Portrait restyle
A selfie becomes a soft-lit anime portrait with hand-drawn hair and a watercolor background — your features kept intact.
AI Ghibli Generator
Turn a photo into soft, hand-drawn art in a Ghibli-inspired anime style — painterly skies, warm light, storybook color.
How do I make Ghibli-style art with AI?
Drop a photo onto the Renoise Canvas and generate on Nano Banana Pro, which keeps your subject while repainting it in a soft, hand-drawn Ghibli-inspired style. Prompt for "painterly anime, soft watercolor skies, warm diffused light, gentle linework", then switch to GPT Image 2 when you want cleaner ink lines. It is a style cue, not the studio — keep the character original and skip copyrighted figures.
Want a sharper cel-shaded anime look instead? See the AI anime guide
Photo to Ghibli-style in 3 steps
Three steps from a reference photo to a soft, hand-painted illustration.
Step 1Drop your photo
Drag a portrait, pet, or landscape photo onto the Canvas upload card so the illustration inherits the same composition and subject.
Step 2Pick model
Select Nano Banana Pro from the model menu — it locks identity from your photo and renders the soft painterly finish; switch to GPT Image 2 for crisper linework.
Step 3Write the style prompt
Describe the aesthetic: "Ghibli-inspired anime, soft watercolor sky, warm diffused light, hand-drawn linework, gentle pastel palette". Name the mood, not a copyrighted character.
One photo, every Ghibli-inspired mood
The same hand-drawn warmth across portraits, pets, and landscapes — soft, painterly, and unmistakably storybook.
Dreamy landscape
A travel photo turns into a painterly countryside scene — big pastel skies, rolling fields, gentle clouds.
Pet as a character
A pet photo reimagined as a gentle storybook companion with warm light and soft outlines.
Cozy interior
An everyday room rendered as a warm, lived-in hand-painted interior bathed in afternoon light.
What makes a photo read as Ghibli-style
A convincing Ghibli-style image is less about any one character and more about a set of painterly choices working together: soft hand-drawn linework instead of hard digital edges, watercolor-like skies with visible gradients, warm diffused light, and a gentle pastel palette that keeps even bright scenes calm. Naming those qualities explicitly in the prompt — "soft linework, watercolor sky, warm light, muted pastels" — gets you far closer than asking for the studio by name.
The second half is keeping your subject recognizable while it is repainted. That is where Nano Banana Pro earns its place: it locks identity from your reference photo, so a portrait keeps the same face and a pet keeps the same markings, while the render adopts the soft illustrated finish. When you want crisper ink lines or cleaner text on a poster-style piece, switch to GPT Image 2 in the same canvas — many models, one workflow, no re-uploading.
A note on naming: Ghibli is a style cue here, not an affiliation. Renoise is not connected to Studio Ghibli, and the goal is an original illustration in a hand-drawn aesthetic — your own photos, original characters, no copyrighted figures and no real public figures. Treated that way, it is a fast route from an ordinary photo to a warm, storybook-feeling image.
Renoise capabilities used
Ghibli-style work leans on a few things — and Renoise gives you Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, and other image models in one canvas.
Nano Banana Pro
Locks identity from a single reference photo so a portrait or pet stays recognizable under the painterly restyle.
GPT Image 2
Cleaner ink linework and crisp text when you want a poster-style piece rather than soft watercolor.
Style control
Describe linework, palette, and light as explicit cues to pin the soft hand-drawn aesthetic.
Many models, one canvas
Switch freely between Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, and other image models per shot.
Choose your plan
One plan unlocks Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, and every other image model.
✓ Current Plan
Starter
$20/mo
Upgrade Plan1,200©/mo
$1.67 / 100©Generate up to 3,000 images or 150 videos every month.✓Watermark-free exports
✓20 FacePass Assets
✓Image Models
✓Video Models
✓ Current Plan
Standard
$60/mo
Upgrade Plan3,600©/mo
$1.67 / 100©Generate up to 9,000 images or 450 videos every month.✓Watermark-free exports
✓50 FacePass Assets
✓Latest Image Models
GPT Image 2 Nano Banana 2 Nano Banana Pro Midjourney V7
✓Latest Video Models
Seedance 2.0 HappyHorse 1.0
◈ Best Value✓ Current Plan
Advance
$200/mo
Upgrade Plan14,000©/mo
$1.43 / 100©Generate up to 35,000 images or 1,750 videos every month.✓Watermark-free exports
✓Unlimited FacePass Assets
✓Latest SOTA Image Models
GPT Image 2 Nano Banana 2 Nano Banana Pro Midjourney V7
✓Latest SOTA Video Models
Seedance 2.0 HappyHorse 1.0
Restyle your first photo
Turn a photo into soft Ghibli-style art. Watermark-free on paid plans.
Frequently asked questions
1.How do I turn a photo into Ghibli-style art?
Drop the photo onto the Renoise Canvas, generate on Nano Banana Pro, and prompt for the aesthetic: "Ghibli-inspired anime, soft watercolor sky, warm diffused light, hand-drawn linework, pastel palette". The model keeps your subject while repainting it in the soft illustrated style.
2.Which model is best for a Ghibli-style look?
Nano Banana Pro for the soft painterly finish with the strongest identity lock from your photo. Reach for GPT Image 2 when you want cleaner ink lines or crisp text on a poster. Both live in the same canvas, so you can mix them per image.
3.Is this affiliated with Studio Ghibli?
No. Renoise is not connected to or endorsed by Studio Ghibli. "Ghibli-style" here is an aesthetic cue for a soft, hand-drawn anime look. Use your own photos and original characters, and do not reproduce copyrighted characters or depict real public figures.
4.Will my face still look like me?
Yes. Nano Banana Pro carries identity from your reference photo, so a portrait keeps the same face and features while adopting the illustrated finish. The clearer the reference, the more recognizable the result.
5.Can I make Ghibli-style landscapes and pets too?
Yes. The same approach works for travel photos, interiors, and pets — describe the painterly sky, warm light, and soft linework, and the model restyles the whole scene, not just faces.
6.Can I use the output commercially?
Outputs are watermark-free on paid plans and licensable under the general AI-output terms, provided your image is original and infringes no trademark or character copyright. Verify the specific terms in your account before selling prints or merchandise.
By Max, RenoiseLast reviewed Models verified: Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2