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Turn a reference portrait into a big-head caricature

Edit a portrait into a playful, exaggerated caricature while naming the facial cues, expression and details that should stay recognizable.

What to provide

  • Attach one clear portrait of an adult that you own or have permission to edit.
  • Name the intended exaggeration, the face cues that matter and the expression or pose.
Make it yours

Fill in what you know. Empty fields stay as placeholders.

Describe the visual medium and finish without naming another artist or copying a specific artwork.

Choose how exaggerated the head should look; visual proportions can vary between generations.

List a few visible facial or hair features that matter. Use your own photo or one you have permission to edit.

State the expression and pose you want to change or emphasize.

Describe the outfit you want shown; do not assume a reference garment will stay unchanged unless you say so.

Keep the setting simple when the face is the main subject.

Specify the crop and check the output edges before using it.

Ready to copy

Example Recorded test output

Input

Synthetic fictional reference image: adult woman with an oval face, softly arched brows, rounded nose, warm medium-brown skin, dark-brown eyes, short natural dark curls and a teal top. Prompt: Use the uploaded portrait as a visual reference for the same fictional adult woman. Create a playful, polished 3D caricature portrait with an oversized expressive head and a compact but anatomically coherent body. Preserve recognizable cues from the reference: her oval face, softly arched brows with one slightly higher, rounded nose, warm medium-brown skin, dark-brown eyes, short natural dark curls, and teal top. Change only the expression to a mischievous side-eye with a small crooked smile; keep her age and facial structure recognizable. Show her from mid-thigh up, leaning slightly forward with relaxed hands, against a clean pale warm-gray studio background. Soft studio light, detailed curls and knitted fabric, friendly editorial finish. One person only; no text, logo, watermark, jewelry, or extra props. This is a generated caricature, not a verified likeness match. The first output understated the head-size change; follow-up: Edit the generated portrait only to make the caricature exaggeration unmistakable: enlarge the head to roughly 1.5 times a natural proportion and reduce the torso and limbs to a compact, coherent figure. Preserve the same fictional woman's face, curls, side-eye expression, teal top, pose, lighting, pale gray background, framing, and 3D editorial style. Keep the neck natural and the hands anatomically plausible. Change no other details. No text, logos or watermark.

Output

Generated a polished 3D portrait of the same synthetic fictional woman with a visibly larger head, compact body, side-eye expression, teal top and plain studio background. The targeted edit made the requested caricature proportion clearer. This single run does not test real-person likeness accuracy or guarantee the same result from another photo.

Generated 3D caricature of a fictional woman with short curls, a teal top and an exaggerated expressive head
Reference / before
Generated 3D caricature of a fictional woman with short curls, a teal top and an exaggerated expressive head
Result

Tool settings

One fictional synthetic portrait reference and one generated-image edit. Portrait PNGs, 1024 x 1536; opaque background. Codex built-in image_gen; model, seed and quality setting not exposed. A separate targeted edit enlarged the head after the first output looked too natural.

Improve the result

  • Keep the current image unchanged except for [one specific correction]. Preserve the same face cues, hairstyle, clothing, lighting and framing. This follow-up is untested.

Tested with Codex built-in image_gen (model name not exposed) on .

The image model may change identity cues, expression, proportions, hands or framing even when asked to preserve them. A prompt cannot lock likeness. The synthetic example says nothing about accuracy for a real person. Use a reference only when you have permission; inspect the result before sharing. The tested follow-up changed head scale after the first image was too natural. Other subjects, visual treatments and aspect ratios are untested variations.

Use the prompt in a real editing workflow

Start with one clear portrait and a simple scene. Name a few visible facial cues to retain, describe the exaggeration separately, and make one correction at a time. A prompt can guide the edit but cannot guarantee an exact likeness.

For a step-by-step walkthrough with a synthetic reference and edited example, read How to Make a Big-Head AI Caricature From a Photo.