Inkling: watch it get drawn

How it works

Three steps. No experience needed.

a boat-shaped bookshelf sailing a sea of pages

1.Say it

Type a few words, or drop in a photo to draw from. Four little wheels pick the medium, the style, the colors, and the finish.

a sailboat regatta with bright spinnakers

2.Watch it happen

The picture is drawn in front of you: rough lines first, then shading, then color, then the last fine details. It takes about a minute.

a medieval market square with banners in the wind

3.Change anything

Type again to change the drawing, drag a box to redo just one part, or spin a wheel to redo the whole thing in a new style. Every version is kept.

Fresh off the easel

Drawings people shared recently. Yours could be next.

rolling lavender fields with a lone farmhouse under a big sky, peaceful
fix turreet
fix turreet
man picking his nose
eaten by shark
put a shdow of a man inside the window
eaten by shark
eaten by shark
eaten by shark
your grandmother's kitchen, as you remember it
your grandmother's kitchen, as you remember it
your grandmother's kitchen, as you remember it
rolling lavender fields with a lone farmhouse under a big sky, peaceful
eaten by shark
put a shdow of a man inside the window
man picking his nose
a small fishing harbor under a swirling starry night sky, dreamy and hazy
fix this
in the water and no tanks in the water
make it into the second picture youn creater
my manager wants me to use Sales Force, but none of my developers want to use it
a ragged flock of seabirds wheeling in the wind
a rowboat full of pumpkins
a rowboat full of pumpkins
Prompt of the day

noodles eaten standing up at a counter

Everyone gets the same line today. Draw it your way, share it, and it hangs here with the others until tomorrow's prompt.

your grandmother's kitchen, as you remember it
your grandmother's kitchen, as you remember it
your grandmother's kitchen, as you remember it

Why people like it

It is less like ordering a picture and more like sitting beside someone while they draw yours.

gondolas on a quiet venice canal in soft morning light, calm and serene

You watch it happen

Nothing loads and nothing pops in finished. Rough lines, then shading, then color, then the fine details, drawn in front of you the way a person would draw it. Skip ahead or let it play.

two kids building a lopsided snowman with a carrot nose

Four wheels, hundreds of looks

Medium, style, color, and finish each sit on a little wheel. Pencil or oil, storybook or woodblock, pastel or vivid, soft or hyperreal. Spin one and the same idea comes out a different way.

a hummingbird frozen at a trumpet flower

Change one corner or the whole thing

Type again to change the drawing. Drag a box to redo just that part. Or pick up the brush and paint on it yourself. Every version is kept.

a stack of well-loved books with a sleeping tabby on top

Your gallery, and the wall

Drawings save to your sketchbook and gather in a gallery room with shelves you name. Share any piece with a link, and let it hang on the public wall for everyone.

What you can do

Everything in the studio, in one glance. Tiles marked with a leaf come with a plan or a pack.

Watch it drawn
Rough lines, shading, color, then the fine details, live on the paper.
Four wheels
Medium, style, color, finish. Pencil to oil, storybook to comic, soft to hyperreal.
Change one part
Drag a box on the drawing and say what goes there. The rest stays.
Redraw with new settings
Spin a wheel on a finished piece and it is redrawn in the new look, on the same sheet.
Draw from a photo
Drop a photo in and it is drawn in whatever style you pick.
Paint on it yourself
Twenty hand tools, pencil to watercolor to airbrush, right on top of the drawing.
99 frames and 10 papers
Every drawing picks a frame that suits it; change either from the corner menu.
Versions kept
Every edit is a version in the strip. Go back to any of them.
The gallery room
Shelves you name, a lightbox, downloads, and a share for a whole collection.
Sketchbook that follows you
Sign in on your phone and the strip fills with what you drew on the laptop.
Share to the wall
Any drawing gets a link and a place on the public wall, unless you keep it private.
Casual mode
Leave it running and the artist keeps drawing new pieces, like a living picture frame.

