We built the Headshot Generator to solve a real problem: Getting a polished, LinkedIn-ready headshot shouldn't cost $300, take three days, or require you to understand what a "bokeh f/1.8 aperture" is. Upload a selfie, pick a style, done. Professional photo in under a minute.
But here's the thing about giving an AI really good image generation capabilities and a solid understanding of your likeness.
It doesn't have to stop at LinkedIn.
What Happens When You Turn It Loose
We've been testing what this thing can actually do when you stop thinking "headshot" and start thinking "what would my life look like if it were a movie?" or "what did I look like in 1450?" or "what if I unlocked my anime power-up right now?"
The results were—to be honest—kind of unhinged. In the best possible way.
Here are eight prompts we've been running. Fair warning: Once you see yourself as a Roman marble bust, it's hard to go back to your current Slack avatar.
The Prompts (Copy Them and Use Them!)
Album Cover Portrait
Pick your era: 70s soul, 80s metal, 90s rap, or 60s psychedelic.
Your face. Your likeness. Fully styled as the lead recording artist of your chosen decade—warm Kodachrome grain for soul, backlit smoke and leather for metal, authentic lo-fi film grain for rap, Warhol color pops for psychedelic. Complete with era-appropriate album title treatment.
This one hits different if you're a musician. (Or if you've ever been told you have "frontman energy.")
Create a stunning album cover portrait of the person shown in the reference photos, styled as a lead recording artist from the [CHOOSE: 70s soul / 80s metal / 90s rap / 60s psychedelic] era.
For 70s soul: warm Kodachrome film photography, natural afro or flowing hair, gold jewelry, rich earth tones, hand-lettered album title in the corner, slight grain and color fade, natural studio lighting.
For 80s metal: dramatic backlit smoke, leather jacket, long hair mid-motion, high contrast black and white or deep reds, bold gothic font title, arena rock energy.
For 90s rap: lo-fi film grain, urban backdrop, oversized clothing, direct camera stare, authentic street photography aesthetic, bold block letter title.
For 60s psychedelic: swirling color distortion, kaleidoscope halo effect, Warhol-inspired color pops, hand-drawn flower power border elements, dreamy soft focus.
The subject's face and likeness must be clearly preserved. This should look like a real vintage album cover pulled from a record store bin.
Punk Zine Collage
Raw. DIY. Hand-assembled in 1994.
Your portrait photocopied three times until it degrades. Torn magazine cutouts, mismatched stamped type, safety pin graphics, Wite-Out corrections, xerox artifacts. Black and white with one neon accent—yellow or red. Aged newsprint texture.
The goal: it looks like it cost $1 and changed your life.
Create a punk zine collage portrait featuring the person shown in the reference photos. Style: raw DIY aesthetic as if assembled by hand in 1994.
The portrait uses the subject's likeness as the central image, treated as if photocopied 3 times—slightly degraded, high contrast, grainy. Surround their portrait with torn magazine cutout elements, hand-stamped type in mismatched fonts, safety pin graphics, hand-scrawled text, Wite-Out corrections, xerox texture artifacts, and deliberate imperfections.
Color palette: black, white, and maximum two accent colors—neon yellow or red. Background should look like aged newsprint or photocopied paper.
The overall composition should feel chaotic but intentional—like a zine cover that cost $1 and changed your life. The subject's face must be recognizable despite the distressed treatment.
The "Main Character" Movie Poster
A prestige Hollywood production. About your actual life.
You, centered, dramatically lit, looking into the distance like you just realized something important. Your real name in full movie title treatment—large, weighted, designed as if a real graphic designer spent three weeks on it. A tagline that plays your actual life situation completely straight:
"One architect. Eighty agents. No sleep."
Complete with: "Based on a true story." at the top. Fake studio logos at the bottom. A critic pull quote—"A masterpiece."—Someone's LinkedIn.
This movie absolutely needs to exist.
