Surely you have seen on the Internet and on social networks such as X, or even Instagram and Tiktok, that many people are sharing their photographs or their pets and friends – or even recreating very popular situations – in cartoon format, imitating the universe of Studio Ghibli (such as the films “Chihiro’s journey” or “My Totoro neighbor”).
It has become very popular and, to create those ghibli -style cartoons from any photograph it is only necessary to use artificial intelligence and know some small tricks.
If you also want to create images that reproduce the colors and characteristic designs of Japanese animation films – with portraits with large eyes and designs with very characteristic warm colors – you will be able to do it following the steps we explain in this article
Create your Ghibli -style cartoon using chatgpt
To create your cartoon from a photograph using chatgpt you will need the paid version of the chatbot owned by OpenAi, Chatgpt Premium, and request a modified version of the results.
This generative the AI model allows a portrait, a landscape to visually transform … to different graphic styles. Follow these steps:
-Car the original image in chatgpt. To do this, select the image icon and upload the photo you want to become a cartoon. Preferably, it must be one in which the face looks good and is well illuminated, if you want to get a portrait.
-Solicite a cartoon version. As you cannot convert the image directly to a specific style – for copyright reasons – asks to make you a cartoon, so generic, not to incur Copyright problems. For example, the prompt you request could be: “Create a version of this photo as if it were a cartoon” or “convert this photo to the anime style.”
When you are satisfied with the result obtained, you can use that image to share it, for example, on your social networks. But keep in mind that you will not be able to use it for commercial purposes, only personally and/or artisticly.
Keep in mind that, given the success of this function, Openai has modified its content policies and it is only possible to create three images a day through free chatgpt, with an interval of at least three minutes between each of them. However, you have another option: use Grok, the AI of X.
How to create your anime photos using Grok
If you cannot use the Premium version of ChatgPT or no longer lets you create anime photos, you can use Grok, the AI of X. Follow these steps:
-Once you are within Grok (access through Grok.com), you will have to register, because the function is not available for visitors. Doing doing is as easy as including your user and password of X, if you are already a user, or provide your email.
-Now you must load the image you want to turn into illustration. You can do it by uploading a photograph of the gallery of your mobile phone or taking a photo at that moment.
-When you have the image loaded, you must write a very simple prompt, something like “convert this photo in the style of Studio Ghibli.” In a matter of minutes, you will have the result, which you can share on your social networks.
