AI New Year avatar from your photo
Pick a style and the circle below shows how the avatar will look in VK, Telegram and Max. Upload a photo and it drops into the same circle, so you can see whether your face lands in the center.
New Year avatar
A head-and-shoulders portrait in a cozy knitted sweater, soft snow and warm fairy lights behind you. Your face, hair and expression stay as in your photo.
Once it’s generated, you can ask the studio to “make the sweater green” or “add a hat” – one phrase per edit.
The studio will get the “New Year avatar” style, Nano Banana 2.1 model and your photo. Avatars come with plans from Lite at ₽690; once you pay, generation starts on its own.
Open in the studioAn avatar for VK, Telegram and Max
All three show your avatar as a circle, and usually a very small one. So there’s one rule: the face big and right in the center of the square.
VK
VK (the Russian social network) shows the avatar large on the profile and coin-sized in comments. The same tip works for everyone: shoulders in the frame, do not crop the top of the head.
Telegram
In the chat list people recognize an avatar by color and silhouette. A bright warm background with lights stands out among gray photos. For a channel or a bot, anime style works better: it reads even when tiny.
Max
If you chat with family and colleagues in this Russian messenger, go for a calm version without a hat – you can keep it until spring.
Matching New Year avatars
Upload two photos and the AI makes two portraits in one style: matching sweaters, snow and light. You get one picture with two halves – crop each to a square and set one for yourself and one for the other person.
Great for a couple, best friends, a brother and sister. Photos taken from a similar angle work best: the halves then look like a set.
New Year avatars with cats and a sticker pack with your own face
Avatar with a cat
A fluffy cat in a tiny red hat with white fur trim sits in your arms. Attach your own pet as the second photo and it will be exactly them. Haven’t named them yet? Try our pet name ideas.
New Year stickers
Nine cartoon stickers with your face: with a gift, a tangerine, in a Ded Moroz hat, with sparklers, asleep under a blanket. White outlines, a 3×3 grid on white – cut each one out and send them to friends.
An avatar for every day
By January, snow and fairy lights start to look odd. The same shot easily becomes a calm avatar for the rest of the year.
Remove the holiday
Ask in the same conversation: “replace the lights with a plain warm background, keep the sweater”. Your face won’t change.
Business portrait
For a work profile or a resume, an AI photoshoot with a formal look will do.
A nickname to match
A new avatar is a good reason to change your name too. The nickname generator will suggest options.
How much a New Year avatar costs
One avatar, a pair or a whole sticker pack is one generation. The result comes in the chosen model’s resolution.
- Starter
- Price: ₽0
- Energy: 30
- Who it’s for: Text only: come up with a nickname or a caption for the avatar
- Lite
- Price: ₽690 a month
- Energy: 150
- Who it’s for: Avatars for yourself, your partner and friends, a sticker pack
- Basic
- Price: ₽990 a month
- Energy: 200
- Who it’s for: Avatars for the whole family and the pets
- Premium
- Price: ₽2,290 a month
- Energy: 600
- Who it’s for: Avatars for groups and channels, series for clients
FAQ
How do I make a New Year avatar from my photo?
Pick a style, upload a photo and press “Open in the studio”. The style, the model and the photo move to the image studio, and you can refine the finished avatar in words: “add a hat”, “warmer background”.
Will the avatar work for VK and Telegram?
Yes, the avatar comes out as a 1:1 square with the face in the center, so a round crop won’t cut it off. It works for a profile as well as for a VK group or a Telegram channel.
Can I make a New Year avatar with a cat?
Yes, pick the “With a cat” style. Without a second photo the AI draws a fluffy cat in a little red hat; with a photo of your pet, it draws your pet.
How do I make matching New Year avatars?
Pick “Matching pair” and upload two photos. You get one picture with two portraits in the same style – cut it in half and each of you has a square avatar.
Can I get a New Year avatar in anime style?
Yes: big eyes, clean line art, a winter coat with a fur hood and snowflakes. Your hair color and shape stay, so friends will recognize you.
Can I make an avatar for free?
No, pictures are made on plans from Lite at ₽690 a month. The free Starter plan is for text only.
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