3D cartoon avatar from a photo
A stylised 3D character that keeps the subject's likeness — good for profile pictures.
The prompt
68 wordsTurn this person into a friendly stylised 3D cartoon character. Use soft rounded forms, slightly exaggerated head proportions, smooth matte surfaces and warm three-point studio lighting with a gentle rim light. Keep their hairstyle, hair colour, skin tone, glasses and clothing colours recognisable, and preserve the character of their expression. Place them against a clean pastel background with a soft shadow. Half-body framing, high-quality render, appealing and approachable.
Getting the best result
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Listing the specific features to keep (glasses, hairstyle, clothing colour) is what preserves the likeness.
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'Matte surfaces' avoids the shiny plastic look these prompts otherwise produce.
Where to use it
Paste this into any AI image tool that accepts a text instruction — upload your photo first, then paste the prompt as the edit instruction. The wording is deliberately explicit, because the constraints are what stop the model drifting away from what you asked for.