Generate a full movie poster featuring the person shown in the reference photos as the undisputed main character of their own film—a movie about their actual life, played completely straight as a prestige Hollywood production.
The subject is the central figure with dramatic lighting, slight heroic angle. Genre treatment options: Drama (moody blue/grey grade, rain-slicked street), Action (explosive background, debris mid-air, power stance), Indie comedy (warm golden tones, slightly awkward posture), Thriller (high contrast black and white, hard shadows), or Biopic (desaturated, slightly aged, important location behind them).
Title: their actual name in full movie title treatment—large, weighted, designed as if a real graphic designer spent three weeks on it.
Tagline: one line describing their actual life situation as the most dramatic thing that has ever happened. Example: "One architect. Eighty agents. No sleep."
Supporting text: "Based on a true story." at the top. Fake studio logos at the bottom. Critic quote: "A masterpiece." - Someone's LinkedIn
The subject's likeness must be unmistakable as the star.
Anime Protagonist Unlock Moment
Demon Slayer / Jujutsu Kaisen quality. Not chibi.
This is THE scene—your turning point. Eyes glowing, hair wind-blown upward by invisible force, power energy radiating in the color that matches your thing (golden for courage, blue for intellect, red for passion, purple for strategy). Your real-world role reimagined as legendary gear—a marketer's blazer becomes battle armor with glowing brand insignia, a developer's hoodie becomes a robe with circuit runes.
Expression: raw determination. Not rage. Not happiness. Pure focused resolve.
Capture the exact dramatic moment when the person shown in the reference photos unlocks their hidden power in anime style. This is THE scene—the turning point of their entire arc.
Eyes: dramatically changed—glowing, different color, pupils transformed, or tears of determination.
Hair: wind-blown upward as if by an invisible force, possibly floating strands.
Lighting: dramatic backlight with power energy emanating—color reflects their power type (golden for courage, blue for intellect, red for passion, purple for strategy).
Expression: raw determination—not rage, not happiness—pure focused resolve.
Outfit: their real-world role reimagined as anime power gear (a developer's hoodie becomes a legendary robe with glowing circuit runes, a marketer's blazer becomes battle armor with brand insignia).
Background: shockwave rings emanating outward, previous reality shattering, dramatic speed lines.
Style reference: Demon Slayer / Jujutsu Kaisen quality—cinematic composition, not chibi.
Classical Marble Sculpture
Classical marble sculpture. Museum spotlight. Deep dramatic shadows.
Your face carved in white Carrara marble with natural grey veining. Classical pose on a stone plinth. Your divine name engraved in Latin capitals. The facial likeness from your photos clearly preserved in stone.
The marble has a slight subsurface glow. Of course it does.
Transform the person shown in the reference photos into their divine form — a Greek or Roman deity portrait.
Render the subject as a classical Roman marble sculpture. White Carrara marble with natural grey veining, museum spotlight from upper left, deep dramatic shadows, slight subsurface glow in the marble.
Classical pose on a stone plinth with their divine name engraved in Latin capitals. The facial likeness from the reference photos must be clearly preserved in stone.
Trapper Keeper / School Binder Cover
1988–1995. Maximum saturation. Zero restraint.
Your portrait in hyper-saturated airbrushed illustration style, surrounded by an explosion of iconography from your actual life. Tech people get neon circuit boards, floppy disks, tiny computers. Musicians get flying guitars, cassette tapes with lightning bolts, musical notes everywhere. Every inch of negative space filled with geometric shapes, stars, swoosh elements.
Your name in bubble letters or chrome 3D text.
A unicorn is optional but strongly encouraged.
Generate a chaotic, maximalist Trapper Keeper or school binder cover featuring the person shown in the reference photos, recreating the specific visual energy of 1988–1995 school supply aesthetics.
