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How to turn yourself into an anime, cartoon or comic character with AI from your own photo

Alen founder of KADR Updated 2026-10-22 3 min read

You can turn yourself into anime with AI from a single photo: upload the picture to Nano Banana Pro and describe the style in words (clean outlines, flat colour fills, large expressive eyes), asking it to keep your recognisable features: hairstyle, hair colour, face shape, glasses, clothes. A 3D cartoon and a comic are made the same way. One picture in 2K costs about 25 rubles (KADR data, October 2026). The main tip: describe the style instead of naming specific studios and titles. That way the result is your own original, and the model refuses less often.

Example

Source (a generated image):

Source photo for stylisation
Source photo for stylisation

Anime version:

A girl in anime style, Nano Banana Pro
A girl in anime style, Nano Banana Pro

Recognisability rests on the details: long dark wavy hair, earrings, a dress made of petals in the same colours.

Anime

Model: Nano Banana Pro, 2K, 4:5 format.

Redraw the woman from the uploaded photo as a hand-drawn anime-style illustration: clean line art, cel shading, large expressive eyes, soft pastel sky with clouds in the background. Keep recognizable features: long dark wavy hair, face shape, gold earrings, the dress made of flower petals in pink, peach and red. Original artwork, not based on any existing show or character. 4:5

Put your own features in place of «long dark wavy hair, gold earrings, petal dress»: glasses, a beard, a short haircut, a favourite jacket.

3D cartoon

Turn the person from the photo into a character in a soft 3D animated movie style: rounded shapes, smooth stylized textures, big expressive eyes, warm studio lighting, plain light background. Keep recognizable features and hairstyle. Original character design, not based on any existing franchise. 1:1

Comic

Redraw the person from the photo as a comic book panel: bold black ink outlines, halftone dot shading, bright flat colors, dynamic pose. Keep recognizable features. Empty speech bubble at the top right. 4:5

Why not to name studios

Requests like «in the style of [studio name]» or «like [character name]» are worse for three reasons:

  1. The model may refuse: rights holders are suing AI companies, and filters react to such names.
  2. The result becomes a copy of someone else’s style rather than your own picture.
  3. Publishing it is riskier, especially for commercial purposes.

A style as a set of features (outlines, fills, eyes, palette) is not protected. More: other brands, logos and characters in AI.

How to stay recognisable

  • Upload a sharp front-facing photo.
  • List 3 or 4 striking features: hairstyle, hair colour, glasses, an accessory.
  • Do not ask to change age and pose at the same time as the style.
  • Make 2 versions and pick the one where you recognise yourself.

What next

How much it costs

What Approximately
1 picture, 2K ~25 rubles
3 styles (anime, 3D, comic) ~75 rubles
For print, 4K ~44 rubles

Prices on KADR, October 2026. This is not a public offer.

In short

AI turns you into anime, 3D or a comic from a single photo: a description of the style in words plus 3 or 4 features to keep. Do not name studios and characters: the result will be yours, and the model refuses less often. A picture on Nano Banana Pro costs about 25 rubles.

Frequently asked questions

How do I turn myself into anime with AI?
Upload your photo to Nano Banana Pro and describe the style: hand-drawn anime, clean line art, cel shading, large expressive eyes. Ask it to keep your recognisable features: hairstyle, hair colour, face shape, glasses, clothing colours.
Can I write the name of an anime or a studio in the prompt?
Better not. A specific studio style and its characters are protected, models often refuse such requests, and the result comes out as a copy. Describe the features of the style in words.
Will the likeness survive in anime style?
Partly: anime simplifies the features. Recognisability rests on details, so list your hairstyle, hair colour, glasses, earrings, beard and clothing colours in the prompt.
What other styles can I make?
A 3D animated cartoon, a comic, watercolour, pixel art, a retro postcard. The principle is the same: describe the style in words and list what to keep.
How much does it cost?
On KADR one picture on Nano Banana Pro in 2K costs 16 tokens, about 25 rubles, and in 4K 28 tokens, about 44 rubles (October 2026).

You in any style

Nano Banana Pro on KADR: anime, a 3D cartoon, a comic and watercolour from your photo. About 25 rubles per picture, and you see the price before you start. Pay in rubles, tokens never expire.

Try it
Alen
Founder of KADR. The example in the article was made on Nano Banana Pro from a generated source image.