Create your own custom avatar

Upload a photo or use your camera, then test your avatar in a live conversation.

Upload a photo or use your camera, then test your avatar in a live conversation.

Anam’s one-shot avatar generator creates a personalized avatar from a single photo. You can use any face — a real person, a stock photo, or an AI-generated image — and the system produces an avatar that can speak, express, and hold conversations.

Before you create

• Use a .png, .jpg/.jpeg, or .webp image up to 4.5MB.
• Use a square image at least 1152x1152, with the face in focus and hands out of view.
• Leave clear space around the head, shoulders, and upper chest for landscape and portrait crops.

See Custom avatar best practices for complete source image guidance.

Create a custom avatar

Upload a photo or take one with your camera in Anam Lab.

View avatar examples

Browse the avatars available for your personas.

Create in Anam Lab

1. Open the Build page

   Go to the Avatar tab in Anam Lab and select Add.

2. Add a new avatar

   Click the Add button, then either upload a photo or capture one with your webcam. For best results, follow the custom avatar best practices.

3. Generate

   Click Create and wait for your avatar to be generated. Once ready, it’s available for use in any persona.

Create via API

For programmatic avatar creation, use the Create Avatar endpoint. This is useful for building custom onboarding flows or batch-creating avatars.

const response = await fetch("https://api.anam.ai/v1/avatars", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    displayName: "My Custom Avatar",
    imageUrl: "https://example.com/photo.jpg",
  }),
});

Using your avatar

Once created, reference the avatar by its ID in your persona configuration:

const personaConfig = {
  name: "My Persona",
  avatarId: "your-custom-avatar-id",
  avatarModel: "cara-4",
  voiceId: "6bfbe25a-979d-40f3-a92b-5394170af54b",
  llmId: "a7cf662c-2ace-4de1-a21e-ef0fbf144bb7",
  systemPrompt: "You are a helpful assistant.",
};

You can find the avatar ID in Lab by clicking the three-dot menu on any avatar and selecting Copy ID.

Create a custom avatar

Upload a photo or use your camera, then test your avatar in a live conversation.