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The medium changes. The face does not.

Turn a photo into a portrait worth framing

Oil, watercolour, pencil or charcoal - painted from a photo you already have, with the face kept exactly as it is. Ready to print, from about thirty cents.

Make a portrait See the media

One person, a couple, a family or a pet. Each portrait is 10 credits - about $0.30.

Oil on canvas
Watercolour
Pencil
Charcoal
Soft pastel
Ink line art

The first real piece you see is your own.

Before and after

Each pack below was generated exactly the way yours will be: a few casual source photos in, a finished set out. Nothing was retouched afterwards.

Before · source photos
Source photo of a young woman with long dark hair, 1 of 1, taken on a phone
After · Phoxel
Phoxel result for a young woman with long dark hair, 1 of 2, generated from the source photos
Phoxel result for a young woman with long dark hair, 2 of 2, generated from the source photos
Before · source photos
Source photo of a chestnut horse, 1 of 1, taken on a phone
After · Phoxel
Phoxel result for a chestnut horse, 1 of 2, generated from the source photos
Phoxel result for a chestnut horse, 2 of 2, generated from the source photos
Why bother

A photo says "here they are". A portrait says "look at them".

Commissioned portraits run $45 to $275 and take weeks, which is fine when you have both. When the anniversary is Saturday, or the photo you love is a phone snap from a kitchen, this is the version that still gets framed.

A gift that took thought, not weeks

Anniversaries, Mother's and Father's Day, a wedding present, a memorial for a pet. The photo is already on your phone; the portrait takes minutes.

Try six media for the price of one print

Nobody knows whether their photo wants oil or charcoal until they see it. At 10 credits a go you look at all six and frame the one that lands.

Still recognisably them

The one failure that ruins a portrait gift is a face that drifted into a stranger. The likeness is locked to your photo and interpreted in the medium - not smoothed, slimmed or prettified along the way.

How it works

Pick the medium. Keep the person.

1

Upload the photo

Up to four photos of the subject - one person, a couple, a family or a pet. Clear and well-lit beats posed; a painting can only be as good as the likeness it starts from.

2

Choose a medium

Oil, watercolour, pencil, charcoal, soft pastel or ink line art, and the background to sit it against. Pick several and the pack renders one of each.

3

Download and print

Portraits land in a few minutes. Download the full-resolution JPG and print it, frame it, or send it straight to whoever it is for.

Medium

Oil on canvas Watercolour Pencil drawing Charcoal Soft pastel Ink line art

Background

Plain studio tone Painterly texture Soft florals Dark vignette

Framing

Classic print (3:4) Portrait (4:5) Square (1:1) Wide (16:9)
Pricing

Buy credits. 10 credits = 1 portrait.

A commissioned portrait costs more than every pack on this page combined. Credits never expire and work across every Phoxel niche. Sign up and get 20 free credits - your first 2 photos are on us.

Starter

$6
200 credits · $0.30/portrait
  • 20 portraits
  • All six media, several times over
  • Full-resolution JPG download
Get starter

Plus

$15
600 credits · $0.25/portrait
  • 60 portraits
  • Gifts for the whole family
  • Save 17% vs starter
Get plus
OUR PICK

Pro

$29
1500 credits · $0.19/portrait
  • 150 portraits
  • A gift for every occasion this year
  • Save 36% vs starter
Get pro

Studio

$49
3000 credits · $0.16/portrait
  • 300 portraits
  • Restore the old photos with the same credits
  • Save 46% vs starter
Get studio
FAQ

Portrait questions, answered straight.

That is the whole job. The generation is locked to the subject in your photos - same facial structure, features, proportions, apparent age, hair and markings - faithfully interpreted in the medium you pick rather than idealised into a generic pretty face. The technique is the artwork; the likeness is the person.
One person, a couple, a whole family, or a pet. Upload up to four photos of whoever it is; everyone in your references appears in the artwork. Clear, well-lit photos where faces are easy to see give the best result - a painting can only be as good as the likeness it starts from.
Oil on canvas is the classic framed-portrait look, with visible brushwork and rich colour. Watercolour is lighter and softer, with translucent washes. Pencil and charcoal are the drawn options - pencil delicate and tonal, charcoal bolder and more dramatic. Soft pastel sits between painting and drawing, velvety and warm. Ink line art is the most graphic and minimal. Each one is 10 credits, so trying three costs less than a coffee.
Yes - you download a full-resolution JPG and it is yours to print, frame or send to a print shop. Check it at full size before ordering anything large: how big it holds up depends on the crop and the medium, and a canvas the size of a door is a different ask than a desk frame.
No, and both omissions are deliberate. A caricature works by exaggerating features, which is the exact opposite of the likeness promise the rest of this site is built on. Named studio and franchise looks are somebody else's intellectual property, and we are not going to sell you output that borrows it. Every medium here is a generic traditional technique.
No. Buy a pack and use it whenever - credits sit in your account until you spend them, and they work across every Phoxel niche.

More on how this works:

The three reference photos that decide whether your AI shots are usableWhat AI actually changes in a photo - and what it isn't allowed to touch

The photo they love, on a wall instead of a phone.

Six media, a few minutes, $6 to start - and whatever credits are left work on every other niche.

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