawing steps ✏️ Portrait or caricature 🖼️ JPG, PNG, WEBP 🖨️ Printable guide 🖍️ Personalized image stages
Upload + Generate

Create your drawing guide.

Upload one clear headshot and choose a style. Ten image edits will build from the reference into a personalized drawing lesson.

1. Upload a headshot

Best results come from one person, shoulders-up, with the face turned slightly to the side. After upload, zoom in or out, drag the preview, or use the sliders to center the face before generating.

Uploaded headshot preview
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2. Adjust the face crop Adjusted crop will be used

Center the face, hair, and top of the shoulders. Drag the preview to reposition, use the zoom slider to move in or out, or switch to the full photo if you do not want a crop.

3. Choose a drawing style
Analyzing the headshot...
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Privacy note: Your adjusted photo and each generated stage are sent to OpenAI directly in the request; CherThere does not save them as files. Your browser keeps the guide in memory until you close or reset the page. OpenAI’s API data policies apply.

Your drawing instructions will appear here.

After you upload a headshot and click generate, this area will show the portrait concept, visible-feature analysis, ten drawing stages, shading tips, and final cleanup notes.

🎭 Overall portrait concept

🧭 Face shape breakdown

✨ Distinctive features

    ✏️ Step-by-step drawing instructions

    Each generated panel edits the previous one. Compare the reference and current drawing side by side; generated edits may shift slightly, so no pixel-aligned overlay is offered.

    Existing graphite marks Newest marks requested in muted red Construction guides

    Image models can alter earlier marks or drift from the reference. Review the sequence before relying on it as a likeness; generated drawings are not guaranteed to be anatomically exact.

    The image service creates a new edit for each stage. Visual continuity is encouraged by using the previous stage as the next image input, but cannot be guaranteed automatically.

      🌗 Optional shading and expression tips

        🧽 Final cleanup tips

          Workflow

          A reference-led drawing lesson.

          The image model edits the preceding stage and receives the original photo as a reference. Draw along with the generated lesson; review likeness and continuity because they cannot be guaranteed automatically.

          Preview the upload

          Choose or drag in a clear JPG, PNG, or WEBP headshot, then zoom, crop, or use the full photo before generating the guide.

          Focus on drawing details

          The guide considers head angle, face shape, hair, expression, accessories, and other visible features in the chosen portrait style.

          Draw with a clear plan

          Follow the ten personalized stages from light construction lines through the final graphite portrait.

          Drawing step