Quick answer
To make an AI character of yourself, start with one clear, well-lit photo of your face and, if possible, your whole body. Pick one style (cartoon, action figure, 1980s cop, claymation) and keep it fixed, then generate every image or video from that same photo so the character still looks like you. On Starrd you can already drop yourself into any video template from one photo. Starrd's Character Studio, live on the web, adds a "You in a Style" character type: save the styled version of you once (a portrait plus a 4-view character sheet) and reuse it in any template.
The easiest AI character to make is you. You already have the reference photo, nobody can say you copied them, and your friends will recognise it instantly. Here's how to do it well.
Character Studio on Starrd
Save a styled version of yourself once (cartoon, figurine, 1980s cop, anything) and use it in any Starrd video template. 20 credits.
Step 1: Use the Right Photo
- One person, facing the camera. No group shots.
- Good, even light. Daylight near a window is best.
- Nothing on the face. No sunglasses, no hat brim shadow, no heavy filter.
- Full body if you can. For videos where you move, the model needs to see your shape.
The photo decides the face; the prompt decides the style. If the result doesn't look like you, change the photo before you change the prompt.
Step 2: Pick One Style and Keep It
A character needs a fixed look. Pick one: cartoon, claymation, action figure, anime, a 1980s cop show, a renaissance painting. Write it in one sentence and reuse that sentence every time.
The style changes how a character is drawn, not who it is. Two of our own examples, both the same Jean Phil-style look in a different style:
3D animatedPim
3D animated: soft, rounded, feature-film look.
ClaymationBarnaby
Claymation: plasticine texture, tiny handmade set.
Starrd's action figure template is one example of a fixed style built from one selfie:
One selfie becomes a boxed action figure. Works today.
Make thisStep 3: Put Your Character in Scenes
Once the look is fixed, change only the scene. Every Starrd template already does this with your plain photo:
Templates that work from one photo of you. With the Character Studio, a styled version of you can star instead.
Hit The Road Dude
You as the grumpy truck driver from the viral private-property clip. Works today.
Common Mistakes
A different photo each time. Every new photo is a slightly different you. Pick one and keep using it.
A new style every post. Cartoon one day, anime the next, and it stops being a character.
Using a friend's face without asking. Get a yes first.
Save a Styled You in the Character Studio
Starrd's Character Studio does steps 1 and 2 for you. Pick You in a Style, choose a few quick picks, add your photo as a reference, add notes if you want, and name the character. You get a portrait and a 4-view character sheet (front, three-quarter, side, full body), so the styled you looks the same from every angle. Then tap Put in a template to use it in any Starrd video template, or in Custom.
Want the Jean Phil look specifically? There's a type for that: see how to turn yourself into Jean Phil.
Character Studio
Pick You in a Style (or The Jean, Signature Character, Brainrot, Creature Vlogger, Baby, Food, Pet as Human, Granny/Grandpa, The Influencer, Custom), add optional reference photos, and use it in any template. On the web, 20 credits.