Make stickers from your photos
Practical guides for turning a photo of yourself, or a friend, into cartoon stickers with StickerStudio, and for getting them into the apps you chat in. Each guide also says what StickerStudio can't do and where a free tool is the better choice.
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One sticker made from it
Make stickers of yourself
- Turn a photo of yourself into stickersUpload one photo of yourself and get cartoon stickers with captions like LOL or Monday, as transparent PNGs. What works, what does not, and how to start free.
- Make a cartoon sticker of yourselfTurn your photo into a bold cartoon sticker that keeps your face, hair and glasses. See what the style looks like, what changes, and what it cannot do.
- Make reaction stickers of yourselfMake meme-style reaction stickers of your own face, such as LOL, WTF, Bet, Send Help or Heart Eyes. Which captions to pick for which chat moments.
- Make a sticker pack of yourself from one photoPlan and make a full sticker pack of yourself from one photo: how many stickers you need, which expressions to choose, what it costs and how to add it.
- Make stickers of your friends for the group chatTurn photos of your friends into cartoon reaction stickers for the group chat, with their permission. How to do it, what it costs and what to avoid.
- Get a transparent PNG sticker of yourselfGet a die-cut sticker of yourself as a PNG with a transparent background and white border. File details, how to keep transparency, and printing notes.
Use them in your apps
- Make WhatsApp stickers from your photosTurn a photo of yourself into WhatsApp stickers: make them with StickerStudio, then add them in WhatsApp or with a sticker-pack app. Sticker rules explained.
- Make Telegram stickers from a photo of yourselfCreate cartoon stickers of yourself and add them to Telegram with the @Stickers bot or the in-app editor. Size rules and step-by-step instructions.
- Make iMessage stickers of yourself on iPhoneAdd cartoon stickers of yourself to iMessage on iPhone (iOS 17 or later). How to save them, add them to the sticker drawer and use them in Messages.
- Put a custom sticker of yourself in Instagram StoriesAdd a cartoon sticker of yourself to Instagram Stories with a transparent background. Two ways to do it, plus tips so it does not end up in a box.
- Make Discord stickers of yourselfUpload a cartoon sticker of yourself to your Discord server. Sticker size rules, how to resize, and where to add it in Server Settings.
- Make a custom emoji of yourselfYou cannot add new emoji to your phone keyboard, but you can make sticker-style emoji of your own face. Where they work and how to set them up.
Compare options
- An AI sticker generator that starts from your photoMost AI sticker generators start from a text prompt. StickerStudio starts from your photo so the sticker looks like you. How it works and when to use which.
- A Bitmoji alternative that starts from your photoAn honest comparison of Bitmoji and StickerStudio: free avatar builder versus stickers drawn from your real photo. When each one is the better pick.
Try it with your photo
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