AI Photos of Yourself
MakeAiPhotos makes AI photos of yourself from one selfie. The model trains on your actual face, then generates brand new photos of you in settings you never stood in, ready in under 30 minutes.
Not a filter on an old picture. Not a stranger who vaguely resembles you. New photographs of your face.
- One selfie in, a full set out
- Your real face, not a generic AI one that half resembles you
- Under 30 minutes
How it works
You upload one selfie
One clear, front-facing photo. Not ten, not a folder. The rest of this page is about picking the right one.
The model learns your face
Training takes 15 to 30 minutes. It runs once. Every pack you generate afterwards reuses it, so the second set arrives in minutes.
You pick a style and generate
Each output is a new photograph built around your face, not your selfie pasted onto a backdrop. Download the frames you like.
Making them actually look like you
The common failure is not a bad photo. It is a good photo of a stranger wearing your face, and that is decided by your input selfie before the model runs at all. Three rules do almost all of the work.
Rule 1: kill the beauty processing before you shoot. Photographic Styles and Smart HDR on iPhone, Face Retouching and Scene Optimizer on Samsung, Top Shot and Face Retouching on Pixel. All of them bake smoothed skin into the file permanently, so the model learns that smoothed version as your real texture and every output comes back with the waxy look people read as fake.
Rule 2: use the rear camera. A front camera held at arm's length sits about 40cm away, which widens your nose and shrinks your ears, and the model reads that distortion as your actual face and repeats it in every frame. Prop the phone up and stand back a metre.
Rule 3: face a window, do not stand in the sun. Soft indirect light shows skin texture and puts a single clean catchlight in each eye. Direct sun blows out one cheek and hides half your face in shadow, and the model has to guess at whatever it cannot see.
If the results miss you, the fix is a better input selfie almost every time, not a different style or a second attempt on the same photo.
Which photo goes where
A set is only useful if you know which frame belongs on which profile.
LinkedIn and resumes
First photo: Shoulders up, plain or office background.
Must have: Even light, sharp eyes, business attire.
Avoid: Sunglasses, busy backgrounds, holiday looks.
Dating apps
First photo: A warm outdoor shot where your face fills a third of the frame.
Must have: A real smile and a setting you could plausibly be found in.
Avoid: Anything that oversells. If it will not match how you look on a date, cut it.
Instagram and social
First photo: A lifestyle or travel frame with natural light.
Must have: Varied backgrounds and the same face across the set.
Avoid: Over-smoothed skin and the same pose five times.
Portfolios and about pages
First photo: A confident, well-lit shot matching the tone of your work.
Must have: A clean background and an expression that fits your field.
Avoid: Anything too casual for the audience you are presenting to.
Who does this
- Anyone whose profile photo is three years old
- People whose camera roll is full of screenshots and group shots, with no decent solo photo in it
- People who are always the one holding the camera, so almost no photos of them exist
What it costs
One payment, no subscription, and credits that do not expire. Current pack sizes and prices are below.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make AI photos of myself?
Upload one clear, front-facing selfie taken on your rear camera with beauty filters off. The model trains on your face for 15 to 30 minutes, then you pick a style pack and generate. Results download the same session, and later packs reuse the same training.
How many selfies do I need?
One. Most tools ask for 6 to 12, which mainly protects them from bad inputs. One sharp, well-lit, unfiltered photo carries more usable information than a dozen dim arm's-length shots, and a weak selfie will not be rescued by adding more of them.
Do AI photos of yourself look real?
The good frames do. Not every frame in a batch is usable, and expecting otherwise is the mistake. Review at the size people will actually see it, roughly a 100 pixel circle, and keep the shots where the light on your face matches the light in the scene.
Can people tell a photo is AI generated?
Not reliably. Two published studies (arXiv 2304.13023, 2024, and a 2025 follow-up at browsing speed) put human accuracy between 54 and 61 percent, which is close to guessing. What does get noticed is a whole profile swapped at once for photos in identical light.
Can I use them on dating apps and LinkedIn?
Yes on both. LinkedIn has no rule against AI-generated profile photos, and Tinder, Hinge and Bumble all allow them provided the photos still show the real you. What every platform enforces is that you do not change your face, age or body.