Turning your photo into a personalized cartoon with Photo to Cartoon

This guide shows you how to turn a real photo into a personalized cartoon character in about one minute. You'll learn how to upload a reference photo, add a prompt, and generate a character you can reuse across your entire project.

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A complete guide to turning a real photo into a personalised cartoon character in minutes using Photo to Cartoon

What Is Photo to Cartoon?

Photo to Cartoon lets you convert a real photo into a personalised cartoon character in about one minute. The result is a character you can place into scenes, actions, and stories while keeping visual consistency.
Works with: Clear photos and reference images.
Why it matters: Photo to Cartoon gives you a fast way to turn a photo into a character you can reuse across your entire project.

Step by Step: Creating a Cartoon Character from a Photo

Step 1: Reference Photo

Open the Photo to Cartoon feature from your dashboard.
Next upload the reference photo.

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Step 2: Add Your Prompt

Add your prompt in one of three simple ways:
  1. Type it
  1. Record your voice
  1. Let the app write it for you, simply click Inspire Me

Step 3: Choose Style and Aspect Ratio

Select the Style and the Aspect Ratio that fits your project.

Step 4: Generate Your Cartoon Avatar

Click Generate. In about one minute, your cartoon avatar is ready 👍
At this point, one character creation task is complete.
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Next: Create New Scenes with Action Editor

Use your cartoon character to build a full story.
  1. Open the Action Editor.
  1. Use new cartoon character as a reference image.
  1. Type your prompt or choose from Quick Examples.
  1. Generate new scenes while keeping the same character.
 
Pro Tip: For best results, use a full body reference image. This makes it easier to reuse the character across multiple pages and scenes.
If you only have a portrait image, first create a full body version of the character, then use that full body image as your main reference for future scenes.
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Start Creating Characters from Photos

Next steps:
  1. Go to Neolemon.com
  1. Open Photo to Cartoon
  1. Upload your photo and add a prompt
  1. Generate your cartoon avatar
Photo to Cartoon makes it easy to turn real people into story characters.

Need help or guidance? Email us at support@consistentcharacter.ai
 

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Diana Zdybel

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Diana Zdybel

Co-founder & Customer Happiness Officer at Neolemon | Gen AI Educator