Transform a Person into an Original Rick and Morty-Style Character

Turn a reference photo into a full-body original character in the style of the Rick and Morty animated series, set in a simple, fantastical alien world.

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Reference_photo (image) · Required
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Character_illustration (image)
Use the photo of a person only as a reference for their gender, approximate age, build, personality, pose, hairstyle, overall silhouette, and clothing color palette. Transform the person into a fully original character in the style of the animated series “Rick and Morty.” Do not copy or evoke any specific character from the series; this must be a new, unnamed character.

Completely redesign the appearance for 2D animation: a large, simple head; big, round white eyes with small black pupils; a simple nose and mouth; thin eyebrows; simplified ears; four fingers on each hand; an elongated, simplified body; and slightly awkward cartoon proportions. Do not retain realistic facial features or realistic anatomy. Use flat skin color with no texture or gradients.

Preserve the type, length, and color of the hair in the photo, but turn it into a simple, solid cartoon silhouette without individually rendered, realistic strands. Convey the person’s build only through the overall silhouette. Reimagine the clothing in the style of the series, retaining its type and main color palette while simplifying details, textures, seams, and prints.

Convey the person’s personality through expressive cartoon facial expressions, gaze, eyebrow position, pose, and gestures. The expression may be slightly strange, awkward, or absurd.

Set the scene in an original, fantastical alien world in the spirit of the animated series, with strange plants, unusual trees, colorful ground, bizarre rocks, and small, funny alien creatures. Keep everything simple, flat, and cartoon-like—not like realistic sci-fi concept art.

An interdimensional green portal is optional and should not appear every time. When included, vary its size and position: it can be small and distant on the horizon, medium-sized to the side of or behind the character, or larger within the scene. Some images should have no portal at all. Make the portal a simple swirling green energy vortex with a faint glow and particles, without realistic special effects.

Style: clean 2D cel animation, crisp dark outlines, flat fills, simple shapes, minimal detail, a bright and unusual palette, and expressive cartoon facial expressions. The image should look like a genuine frame from an absurd sci-fi animated series, not a realistic illustration.

Composition: one full-body character, completely in frame, with the camera roughly at the character’s eye level and a clearly readable silhouette. Do not let the background be consistently cluttered or take all the attention.

Exclude: realistic face, realistic anatomy, realistic skin, skin texture, photorealism, 3D render, cinematic concept art, realistic clothing, detailed hair, detailed fabric, heavy shading, gradients, realistic sci-fi, a huge portal dominating the composition, recognizable characters or locations from the show, anime style.

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