Album Cover Starring You

How to make an AI album cover from a selfie

To make an AI album cover with your own face, upload one selfie to Album Cover Starring You, type an artist name and choose a genre. The result is a flat square cover with you as the artist, photographed the way rap, indie, pop, rock, R&B, country or synthwave records look, with only your name and an optional album title on it. A run costs 1 photo on any plan, and the 3 free photos of a new account work here.

1. 1Add a selfie with your whole face in view. Everyday glasses stay on; sunglasses, hats and hands over the face never appear.
2. 2Type an artist name of up to 22 characters and, if you like, an album title of up to 28. An empty title makes the cover self-titled.
3. 3Pick a Genre, Rap by default, and run it for 1 photo. You get the square artwork itself, ready for a playlist or a profile picture.

Where does each genre put your name?

Rap keeps the text low: heavy white condensed capitals along the bottom, over a wet night street under an orange streetlight. R&B also sets it near the bottom, in a cream italic serif over a red and magenta glow. Indie prints small black serif type in the top-left corner of a pale sky above dry grass.

Rock, country and synthwave run the name across the top: red distressed capitals over a black-and-white brick alley, cream vintage serif over a golden-hour ranch fence, chrome italic capitals over a striped neon sunset. Pop sets the name on a solid color band across the top fifth. That band came from testing: on self-titled pop covers the head kept rising into the letters.

What can you use it for?

• A cover image for a playlist you share, with your name as the artist.
• Choosing a look for a first single by running one name through rap, indie and synthwave.
• A set from one selfie: Movie Poster Starring You makes a film one-sheet, Glossy Magazine Cover a fashion cover.

What does an example run look like?

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How do I get the cover I want?

• Check the spelling before you run it. In our 17 test runs every name and title came out letter for letter as typed, so a typo in the field ends up on the cover too.
• Type the name the way you normally write it. Rap, rock, country and synthwave print it in capitals anyway, while R&B can keep your mixed case in its italic serif.
• Wear anything in the selfie. The outfit changes with the genre: a black hoodie and thin silver chain for rap, a corduroy jacket or thrifted cardigan for indie, a faded denim jacket for country.

What goes wrong most often?

• Typing a famous artist's name or album title to copy that cover. Covers are drawn as originals, so use your own name or a stage name you made up.
• Waiting for a label logo, barcode or advisory box. Only your name and title are printed.