Turn Your Photos into Anime Stickers for WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal & Telegram with SigStick!

3 min readApr 3, 2025

Transform your everyday photos into charming anime-style stickers using SigStick, and share them easily on WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, and Telegram. Follow this simple guide to get started!

Step 1: Upload Your Photo to ChatGPT

Before using SigStick, you’ll need to convert your photo into an anime-style illustration.
Open ChatGPT and upload your photo.
Ask ChatGPT to “make this into anime style” — it will generate a stylized version of your image.
Download and save the anime-styled result to your mobile phone.

Ask ChatGPT to convert the style of the photo

Step 2: Install SigStick

Download SigStick from App Store or Google Play
- Download for iOS
- Download for Android
Open the app

Download SigStick from AppStore or PlayStore

Step 3: Import Your Anime Image into SigStick

Go to the Create tab at the bottom.
Tap From Photos to start a new sticker pack.
Select the anime-style image you downloaded from ChatGPT.
SigStick will create a new sticker pack from your imported photos. Now we are ready to make them into stickers!

Step 4: Edit the Image (Optional)

SigStick includes a powerful editor built specifically for sticker creation.

Tap Edit to enhance the image.
Use the cutout tool to automatically cutout the sticker. You can also manually adjust the cutout.
You can also add strokes (outlines) and text to give your sticker more personality and visibility.
Tap Save

Cutout, add outline and text to the image

Step 5: Submit the Sticker Pack

After finishing the edit, tap Next.
Give your sticker pack a title and author name.
Tap Submit

Step 6: Install and Use Your Stickers

After the sticker pack is processed, your anime stickers can be used in WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram and Signal. Just tap the corresponding button to install.