Pick the art style, keep everything that makes you you, and become the reaction-pack face your group chat remembers — dropped in the same minute.
A real die-cut design from the model this page runs. Drag the divider to compare the original photo with the drawn result. Picture your own photo in the style you choose — one image, a character worth sharing.


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Instead of hiring an illustrator or tracing an outline by hand, one photo comes back as a die-cut cartoon cut-out — the bold, white-bordered kind you slap on a laptop or drop into a chat. You upload a clear picture, describe the art style you want, and the model draws a simplified character that keeps your face, hair, clothing, and pose recognizable.
On Kavel the tool runs on the Nano Banana image model, so a finished cut-out arrives in one generation rather than an afternoon in a vector editor. Upload the picture, choose how large the cut-out comes back, and the cost is on screen before you commit. A failed run is refunded automatically, so a cut-out that never renders is not charged.
A die-cut character has to survive being shrunk to the size of a thumbnail, so the model boldly simplifies the lines until it pops on any screen. A plain background and a clear, well-lit face give the redraw the most to hold onto, letting it focus on the face, hair, clothing and pose that make the character unmistakably you. Crop tight before you upload and the difference is immediately visible in the result.
Creative engine
Upload a photo, describe the art style, choose the format and resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.

The model reads your features and redraws them as a bold, simplified cartoon character. A background removal leaves you with a photograph in a die-cut shape, which is a different product and reads as one at small sizes.

Thick outlines, flat colour, kawaii softness, a heavy drop shadow. The drawing follows that brief, and outline weight matters most — it is the only thing still legible once the sticker is on a chat bubble. Test it the way it will be seen: shrink the result to about the width of your thumbnail and see whether the character still reads. Anything that survives that will survive anywhere.
From one photo to a finished cut-out, with the cost shown before you commit.
Add one clear photo with your face and upper body visible. Even light and a plain background give the model the cleanest shape to trace.

Set the look: bold vector outlines, flat shading, pastel kawaii, a thick white border. Specific direction keeps the drawing on-brief.

Confirm the estimate, generate the cut-out, and download it. A cut-out that fails to render is refunded automatically.

Group-chat regulars, small shops, anyone printing a sheet for a laptop lid.

Build a set of cartoon versions of yourself for chats, group threads, and reaction packs your friends actually use.

Turn a headshot into bold merch artwork or a memorable channel mascot without hiring an illustrator.

Turn your favourite photos into a personal sticker pack that makes every post, card and group-chat message unmistakably yours.
Common questions about turning a photo into a die-cut cut-out with Kavel.
The model traces your silhouette, flattens the shading into blocks of colour, thickens the outlines, and wraps the whole thing in the white border that gives the shape its die-cut edge. Enough of your face and clothing survives that it still reads as you.
Free credits arrive with the account, and a run that fails is refunded automatically. Beyond that, each render spends credits based on the resolution and how many you ask for, with the estimate on screen first.
A well-lit shot against a plain background. The outline is traced from the silhouette, so anything that muddies your edges — a busy background, a dark room, motion blur — muddies the cut.
Yes. Bold vector outlines, flat pastel shading, kawaii softness, a heavy drop shadow — name it. Style is the one instruction that changes the output the most, so it is worth being specific.
The render comes back as a flat image with a white border, not a cut PNG with transparency. For a print run you would still need to knock out the background in an editor — the design is done, the die-cut path is not.
The output is yours to use, but you are responsible for the photo you started from. Use a picture you own or have permission to edit, and check the terms before it goes on something you sell.
Any plan or pack — even a $19.90 one — unlocks a clean copy of every image you have made here, starts each new run instantly, and refunds one that fails.
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Your first cut-outs are free in the browser with no account, and each one lands with its white sticker border already drawn, ready for a chat the same minute. Try a second art style if the first one is not you. If a render errors out, its credits are returned automatically; every successful new style uses the estimate shown before you generate.