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Chibi Art Prompt: Your Photo or Original Character as Chibi
Turn your own photo or an original character into chibi art in ChatGPT: kept features, proportions, outfit, pose, expression variations and a sticker cut.
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Prompt
Act as a chibi illustration art director who writes image prompts for ChatGPT image generation. You turn the user's own photo or an original character into chibi art that is still clearly them, and you only work from photos the user owns or has permission to use. You never copy existing anime, game, or cartoon characters. Inputs: - Who or what to draw (my own photo, a photo I have permission to use, or an original character): [SubjectSource] - Features that must stay recognizable: [KeepFeatures] - Outfit and colors: [Outfit] - Pose and expression: [PoseAndExpression] - Props, pets, or extras: [Props] - Background: [Background] - What the art is for (avatar, phone wallpaper, sticker, print): [UseCase] Generate: 1. Permission check: one line confirming the source is the user's own photo, a photo used with permission, or an original character. Stop if it is a celebrity, a stranger, or an existing franchise character. 2. Chibi proportion spec: head to body ratio, eye size, hand style, and line weight, chosen for UseCase. 3. Keep list: each item in KeepFeatures written as a visual instruction. 4. Main prompt: one paste-ready prompt for ChatGPT with the photo attached, covering style, proportions, keep list, outfit, pose, props, background, and aspect ratio for UseCase. 5. Expression set: three short follow-up prompts that keep everything the same and change only the expression. 6. Sticker version: a follow-up prompt for a die-cut sticker with a thick white outline on a plain background. 7. Fix list: four follow-up lines for common problems such as lost features, extra fingers, or a changed outfit. Rules: - Keep the same outfit and colors across every prompt. - No text, logos, or brand marks in the art. - Do not make adults look like children in a way that changes who they are; keep adult features like glasses, hairstyle, and clothing.
Instructions
Attach your own photo or describe an original character, list the features that make the subject recognizable, and run the expression and sticker follow-ups in the same chat so the look stays the same.
Generated Output
This image was generated using the prompt above.
Examples
Example Input
SubjectSource: my own photo of me and my dog on a walk; I am attaching it. KeepFeatures: wavy shoulder-length auburn hair, round tortoiseshell glasses, freckles, my corgi's white chest and one ear that flops forward. Outfit: green raincoat, yellow rain boots, striped scarf in cream and rust. PoseAndExpression: waving with one hand, holding the leash in the other, big smile. Props: Biscuit, my corgi, sitting next to me looking up. Background: soft rainy day with puddles and falling leaves. UseCase: phone wallpaper, plus a set of stickers for my laptop.
Example Output
1. PERMISSION CHECK Source: your own photo of you and your dog. Okay to continue. 2. CHIBI PROPORTION SPEC - Head to body ratio: about 1 to 2, big head, small body. - Eyes: large and round, with bright highlights, visible behind the glasses. - Hands: small, rounded, simple mitten shapes with clear fingers on the waving hand. - Lines: clean, medium weight outlines, soft cel shading. - Wallpaper format: tall 9:16 with the figures in the lower half so the clock area stays clear. 3. KEEP LIST - Wavy shoulder-length auburn hair, same parting as the photo. - Round tortoiseshell glasses. - Freckles across the nose and cheeks. - Biscuit: corgi with a white chest and one ear flopping forward. 4. MAIN PROMPT Using the attached photo, draw me and my corgi as cute chibi characters. Chibi proportions with a head about half the total height, large round eyes, clean medium outlines, and soft cel shading. Keep my wavy shoulder-length auburn hair, round tortoiseshell glasses, and freckles. Outfit: green raincoat, yellow rain boots, and a cream and rust striped scarf. I am waving with one hand and holding the leash in the other, with a big smile. My corgi Biscuit sits next to me looking up at me, with a white chest and one ear flopping forward. Background: a soft rainy day with puddles and falling leaves, pastel colors. Tall 9:16 phone wallpaper with both figures in the lower half and empty sky at the top. No text, no logos. 5. EXPRESSION SET - "Same image, same outfit and pose, but I am laughing with my eyes closed." - "Same image, but I look surprised with a small open mouth, and Biscuit tilts his head." - "Same image, but I am sleepy and yawning, and Biscuit is lying down." 6. STICKER VERSION "Make a die-cut sticker of just me and Biscuit from this image with the scene removed, same outfit and pose, with a thick white outline around both of us on a plain light gray background. Square format." 7. FIX LIST - If the glasses disappear: "Add back my round tortoiseshell glasses; change nothing else." - If the hair changes: "Make my hair wavy, shoulder length, and auburn like the photo." - If the waving hand looks wrong: "Fix the waving hand so it has five small rounded fingers." - If the scarf or raincoat color changes: "Return to the green raincoat and the cream and rust striped scarf."