Photo styles

Turn your photo into a ballpoint pen drawing

Your photo becomes a blue ballpoint pen drawing: dense cross hatching for the shadows, fine lines, white notebook paper with faint ruled lines and no color except blue ink. Press the button, send one photo and wait a minute or two.

Make it in Telegram 7 images free, then from 49 Stars

2 credits per image
Result in 1–2 minutes
No sign-up

In short: Turn a photo into a blue ballpoint pen drawing with cross hatching on notebook paper. Copy the free prompt or use the Telegram bot, 7 images free.

Where: the VisuMate bot in Telegram, no app or sign-up.
Cost: 2 credits per image, 7 images free, then packs from 49 Telegram Stars.
Time: 1 to 2 minutes per image, rerun with a new instruction at the same price.

When you need this

You want a sketch look that feels like a notebook doodle done with patience.
A cover, flyer or school project needs a one color pen style.
Pencil filters look too common and you want the blue ink variation.

How to do it

1
Use the button on this page to open the bot. The ballpoint pen portrait style is preselected, so there is nothing to pick.
2
Send one photo as a file, so Telegram does not compress it. You can add a caption, for example: no ruled lines, heavy shadows.
3
Wait 1 to 2 minutes. The result costs 2 credits. Look closely at the hatching, then rerun if needed for another 2 credits.

Try it on your own photo: 7 images are free, no sign-up.

Make it in Telegram

The prompt behind this style

In the bot this prompt is applied by the button. Copy it if you want to use it in another image tool.

Turn this photo into a blue ballpoint pen drawing. Keep the face recognizable. Dense cross hatching for shadows, fine lines, white notebook paper with faint ruled lines, no color except blue ink. Vertical 3:4, no text.

The ballpoint look

Artists draw with ballpoint pens by building tone through many thin lines. Crossing lines make shadows dark, and sparse lines make highlights. The prompt asks for dense cross hatching, fine strokes, notebook paper with faint ruled lines and only blue ink. The result looks like a very patient doodle. People use it for covers, school projects, tattoo drafts and playful profile images.

Improving the drawing

The AI builds shadows from the lighting of your photo, so side light makes a more dramatic drawing. If the face looks muddy, ask for fewer lines and more white. If it looks pale, ask for denser shadows. The ruled paper adds charm but can disturb the face, so remove it in the caption if you like. A sharp photo gives crisp eyes.

Honest expectations

This is a digital imitation, so the lines may look more even than a real pen drawing. Fine details such as lashes or freckles may be simplified. The ink is blue only, which is the point. The likeness is mostly in the shadows and outline. If the face drifts, rerun for 2 credits. When the image arrives, look at the hatching first, since that is where drift shows up most.

Tips

A face with strong light and shadow gives the cross hatching something to follow.
Ask for plain white paper if you do not want ruled lines.
Request lighter or denser hatching in the caption.
Dark hair becomes dense ink, so choose a photo with visible hair texture.
Avoid very busy backgrounds, which will fill the page with scribbles.