Have You Ever Had This Experience?
A vivid picture unfolds clearly in your mind, and you’re dying to draw it out. You boot up your computer, take out a drawing tablet, ready to unleash your creativity — only to find you cannot even draw a perfect circle. You force yourself to sketch a few lines, stare at the lopsided “masterpiece” on the screen, and wish you could erase that awkward memory entirely.
Or the other frustrating scenario: You need an illustration, avatar or poster, but hiring a designer is beyond your budget. You try editing it yourself, yet the moment you open Photoshop, you’re completely confused. Layers, masks, channels — every professional term feels like mocking your lack of skills.
I know this feeling all too well, because I am exactly the person full of creative ideas yet lacking drawing talent.
Then one day, I came across 360 Smart Draw (360 Zhihui), an AI image creation platform powered by 360’s self-developed trillion-parameter large model, 360 Smart Brain. My first thought was: 360 is famous for antivirus software, why launch an AI painting tool? Could it deliver reliable results?
After one trial, I was left speechless, utterly impressed by its outstanding performance.
The first moment that amazed me happened when I typed a prompt in the input box: “An orange cat wearing glasses reading a book at a desk, ink wash painting style”, and clicked generate. In less than ten seconds, a decent ink wash illustration popped up. The orange cat was indeed wearing glasses and reading, with incredibly natural ink blending textures. It’s like spending your whole life drawing stick figures, then suddenly receiving a magic paintbrush.
I later learned that 360 Smart Draw runs on the self-developed native Chinese BDM model, which accurately understands Chinese prompts while also supporting English instructions. No more memorizing awkward English prompt words just to generate artwork; it fully comprehends plain Chinese descriptions.
What truly made me recognize its unique value, however, was its built-in LoRA model training function.
You can upload your own image materials to train a custom LoRA model. For example, if you want to draw your original cartoon IP character, training a dedicated model ensures consistent art style and character design across all generated outputs, eliminating repetitive parameter adjustments every time you create new art. For IP creators and brand visual designers, this feature slashes the entry barrier for customized AI creation to an all-time low.
It comes preloaded with thousands of style models covering Chinese traditional aesthetics, photorealism, anime, 3D and more, plus practical auxiliary tools including intelligent matting, old photo restoration and lossless image upscaling. Almost every common photo editing and image creation demand is covered within one platform. Its interface is clean and streamlined, requiring no Photoshop skills or complicated tutorials — anyone who can type text can create original visuals.
What Core Differences Separate 360 Smart Draw From Midjourney and Stable Diffusion?
The most obvious distinction lies in one single word: low barrier to entry.
- Midjourney requires operating within Discord servers;
- Stable Diffusion demands complex environment configuration and mastery of dozens of technical parameters;
- 360 Smart Draw runs instantly in any web browser.
It was not built to meet the advanced demands of professional illustrators, but to enable ordinary people with rich creative ideas yet zero drawing skills to easily generate high-quality presentable images.
Furthermore, it is part of the full 360 AI product ecosystem and fully integrated with all of 360’s platforms. Users of 360 Browser and 360 Office Suite enjoy seamless cross-tool workflow without constant tab switching.
That said, no service is entirely free. New registered users receive 100 image tokens, with standard HD images costing 2 tokens apiece. The continuous monthly membership costs $4 roughly, including 200 monthly image generations, an extra 100 tokens, and two free model training sessions. The free trial quota is more than enough for casual hobbyists to experiment for a long time.
Important Update: Unfortunately, 360 Smart Draw officially ceased all operations on October 31, 2025. I only discovered this after researching background information for this article; the platform shut down due to copyright disputes and other related issues.
It’s truly a pity. This user-friendly domestic AI painting tool is no longer accessible. Still, technology keeps iterating rapidly. While 360 Smart Draw is gone, the underlying 360 Smart Brain large model remains in operation, so a similar product may launch under a new brand someday.
Sincere Practical Recommendations for Creators
- If you want to test similar domestic browser-based AI painting tools with low learning curves, try NetEase AI Creative Workshop or Simple AI as viable alternatives.
- If you are particularly interested in independent LoRA model training, look into local Stable Diffusion deployment. It requires more setup work but offers maximum customization freedom.
360 Smart Draw may no longer be available to use, yet it proved a vital point: domestic AI painting tools are fully capable of letting ordinary people turn creative visions into visual art.
After all, who wouldn’t want to bring the vivid image trapped in their imagination to life on screen?