Illustration & Design
Doodle
Style guide
Slightly wobbly spontaneous lines and uneven coloring create relaxed, lively hand-drawn charm.
PortraitStyle effect
LandscapeStyle effect
ObjectsStyle effect
The visual language
What is Doodle?
Hesitations, retraced lines and small overshoots remain visible, and fills do not perfectly meet the contours. Uneven mark rhythms give objects the immediacy of notebook sketches.
Doodle energy comes from the rhythm of drawing, including revisions and uneven proportions.
A crooked bicycle wheel and a retraced handlebar can make a sketch feel observed spontaneously from the pavement.
How the style changes different subjects
- Portrait
- Loose simplified lines exaggerate expression and gesture, giving figures a casual character.
- Landscape
- Landmarks, trees and roads become freehand motifs like quick observations.
- Objects
- A few strokes and exaggerated distinctive parts turn objects into readable symbols.
- Subjects
- Choose pets, expressive people, travel objects or distinctive buildings defined more by shape than texture.
Bring the style to your photos
Reusable style prompt for Doodle
Summarize the subject with spontaneous hand-drawn lines, preserving slight wobble, repeated tracing, small overshoots, and natural stroke endings. Use varied line weights, dry and wet marks, and uneven coloring to create a relaxed rhythm with a few cheerful, harmonious colors. Keep forms lively and free while retaining clear key structures. Let the ground suit the image, with the feel of an unpolished idea sketch rather than tidy vector outlines.Use the same style prompt for portraits, landscapes and objects.
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