In the last week, Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model known as Nano Banana AI has been exploding with people posting the results of their creative efforts. In the span of a few days, the model has been used to turn photos into 3D models of people, retro-styled selfies, fictional self-portraits on book covers, and more.

Google AI prompts for Memorable Gemini Nano profile edit

Paperback novel cover art

In case you ever dreamed about being the protagonist in a hair-raising novel, you now can be the face of a popular, well-thumbed thriller with this one prompt.

Prompt: “Turn me into the cover character on a well-worn paperback bestseller.”

Video game character

If you think of yourself as a pixelated legend from a musty, 1995 arcade, this one will give you a neon re-imagination of your threads.

Google-approved AI tools: “Without altering my outfit, what would I look like as a racing video game character from the 90s?”

(Note: this one didn’t work very well for me so I ran it through Qwen again with a little refinement.)

Ceramic mug head

If you ever wanted a profile picture transformation that doubles as an actual drinking mug, this is the prompt you’re looking for.

Prompt: “Retaining my likeness, make a ceramic mug of my head. Make my head the mug.”

Graffiti mural

Whether you’re making a statement or just featuring big, this advisement will blow up your head into a huge, road- style tempera.

Prompt “ Turn me into a big, graffiti tempera on the side of a structure. ”

Amigurumi collectible doll

Put your head on a shelf in the form of a fuzzy, crochet toy doll, complete with yarn hair and button eyes in this unique transformation.

Prompt: “Turn me into a highly-detailed amigurumi doll sitting on a shelf.”

As with the video game character above, I had more success refining this prompt a bit with Qwen.

Refined Qwen prompt: “Make me a minimalist amigurumi doll, sitting on a shelf, pastel colors.”