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AI face generator: create realistic faces online

Get lifelike faces for avatars, ads and characters, made from a short description or a photo of yourself. Write the age, expression and style into your prompt, and this online face maker in the AI Playground creates the face.

  • Photorealistic or stylized faces
  • Up to 10 faces from one prompt
  • Portrait, square and wide formats
An AI-generated face made in the Picsart AI Playground
  • Photorealistic or stylized

    Get AI generated faces that range from lifelike portraits to anime, 3D and oil painting looks.

  • Control every detail

    Get full face customization in your prompt: age, skin tone, hair, expression and lighting.

  • Text or photo to start

    Generate faces from text alone, or add your own photo as a reference for the look you want.

  • Several faces at once

    Generate faces in batches of up to 10 from one prompt with GPT Image 2, then keep the best one.

  • Models side by side

    Switch between image models to compare how each one renders skin, hair and light.

  • Up to 4K detail

    Render faces at up to 4K with Nano Banana Pro for print and large screens.

How to generate AI faces

Here is how to generate faces online in the AI Playground, from the first prompt to the final download.

How to

Open the AI Playground

Open the AI Playground in image mode, where all the image models sit in one place.

Create realistic faces with an AI face maker

Describe the person you have in mind, from a smiling woman in her sixties to a teenager with freckles, and get a face that looks photographed rather than drawn. Models like Flux 2 Pro are built for photorealistic output with natural lighting. Change one detail in the prompt, like the hairstyle or the light, and generate again.

  • Natural skin, hair and light
  • One change per round
A realistic AI-generated face of a smiling person

Change the expression, hair or style of any face

Got a face you like? Add it as a reference in Seedream 4.5, which edits images from plain-language instructions, and ask for the change: a warm smile instead of a neutral look, shorter hair, glasses or a new outfit. The face stays the same while the detail you asked for changes, so you can test several moods.

  • Same face, new details
  • Expressions, hair and accessories
Four AI-generated faces with different expressions, hair and styles

Make an AI face from your own photo

Use the AI face generator with a photo of yourself as a reference. Upload your own portrait or another photo you’re authorized to use, then describe the style, setting or age you want. Nano Banana Pro keeps recurring characters recognizable across styles, and image to video AI can bring the face to life.

  • Your photo as the reference
  • Same face across scenes
AI faces made from a portrait used as a reference

Explore different styles with the AI face generator

Use the same prompt and get completely different results with each style. Go from photorealistic portraits to anime, cyberpunk, 3D clay render, oil painting or sketch in seconds. Each style reshapes the face in its own way, turning one idea into AI face art for avatars, game characters, book covers and campaigns.

  • One prompt, many styles
  • From lifelike to illustrated
One face generated in several styles, from photorealistic to illustrated

Pick the right model for every face

Each model brings its own strengths, so match the model to the face you need.

Generate faces for any creative goal

Put your faces to work in the Picsart tool built for each job.
An AI-generated professional headshot
  • Generate polished portraits for LinkedIn, team pages, speaker bios or author profiles, with clean backgrounds and studio-like lighting. To turn a selfie into a business photo, use the AI headshot generator.

AI face generator FAQ

  • If you’re looking for a free AI face generator, the AI Playground works on credits instead: you pay only for the faces you generate. Each model shows its credit cost on the Generate button before you run it. Pro and Ultra plans include monthly credits, and add-on credits never expire.

Find a plan for AI face generation

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Pro

Most popular

AI tools for everyday creative work.

$15 $10.5/mo
Billed yearly
You save $54 with yearly
Trending models
Full access
  • Seedance 2.04K 15s
  • Nano Banana Pro4K
  • MiniMax H32K 15s
  • Kling 3.04K 15s
  • Access to all photo & video editing features
  • Advanced background & object removal
  • Parallel video generations with the world's most powerful AI video models
  • Unlimited image generations with Flex.2 Klein
  • 1-tap image enhancer
  • Millions of stock photos & Getty video clips
  • Selection of trendy fonts, text styles & stickers
  • Thousands of premium templates
  • Support for 3+ brand kits
  • Bulk edit up to 50 images at once
  • 100 GB of cloud storage
New features:
  • 15+ creative AI agents that plan, execute, and deliver — across video, brand, localization, and more
  • Auto-generate content from your terminal or agent with the Picsart CLI
  • Use Picsart inside Claude Code, Cursor, and ChatGPT via MCP

Ultra

Most powerful

Heavy AI usage for creators & teams.

$45 $24.5/mo
Billed yearly
You save $246 with yearly
Trending models
Full access
  • Seedance 2.51080p 30s
  • Nano Banana Pro4K
  • MiniMax H32K 15s
  • Kling 3.04K 15s
  • 200+ leading AI video, image, and audio models (Kling 3.0, Nano Banana, MiniMax H3, Seedance 2.5 & more)
  • Parallel video generations with the world's most powerful AI video models
  • Early access to advanced AI features
  • Unlimited image generations with Flex.2 Klein
  • Option to buy add-on credits that never expire
  • Up to 6.5 million Getty stock videos
  • Bulk edit up to 100 images at once
  • Support for 10+ brand kits
  • Create ad variations & localize
  • Track ads performance
  • Add team seats
  • 300 GB of cloud storage per seat
New features:
  • 15+ creative AI agents that plan, execute, and deliver — across video, brand, localization, and more
  • Auto-generate content from your terminal or agent with the Picsart CLI
  • Use Picsart inside Claude Code, Cursor, and ChatGPT via MCP