Your family as a pixel adventure party
Your family lined up as a retro game party, each with their own pixel item. Upload a clear photo, paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
Part of the Pixel art game character trend
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok
- You'll need
- A clear photo to upload
- Status
- Tested 20 Oct 2026 in grok-imagine-image-2.0
- Test settings
- Reference photo: an AI-generated picture of a fictional family of adults (not real persons), made in Grok for this test. Uploaded with the default copy text unchanged. Aspect ratio 16:9. First result used. Resized to 1920x1080 and converted to WebP.
- Variability
- Faces, poses and small details vary between runs; always compare the result with your own photo.
Prompt
Use the uploaded photo as the reference for everyone in it; everyone shown has agreed to this edit. Preserve each person's recognisable face, natural skin tone, hairline and body proportions as closely as the model permits; check the result against the reference. Keep everyone's ages as they are in the photo. Scene: a pixel village square at the start of an adventure, the family standing in a row. Pose: each person holding one item: a frying pan, a map, a tea flask and a toy sword. Clothing: the colours of the clothes from the photo, as simple adventurer outfits. Light: bright flat daytime game colours. Style: original 16-bit role-playing game party screen, crisp pixels, each character with their own hair shape and true skin tone. Format: horizontal 16:9 Avoid: copying any existing game character, adding or removing people, changing anyone's age, skin lightening, text, logos, watermarks.
Customise
For example: a frying pan, a map, a tea flask and a toy sword.
For example: a pixel village square.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
How to use it
- Open an external image tool listed above. The tested model, if any, is named in Status.
- Upload a clear reference photo of the subject. If it includes identifiable people, get their consent and check each face.
- Customise the fields, copy your version, paste it with the photo and generate.
- Compare the result with the reference. If a face, pose or detail changes, ask for one correction or try again; an exact match is not guaranteed.
How to use this prompt
- This prompt changes your own photo. Choose a clear reference photo, and get permission from people who can be identified.
- Upload the photo in the external AI app you chose. Fill Customise, press Copy prompt and paste the prompt with the photo.
- Compare the new picture with the original. Face, hands, clothes and pose can change. An exact likeness is not guaranteed.
Good to know
- With many people, small sprites lose likeness; four or fewer people works best.
- Use reference photos you have the right to use; get consent from identifiable people.
