Draw smoke and finish it in your browser

Describe the smoke you want in Morphic's Image tool, from a thin wisp curling off a wick to a heavy plume rolling across the frame. Set the medium, the edge softness, the tonal range and the paper it sits on, refine it on the Canvas, then download it in HD.

Smoke drawings to try

Smoke compositions to draw

Chimney smoke over rooftops

A wide ink and wash drawing of tiled rooftops with smoke leaning off two chimneys, the far plume drawn lighter than the near one.

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Chimney smoke over rooftops

Steam rising from a cup

A graphite still life of a cup on a saucer with steam curling above it, the table left almost bare so the steam carries the drawing.

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Steam rising from a cup

Campfire smoke through trees

A charcoal composition of smoke threading up between dark trunks, the trees drawn sharply and the smoke kept soft at every edge.

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Campfire smoke through trees

Smoke crossing a beam of light

A low-key drawing of a shaft of light through a dark room with smoke drifting across it, visible only where the beam catches it.

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Smoke crossing a beam of light

Make Smoke drawing in three steps

  1. 01

    Describe your image

    Describe the Smoke drawing you want, in plain words.

  2. 02

    Generate the image

    Morphic generates a clean, ready-to-publish image on your canvas in seconds.

  3. 03

    Refine and share

    Tweak the prompt, regenerate variations, then download or share the frame.

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FAQs

How do I draw smoke so it looks soft?
Blend the body but keep one or two hard edges where the ribbon folds over itself. Smoke that is soft everywhere reads as fog. The contrast between the blurred mass and those few crisp turns is what makes it look like smoke.
How do I draw smoke on white paper?
Shade the paper around it rather than the smoke itself. Lay a light grey tone across the background, then lift the smoke back out with an eraser, which is how you get pale smoke without drawing it in outline.
How do I draw a smoke ribbon that twists?
Ask for the ribbon to narrow where it turns away from you and widen where it faces you, with the dark side switching at each fold. Without that switch it reads as a flat wavy shape.
What is the easiest way to draw cartoon smoke?
Three overlapping rounded lobes in a single flat grey, hard edged and unshaded. It works as a puff behind a vehicle, over a chimney or in a comic panel, and scales down without losing anything.
How do I draw smoke rising against a dark background?
Work light onto dark instead of the other way round. White pencil or chalk on black paper, built in thin layers, gives you control over how pale each part gets and keeps the deepest coils as bare board.
Which medium suits a smoke drawing best?
Charcoal for heavy plumes, graphite for thin controlled wisps, white pencil on black for anything glowing or backlit, and flat vector for cartoon puffs. Try two versions and compare them on the Canvas.