A new viral social media trend started this February: asking AI to create a caricature of yourself. In mid May it evolved into a very specific and highly detailed “grotesque fashion caricature” style developed by AI creator and educator Kris Kashtanova. The results are intentionally exaggerated, awkward, theatrical, and often hilarious.
I could not resist the appeal and decided to join the club. I normally use Midjourney for AI image creation, but knowing that ChatGPT recently added serious image generation capabilities, I decided to give it a shot instead. Honestly, I’m very impressed with the result. The combination of caricature, fashion sketch, psychological satire, and messy sketchbook aesthetics works surprisingly well.
Here are both the English and Russian versions of the image. One of the funniest parts is that all the handwritten notes, arrows, observations, and absurd personality analysis around the drawing were also generated entirely by ChatGPT. I didn’t edit or add anything myself.
English version
Russian version
For those interested in the actual prompt used, here it is:
“Turn the person from the photo into a grotesque humorous fashion caricature sketch. Strongly exaggerated anatomy, elongated proportions, expressive crooked hands, dramatic face, awkward elegant posture, satirical fashion energy, messy ink lines, rough watercolor, sketchbook style, vintage magazine illustration on beige aged paper. Add handwritten English (Russian) notes, arrows, funny observations, doodles, and absurd personality analysis around the character.” © Kris Kashtanova
The reference photo used was my portrait from here.