Pixel art avatar

This prompt creates a 64x64 pixel art avatar that keeps your hair colour, hairstyle, skin tone, glasses and clothing colours, with a limited palette.

photo-pixel-art-avatar — gemini — 41 words

Turn this photo into a 64x64 pixel art avatar. Keep my hair colour, hairstyle, skin tone, glasses and clothing colours recognisable.

Limited 16-colour palette, crisp pixels with no blur, black outline, simple background in [COLOUR], front-facing bust, retro game character style.

Edit in the builder Copy & open Gemini ↗Copy & open ChatGPT ↗

Perfect for game profiles. Ask for a full-body sprite as a second image.

Your photo goes to the AI app you choose, never to PromptUp.

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What you will get

A tiny 64 by 64 pixel art version of you with a black outline, limited 16-colour palette and your own hair, skin, glasses and clothing colours, front-facing on a simple coloured background.

Common mistake

The result is blurry and not truly pixelated.

Fix: Repeat “crisp square pixels, no anti-aliasing, no blur, no gradients”, and ask for the image at a large size in the same style so the pixels stay sharp.

Also watch for

The face does not resemble you at that small size. List your one or two strongest features in a line, such as “thick eyebrows and a beard”. At 64 pixels only a few features survive.
Too many colours appear. Say “exactly 16 colours, flat shading”. If it keeps adding shades, ask for a retro 8-bit palette instead.

Try a variation: full-body sprite sheet

As the tip suggests, follow up with “now a full-body sprite of the same character, standing, facing right, same palette”. Then ask for a walking pose in the same style.

Still not right? Reply with this

Keep everything else exactly as in the original photo. Only change what I asked for.