How all the trends work
- Photo. Sharp, front-facing, face close up, good light, no filters.
- Model. Nano Banana Pro: it holds the face better than any other and writes Russian text. More: Nano Banana Pro review.
- Prompt. A description of the trend plus «keep the face exactly the same».
The prompts below are in English, the way trend authors usually publish them. You can also write in Russian, the model understands it.
1. A 3D figurine in a box
You as a collectible figurine on a stand, with a package showing your image next to it.
Create a realistic collectible 3D figurine of the person from the uploaded photo, keep the face recognizable. The figurine stands on a round transparent base on a wooden desk next to a computer, and next to it is a colorful toy packaging box with the same figurine printed on it. Soft studio light, photorealistic. 4:5
Tip: describe your clothes and accessories in the prompt if you want the figurine in a specific look.
2. Retro Polaroid
A shot in a white Polaroid frame lying on a table: the effect of a found old photo.
Use the person from the uploaded photo, keep the face exactly the same. A vintage Polaroid photo lying on a wooden table, inside the Polaroid the person is smiling at a summer evening party with string lights, slight flash glare, film grain, white Polaroid frame. 4:5
Tip: change the scene inside the Polaroid: a beach, a concert, a country house, a school graduation.
3. Magazine cover
You on the cover of a glossy magazine with headlines.
Use the person from the uploaded photo, keep the face exactly the same. Glossy fashion magazine cover, the person in an elegant black outfit, studio light. Magazine title at the top: «КАДР», small headlines on the side: «Лицо года» and «Интервью». 3:4
(«КАДР» is the magazine title, «Лицо года» means «Face of the year», «Интервью» means «Interview».)
Important: come up with your own magazine name. Names of real publications are other people’s trademarks: brands, logos and characters in AI.
4. Me in different eras
A grid of four portraits: you in the 50s, 70s, 90s and today.
Use the person from the uploaded photo, keep the face exactly the same. A grid of 4 portraits of the same person styled in different decades: 1950s, 1970s, 1990s, 2020s, with matching clothing, hairstyles and photo quality of each era. 1:1
Tip: a version for Russian audiences: «a Soviet photo studio of the 1980s, a school uniform of the 1990s, a wedding of the 2000s».
5. Hugging your younger self
The most touching trend: the adult you hugs your child self. You need two photos.
Use both uploaded photos: the adult and the child are the same person, keep both faces exactly the same. The adult gently hugs the child version of themselves, warm soft light, cozy room, emotional candid moment, photorealistic. 4:5
Tip: childhood photos are often old and blurry. If the child’s face «drifts», first ask the model to restore the childhood photo in a separate generation, then use the restored version.
How to turn a trend into a video
You can animate the finished image: the figurine turns on its stand, the Polaroid develops, the adult and the child hug. Upload the image to Kling v3 or Veo 3.1 in «from photo» mode. How to do it: how to animate a photo with AI.
For video trends with a dance or a movement there is Kling Motion Control: the person from your photo repeats the movements from an uploaded clip 3 to 30 seconds long. 10 seconds in 720p cost about 212 rubles.
If it did not work
- The face does not look like you. Take a different photo: front-facing, daylight, no glasses. Repeat «keep the face exactly the same».
- A mistake in the inscription. Shorten the text and ask for a simple bold font.
- The model refused. Most often because of a famous person or a brand in the prompt. Remove them. More: AI refuses to generate.
30 more ready-made prompts: Nano Banana Pro prompts.
More formats: yourself in anime style, Telegram stickers.
In short
Almost all AI photo trends are made in Nano Banana Pro using one workflow: your photo, the trend prompt and «keep the face exactly the same». The 3D figurine, the Polaroid, the magazine cover, the eras and «hugging your younger self» cost about 25 rubles per image. Use your own photos and invented names, not other people’s faces and brands.
