How to make an AI selfie

The photos that feel most real online are rarely the polished ones. They are the quick selfie in a café window, the mirror shot before heading out, the full-body snap a friend took on the street. Carat AI's iPhone portrait tool is an AI selfie generator built around exactly that look. You don't write a prompt and you don't upload a photo: pick a gender and an age range, and it creates a realistic person in a casual, phone-camera style. When you want more control, every other detail is optional. Set the ethnicity, vibe, hair style and color, makeup, expression, fashion style, location, season and weather, then choose how the shot is framed. Each image is a brand-new, AI-generated person, which makes it a practical way to build lifestyle content, AI influencer concepts and realistic mockups without a photo shoot.

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Choose gender and age

Select a gender and an age range: late teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s+. That's all you need for a natural iPhone-style portrait; everything else can stay on default.

02

Style the look and the scene (optional)

Open Optional Settings to pick a vibe (natural, cute, idol, baby face and more), a hair style such as a bob, bangs, layers, a hush cut or a hime cut, plus hair color, makeup, expression and a fashion style like old money, Y2K street or office chic. Then set the place (café, convenience store, street, park, subway, beach, home, school, rooftop, parking lot and more), the season and the weather, from golden hour to rain. Add extra direction in your own words if you like.

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Create your iPhone-style photo

Choose a shot type (Selfie, Mirror Selfie, Upper Body or Full Body), an aspect ratio (3:4, 4:5, 1:1, 9:16, 16:9 or 4:3) and how many images you want, then generate.

Ways to use it

Test the look and feed of an AI influencer account with everyday scenes like cafés, streets and beaches

Create realistic people for social ad concepts, mood boards and fashion or beauty pitches

Fill app screens, landing pages and presentations with natural-looking example people

Get a visual reference for a character's age, style and vibe when developing a story, comic or video

FAQ

What makes these look like iPhone photos?

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Instead of studio lighting and posed editorial shots, the images look like casual phone snapshots taken in everyday places and natural light. Choosing Selfie or Mirror Selfie gives you the hand-held framing people recognize from real camera rolls.