Photo styles

Draw yourself as a black and white manga character

Your photo becomes a black and white manga illustration with crisp ink lines, screentone shading, big expressive eyes and speed lines behind you. Hairstyle and face shape stay recognizable. Press the button and send one photo.

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: Redraw your photo as an inked manga page with screentone shading and speed lines. Copy the ready prompt or open 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 make a webcomic or zine and need yourself as a character.
Color anime filters feel too sweet and you prefer the look of printed manga.
You want a monochrome profile picture that stands out in a feed full of color.

How to do it

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Press the button on this page. The bot opens with the manga style selected, tap Start if asked.
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Send one photo as a file. A caption can say: serious expression, spiky hair, extra speed lines.
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In 1-2 minutes you get the page and 2 credits are used. Check the line quality around the eyes and hair, then rerun if needed.

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.

Redraw this photo as a black and white manga illustration. Keep the face shape, hairstyle and expression recognizable. Crisp ink line art, screentone shading, expressive eyes, dynamic speed lines in the background. Vertical 3:4, no text or speech bubbles.

Ink, screentone and speed lines

Printed manga is drawn in black ink on white paper. Gray areas come from screentone, a pattern of tiny dots that can be dense or light. The prompt asks for crisp line art, screentone shading, large detailed eyes and dynamic speed lines in the background. That gives the portrait a look of a chapter cover. There is no color at all, so contrast and linework carry the picture. The AI redraws clothing as clean shapes with a few fold lines.

Using the result

A manga portrait fits a profile picture, a character sheet, a zine cover or a printed card. Because the frame is vertical 3:4 and has no text, you can add a title or panel borders yourself. If you need the same character in several poses, note that each run is a new drawing, so small details such as the exact hairline may vary. Save the version you like best as your reference. For a colored version with softer shading, try the anime portrait style instead.

Tips

A face turned slightly to one side gives a more dynamic manga angle.
Strong contrast in the source photo helps the ink shading look sharp.
Put the mood in the caption: calm, fierce or shy. Manga expressions change a lot with it.
The prompt forbids speech bubbles and text, so add dialogue later in a comic app.
Keep hair visible in the frame, since hair is where manga artists show the most detail.