The exact process behind the 3D me, from one photo to every scene. Three steps: Sheet → Fix → Scenes.

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Use any AI image tool you like. I used ImagineArt (Nano Banana Pro model). Any tool works, as long as it lets you upload reference images. That's what keeps you looking the same in every shot.

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What you need

  1. One clear photo of you. Face visible, good light, no sunglasses.
  2. Two pictures of the style you want. Screenshots of any 3D animated look you like.
  3. An AI image tool that accepts reference images.

Step 1: Make your character sheet

A character sheet shows you three times: front view, three-quarter view, side view. Every scene uses it later, so you never change.

Upload all 3 images as references, set the aspect ratio to 16:9, and use this prompt:

Character turnaround sheet of ONE character shown three times side by side on a plain warm grey studio background: front view, three-quarter view, side profile view. Full upper body, standing, neutral relaxed pose.

The character is the person from the first reference photo (the real photo), recreated in the EXACT art style of the other two reference images: [describe the style, e.g. low-poly faceted 3D animation style, matte clay-like materials with visible flat polygon facets, soft simplified shapes, very simple face with small black dot eyes and a tiny short line mouth, warm soft studio lighting].

Keep their identity: [your hair], [glasses or not], [facial hair], [skin tone]. They wear [your outfit].

Same proportions and style as the characters in the style references, but with their own features. No text, no labels, no logos, no watermark.

My first version

My first version

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Fill in the [brackets] with real details. The more specific you are about hair and glasses, the more it looks like you.

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Step 2: Fix it with words

The first version is never perfect. Don't regenerate from scratch. Upload the sheet as the reference and change only what's wrong.

My fixes were: remove the beard, silkier hair, black shirt.

Edit the reference image (the character turnaround sheet). Keep EVERYTHING the same: same three views, same style, same face, same glasses, same skin tone, same background, same lighting.

Only these changes:
1. [e.g. Remove the beard completely, clean-shaven]
2. [e.g. Make the hair softer and silkier, loose waves over the forehead]

No text, no labels, no logos, no watermark.

After fix 1: no beard, silkier hair

After fix 1: no beard, silkier hair