“Plastic life is fantastic,” said Barbie. How fantastic is? It seems that everyone on the internet discovers it by jumping on a trend of AI which transforms people into action figures, in box-art, personalized accessories and all.
The viral craze has resumed after Openai launched its new image generator, fueled by GPT-40, Immediately attract dozens of users eager to experiment. The creation of a toy version of yourself or any other person (which includes pets, yup), works like this: Download a photo, add a text prompt describing your ideal action figure and voila – you are in a box and ready for the shelves of toy stores (or, more probably, Instagram).
Many figures of action flooding social media represent everyday people curious to see how miniatured and plastic they look. But, not surprisingly, in these politically loaded moments, people found a new avenue to bite social comments – creating figurines generated by AI -Tous, President Trump, Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders to categories of people like “I’m just the Ecoft demonstrator.
The athletes, the leaders of the technology, the historical figures are transformed into action figures, as is the characters of the pop culture – a breast fan account on X has published action figurines of Jerry (Sneakers White and Shirman Pirate Pirate included), Elaine, George, Kramer, Newman and J. Peterman.
Marks including Mac Cosmetics And company selling pet health products also jumped on the trend, and on LinkedIn, the action figures have become a new cheeky way to promote professional forces.
The action figures arise from another very popular trend that has followed the launch of the chatgpt image generator. He saw users create images in the Japanese animated House Style Studio Ghibli.
How to make your own figurine ai
Once you are connected to Chapgpt, download a photo of yourself in the chatbox. If it is just a head of the head, Chatgpt will add a body. For more precision, try to add a full shot.
Add an prompt. More details mean a more personalized figure. A commentator on the Instagram account Chatgpttricks Shared the detailed model below which can be modified according to your vision of the action figure. You can, for example, stipulate the color of the cardboard support and add items that reflect your personality and your interests (a basketball, a guitar, a yoga carpet, books, gardening tools).
This prompt can be a starting point
An image of an action figure to collect entitled “(name of the figure)” in a pack of plastic blisters sealed on a cardboard support. The figure is placed with confidence inside the transparent plastic shell, surrounded by three accessories which reflect their personality or their career. The character bears (description of the outfit) and has an expression (facial expression). The packaging has a background (color diagram or pattern) with daring letters at the top displaying the name “(figure name)” and the “action figure” subtitle below. The visual style is fun, minimal and similar to a toy, with smooth surfaces and soft lighting that imitates the appearance of real plastic.
Note that it will take the tool for a few minutes to generate your action figure. I tried to make a few, including one of my cat Jetson Higgs Boson, who – given his deliciously kinetic and boring destructive trends – was born for the role.
My cat, Jetson Higgs Boson, is now a figure of action having just destroyed your carpet too.