Doodle Overlay
Your photo, annotated by an excited illustrator.
What it does
Keeps your photo intact and adds expressive marker doodles, arrows, sparkles and handwritten notes that react to the scene.
When to use it
- Personal portraits you want to post with extra personality
- Fashion and outfit photos with editorial magazine energy
- Product or flatlay shots that need playful annotations
- Travel snapshots dressed up with motion lines and notes
- Event and party photos turned into shareable mini stories
- Brand content that wants a Gen-Z, sketchbook-feeling layer
When not to use it
- Formal documents, IDs or anything that must read as untouched
- Photos where the subject is too small or low-contrast to annotate
- Group shots so dense that overlays would block faces
- Logos, packshots or brand assets that must stay clean
How it works
Upload your photo and the model reads the scene — pose, expression, clothing, focal points and lighting. It then draws a fresh hand-illustrated layer on top: contour sketches, motion lines, arrows, sparkles and short handwritten notes that respond to what the image is doing. The original photograph is preserved underneath; only the doodle layer is added. Output is a single PNG at the same framing as your input.
Updates
- v1May 26, 2026
Initial release
Specifications
- Approach
- Adds a hand-drawn doodle layer on top of your original photo without redrawing the photo itself.
- Stylization
- Sketchy marker linework, organic curves, soft ink texture, vibrant but lighting-aware colour.
- What stays
- Subject identity, face, body proportions, pose, clothing, environment, lighting and framing.
- What changes
- A new illustrated layer on top — doodles, arrows, sparkles, swirls and handwritten notes.
- Ideal source
- Clear photos where the subject and gestures are easy to read and have room around them.
- Maximum input
- Up to 25 MP per image
- Supported formats
- JPEG, PNG, HEIC
- Output format
- PNG — preserves the crisp edges of the marker doodles on top of your photo.
- Pricing
- 3 credits per image
Frequently asked questions
Will my face or body change?
No. Doodle Overlay never repaints the photo itself — your identity, facial features, body and pose stay exactly as you uploaded them. Only the illustrated layer on top is new.
How much of the image does it cover?
By design, the doodles enhance the photo without burying it. Faces, focal points and important details stay readable, and the overlay clusters around gestures, edges and empty negative space.
Will the handwritten text say what I tell it to?
Not literally — the notes are decorative and context-aware, generated to fit the mood of the photo. If you want to add a specific caption, write it yourself on top of the output afterwards.
What kind of photos work best?
Single-subject portraits, fashion or street shots, and clean flatlays work best. Photos with strong gestures, clear silhouettes and enough breathing room around the subject give the doodles space to react.
Will it crop or zoom my image?
No. Doodle Overlay keeps the original framing and aspect ratio of your input. The output is the same composition with the illustrated layer applied on top.
Can I use the result commercially?
Yes — generated images on upsa are yours to use for personal and commercial purposes. We recommend you keep the consent and rights to the source photo as well, since the output preserves the identity in it.
How long are my photos stored?
Source uploads and generated results are stored for 48 and then automatically deleted from upsa's storage. We don't train any model on your photos.
AI results vary
Each generation uses a different random seed, so your result may not exactly match the example shown. If the first try doesn't fit what you had in mind, run it again — output differs noticeably between runs.
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