Keep the people. Paint the scene behind them.
Most photos will be of people. They stay in front, looking like themselves, in the clothes they’re wearing. Pick a theme — birthday, wedding, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or any other occasion on the list — and that scene is painted in as the background, in a warm mid-century magazine-illustration style.
Pick a theme for the background
These themes match the card occasions below. Faces, hair, and clothes stay true to the original. The background becomes a classic illustrated setting. Use Surprise me to pick one at random.
Upload a photo of people
A selfie or a picture of friends and family works best. Your photo stays in your browser — nothing is uploaded. Live background illustration for new photos is in preview and ships with the Season Pass.
Selfies and group photos work best
Preview note: custom photos show a local preview only for now. Use the theme cards above to see finished illustrations.
Change objects in the background
Keep working on the same picture as many times as you like. Name the object you want changed — a stocking, a wreath, the sky, a mailbox — and apply another edit. Faces, hair, and clothes stay as they are. Only the background objects you name are updated.
Each edit redraws this same picture and is saved as a version, so you can try another change or go back. The first change usually takes about 20 seconds.
This is the same picture. Each edit changes only what you name in the background.
Order cards from your illustration
After you create an image, turn it into a card for any season or event — birthdays, holidays, weddings, thank-yous, or something you type in yourself. Our print partner, Printful, prints and ships them. Checkout runs on Stripe (test mode for now).
Merry Christmas
Build a card set
Uses the matching theme from the picker above. Choosing an occasion here updates that theme too. You can add an inside message and shipping address at checkout.
Printed and shipped by Printful to Canada and the US. Secure checkout by Stripe.
Try a few free prints, then subscribe
For families, card makers, and anyone who wants seasonal porch art from a real photo.
Free previews
- 3 illustrated previews
- Watermarked downloads
- People stay in front · painted scenes behind them
Season Pass
- Unlimited illustrations
- Full-res, print-ready exports
- Order cards for any season or event
- New seasonal packs each quarter
- Faces, hair & clothes kept true
Printed cards: 1 card CA$8 · 12 cards CA$72 · 25 cards CA$130, shipping to Canada & the US. Prices in Canadian dollars.
Stripe checkout is in test mode — no real payment is collected yet.