Chibi Maker — turn your photo or character into a chibi

Chibi, also called super deformed (SD), is a Japanese anime and manga style that draws characters tiny and chubby: an oversized head that takes up about a third to half of the height, stubby limbs, big eyes and very little detail. Signature traits such as an unusual hairstyle or an accessory are kept and exaggerated.

Open Kenerate AI Filter, upload one clear photo, pick the Chibi look under Anime & Cartoon and press Apply. On the default engine, Qwen Image 3, it costs 10 credits and takes about 10–20 seconds. If the result looks too little like you, try the Kenerate Filter engine, which re-renders with your identity locked.

Yes. In Image Studio, attach your character art as a reference in Seedream 5.0 Pro (up to 10 references) or Nano Banana 2.1 (up to 14) and write: “a chibi version of this exact character — same hair, eye colour, outfit and accessories — big head, tiny body, about 2 heads tall, full body, white background”.

Free to start. A new Kenerate account gets 25 credits on sign-up — enough for two AI Filter chibis on the default engine — and Qwen Image 3.0 is on the free plan. After that, credits come in one-time packs with no subscription. Downloads carry no watermark.

Partly, by design: chibi simplifies faces, so it keeps your hairstyle, hair colour, glasses, beard and outfit more than your exact features. Use a sharp, front-lit photo with your face large in the frame, and name the details to keep. Kenerate Filter is the AI Filter engine built for bold style changes with the identity locked.

Yes. Ask for “full body, plain white background, clean outlines”, then remove the background with Kenerate's background remover (from 1.2 credits) to get a transparent PNG. For a set of emotes, keep one chibi as a reference in Nano Banana 2.1 and change only the expression: happy, crying, angry, thumbs up.

Yes. Write “3D chibi figure, vinyl toy look, soft studio light” in Image Studio, or add the 3D Animation preset. For a real 3D model you can rotate or print, make a clean front view first and use Kenerate's image-to-3D converter.

Yes. Use the chibi image as the first frame in Kenerate's image-to-video tool and describe a small movement — a wave, a hop, a head tilt. Video needs a paid plan.

Only with photos of yourself or of adults who agreed, and keep it friendly. Don't upload photos of strangers or celebrities. For couples or groups, make each person separately and put the chibis together afterwards.