The subject is rendered in hyper-saturated, slightly airbrushed illustration style. Their portrait is surrounded by an explosion of iconography from their actual personality and interests—tech people get neon circuit boards, floppy disks with stickers, tiny computers; musicians get flying guitars, musical notes, cassette tapes with lightning bolts. Make it specific to them.
Color palette: electric neon on black, or pastel rainbow on white—maximum saturation, nothing subtle. Geometric shapes, lightning bolts, stars, and random swoosh elements filling every inch of negative space. A unicorn, dolphin, or tiger is optional but strongly encouraged.
Their name in bubble letters or chrome 3D text somewhere on the design.
The subject's facial likeness must be recognizable. This should feel like the person commissioned their own Trapper Keeper and gave the artist zero restrictions.
Sports Trading Card
Authentic 1990s Topps or Panini. Era-appropriate border treatment.
Action pose, foil holographic shimmer on the logo, your name in bold card font, position and team. Back side: full fabricated-but-plausible career stats by year, biography blurb in period-authentic card copy style, official-looking league logos. Slight corner wear. Protective sleeve reflection.
Defaults to 1990s MLB baseball. You can spec the sport and era.
Generate a professional sports trading card featuring the person shown in the reference photos as the athlete.
Style: authentic 1990s Topps or Panini card design—era-appropriate border treatment, team color palette.
Front: action pose of the subject, dynamic athletic framing, foil/holographic shimmer treatment on team logo and key graphic elements, player name in bold card font at bottom, position and team name.
Back: full stats table by year with fabricated but plausible career statistics, brief biography blurb in period-authentic card copy style, card number in series, official-looking league logos.
Wear and authenticity: slight corner wear, subtle aging, protective sleeve reflection.
The subject's face and likeness must be clearly visible as the featured athlete. This should look like a real card you'd find in a wax pack.
Sport/era: [specify—defaults to 1990s MLB baseball]
Renaissance Faire Version of You (But Make It Real)
Oil painting. Flemish master style. 1450s England.
Not a costume. Your actual medieval persona. Your modern job translated to a period-equivalent guild role—a solutions architect becomes a master cathedral builder with blueprints, a marketer becomes a town crier with elaborate hand gestures. Your personal style preserved in period-authentic clothing. Rich jewel tones, realistic textures, wooden panel painting feel.
Required: one anachronistic detail that gives you away. A coffee cup disguised as a chalice. A quill writing what's clearly a to-do list. A "Ye Olde" branded item that's obviously modern.
You were always medieval.
Render the person shown in the reference photos as a fully committed Renaissance Faire attendee—but not a costume, their actual medieval persona as if they genuinely lived in 1450s England.
Their job becomes a period-equivalent guild role: a software architect becomes a master cathedral builder with blueprints, a marketer becomes a town crier with elaborate hand gestures, a drummer becomes a traveling minstrel with a hand drum.
Their clothing is period-authentic but reflects their personal style. The subject's likeness from the reference photos must be fully preserved.
Setting: a specific scene that reflects their personality—a merchant's stall, a jousting field sideline, a tavern corner, a royal court.
Art style: detailed oil painting in the style of a Flemish master—rich jewel tones, realistic textures, dramatic but natural lighting, wooden panel painting feel.
Include one anachronistic detail that gives away who they really are—a coffee cup disguised as a chalice, a quill writing what's clearly a to-do list, a "Ye Olde" branded item that's obviously modern.
The subject should look completely at home. They were always medieval.
How to Actually Use These
The Headshot Generator starts with the thing everyone needs—a fast, professional, no-drama headshot from a selfie. That's the core. That's what your LinkedIn needs.
But the same capability that makes your professional headshot look great can also put you in a marble museum, on a 1990s baseball card, or in the middle of your anime power-up sequence.
Upload your photos once. Explore as many directions as you want.
Try the professional route first—you'll have a great new headshot in under a minute. Then try whatever era or alternate reality calls to you.
One of them will tell you something true about yourself.