One artist, many hands

Every piece below was drawn here. Pencil, ink, watercolor, charcoal, oil, pastel; storybook to woodblock to comic; each in a frame picked to suit it.

a golden retriever puppy tangled in a garden hose
oil, swirling brushwork, full color
a bearded baker dusted in flour, arms crossed, smiling
watercolor, realistic, full color
two kids building a lopsided snowman with a carrot nose
charcoal, minimal, sepia
a red barn in a thunderstorm, one window lit
charcoal, realistic, sepia
a lantern-lit Diwali courtyard with rangoli patterns
watercolor, woodblock, pastel tones
a mountain goat on a knife-edge ridge above clouds
watercolor, storybook, vivid
a diver drifting past a sunken statue in clear water
charcoal, storybook, full color
hot air balloons drifting over patchwork farmland at sunrise, playful and lighthearted
oil, woodblock, sepia
a snowy owl perched on a fence post in a blizzard
oil, realistic, earthy
a child's treehouse with a rope ladder and a paper flag
ink, minimal, full color
a tide pool with starfish, anemones, and a hermit crab
oil, realistic, pastel tones
a foggy pine forest with a single deer
pastel, woodblock, monochrome
a girl reading in the crook of a giant oak
watercolor, storybook, earthy
a tiny cafe full of sleeping cats among coffee cups and books, cozy and warm
charcoal, woodblock, earthy
a moonlit greenhouse full of glowing orchids
ink, woodblock, monochrome
a whale swimming through clouds above a sleeping town, dreamlike and soft
watercolor, swirling brushwork, pastel tones
a Paris cafe terrace in a light spring rain
watercolor, storybook, pastel tones
a ballerina tying her shoes backstage
charcoal, comic, sepia
a night train crossing a snowy mountain pass
ink, storybook, pastel tones
a rowing team at dawn on a glassy river, mist rising
ink, comic, sepia
rolling lavender fields with a lone farmhouse under a big sky, peaceful
oil, swirling brushwork, vivid
a lighthouse keeper reading by lamplight as the storm rages outside
oil, realistic, earthy
a potter's hands shaping a bowl on a wheel
watercolor, comic, pastel tones
a unicorn drinking from a moonlit forest stream
watercolor, woodblock, vivid

Simple pricing

A drawing is 10 credits, about seven cents on the plan. Editing a drawing costs the same as making one. Try it free first; nothing to enter.

Free
$0
Five free drawings as a guest, and five more with a free account.
Drawings5 to try
Every medium, style, and color
Edit any part of a drawing
Drop in a photo to draw from
Paint on it yourself
Hyperreal finish
Gallery room for your drawings
Share links and the public wall
best value
Monthly
$7.99 / month
1,200 credits every month. Cancel any time.
Or $79.99 a year: 12,500 credits to use any time, about $6.67 a month.
Drawings120 a month, or 1,250 a year
Every medium, style, and color
Edit any part of a drawing
Drop in a photo to draw from
Paint on it yourself
Hyperreal finish
Gallery room for your drawings
Share links and the public wall
Or buy a pack. Everything the plan unlocks, credits that never expire.

Plan members can add the Boost: 750 more credits every month for $4.99, the plan's own rate.

Questions

Do I need to know how to draw?

No. You describe the picture in plain words and choose a look with four wheels. The drawing happens in front of you.

What does a drawing cost me?

10 credits, whether it is a fresh drawing, an edit, or an idle touch-up. Your first 5 are free, account or not, and after that credits come from a plan or a pack.

Do credits expire?

Monthly plan credits reset every month; annual plan credits last the whole year. Pack credits never expire. If you have both, the plan credits are spent first.

What is the Boost?

An add-on for plan members: 750 more credits every month for $4.99, the plan's own per-credit rate, cheaper than any pack. Turn it on or off from your account.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time, from your account page. Your remaining plan credits stay usable until the period ends.

What if a drawing does not come out?

If nothing arrives, the credits go straight back. You only pay for pictures that appear.

Can I use the drawings however I like?

Yes. What you make is yours: print it, share it, use it in your work. Please do not pass it off as the work of a named living artist.

Can I use my own photo?

Yes. Drop a photo in and it will be drawn in the style you pick. The photo is used for that one drawing and is not kept. Please only use photos you have the right to use.

Where do shared drawings go?

Sharing makes a public page for the piece, and by default it also appears in the gallery here. You can turn that off per share.