How to draw on photos on iPhone
In the Photos app: open the photo, tap Edit, then Markup, pick a pen and draw with your finger. To make what you draw move, use Draw in Tada.
In the Photos app (a still drawing)
- Open Photos and tap the photo you want.
- Tap Edit, then tap Markup.
- Choose the pen, marker or pencil, pick a color, and draw. Use the lasso to move a line, or the eraser to rub one out.
- Tap Done, then Done again.
These are the steps in Apple’s own guide to Markup. Your drawing stays still.
In Tada (a drawing that moves)
- Open Tada, tap Draw and pick a photo.
- Draw on it with your finger: a crown, a heart, a little cloud.
- Choose My lines to keep your own lines and make them wiggle like a hand-drawn cartoon, free and made on your phone. Or choose Make it cute and AI turns your lines into a cute doodle that moves. It redraws only your lines, never your photo.
- Tap Save. The photo goes to Photos as a Live Photo with your doodle moving.
Questions
How do I draw on a photo on iPhone?
In the Photos app, open the photo, tap Edit, then tap Markup. Choose the pen, marker or pencil, pick a color and draw with your finger. Tap Done, then Done again.
Can a drawing on a photo move?
With Tada’s Draw, yes. Your lines wiggle like a hand-drawn cartoon (My lines, free), or AI turns them into a cute doodle that moves (Make it cute). The photo saves as a Live Photo.
Does Tada’s AI see my photo when I draw?
For Make it cute, AI redraws only the lines you drew into a doodle, never your photo. The Privacy Policy lists what each AI partner receives.
Sources: Apple Support: Edit photos and videos on iPhone · Apple Support: Draw and handwrite with Markup on iPhone