AI example of a woman redrawn in a soft hand-painted anime style with green hills and clouds — Example made with this prompt on Nano Banana 2 from a photo of a fictional person. AI-generated.

Ghibli-Inspired Portrait Prompt

Redraws your photo in a soft hand-painted anime style inspired by Studio Ghibli.

Nano Banana 2
1 photo
16:9
Anime & cartoon

Prompt

Redraw the uploaded photo as a hand-painted animated film frame inspired by Studio Ghibli. Keep the person's hairstyle, clothing colours and pose, simplified into gentle anime features. Soft watercolour backgrounds with lush greenery, fluffy cumulus clouds and warm afternoon light, clean line work, nostalgic and peaceful mood.

Upload one photo. One clear, well-lit photo of yourself, face visible

Use this prompt Try the Hand-Painted Anime effect

#ghibli inspired
#anime
#hand painted
#cartoon

How to use this prompt

01
Upload a photo
Upload one photo. One clear, well-lit photo of yourself, face visible
02
Paste the prompt
Press Use this prompt to open it in Photo studio, or Copy prompt to paste it into Gemini. Replace any words in [square brackets] with your own details.
03
Generate and download
Run it on Nano Banana 2 at 16:9. If the first result is close but not right, change one detail at a time and run it again.

Where this trend comes from

When OpenAI launched GPT-4o image generation on 25 March 2025, Ghibli-style redraws of personal photos flooded social media within days, and the trend also drew criticism from artists.

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